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Play folded all the way over to Billy Pappas in the small blind, and he raised to 900,000. Felix Stephensen called out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Pappas led for 1.25 million, and Stephensen called.
The turn was the , and Pappas checked. Stephensen bet 1.75 million, and Pappas called.
The river was the , and Pappas checked. Stephensen bet 4 million, and Pappas folded to give Stephensen the pot and the chip lead.
Jorryt van Hoof opened the button to 1 million and Andoni Larrabe defended from the big blind to see a flop fall.
Larrabe checked and van Hoof bet out 1.4 million with Larrabe quickly calling as the landed on the turn.
Larrabe opted to lead out with a bet of 3.35 million which van Hoof called as the dealer completed the board on the river with the .
Larrabe checked, and after a few moments van Hoof announced he was all in for effectively 17,350,000. Larrabe quickly folded and van Hoof scooped the pot to move back into the chip lead with over 40.1 million.
Felix Stephensen opened to 1.1 million and Jorryt van Hoof called next to act as the dealer spread a flop and Stephensen checked and van Hoof bet out 1.3 million.
Stephensen called as the landed on the turn and he checked again. Van Hoof pushed out a bet of 2.9 million and Stephensen took his time before again check-calling.
The river completed the board with the and Stephensen checked for a third time as van Hoof bet out 3.4 million to make this pot bigger then three player's stacks - Martin Jacobson, Billy Pappas and Bruno Politano.
Stephensen deliberated for a few moments and then mucked while slipping to 24 million as van Hoof climbed to over 46.5 million.
Jorryt van Hoof opened to 1.1 million from the hijack and Mark Newhouse came along from the cutoff. With the action on Will Tonking in the small blind, he three-bet to 3.75 million and van Hoof quickly mucked before Newhouse called.
The dealer spread a flop. Tonking led out for 3.5 million with Newhouse making the call. The landed on the turn and Tonking went into the tank before checking, then Newhouse bet out 4.5 million. Tonking called.
The river brought the and after the New Jersey native checked again, Newhouse moved all in for 10.2 million.
After about a minute of deliberating, Tonking announced a call and Newhouse flipped over his .
However it would be Tonking's that would see him scoop the pot to send Newhouse to the rail in back-to-back 9th places for a $730,725 payday as Tonking soared to the chip lead with roughly 48.5 million in chips.
Jorryt van Hoof limped the small blind and Andoni Larrabe checked his option to see a flop.
Van Hoof bet out 1.4 million and Larrabe called to see the fall on the turn as van Hoof opted to check on this occasion.
Larrabe contemplated for a few moments before eventually betting out 1.7 million before van Hoof check-raised to 6.7 million. Larrabe deliberated before eventually folding to slip under 20 million as van Hoof ascended to the chip lead with 54.85 million.
Hand #100: Bruno Politano had the button, and when the action folded to him, he moved all in for 8.1 million. The action passed to Felix Stephensen in the big blind and he made the call.
Politano:
Stephensen:
With Politano racing for his tournament life, the dealer spread a flop to keep the Brazilian ahead.
The turn of the on the turn changed little, and with nearly everyone in the Penn & Teller theatre standing to sweat the river card, the dealer would deliver the on the river to send Politano to the rail in 8th place for a $947,077 payday.
As Stephensen scooped the pot to climb to over 27 million, Politano's rail continued to chant, cheer and clap for their countryman as he embraced all the support with a big smile on his face before exiting the stage.
Felix Stephensen opened to 1.3 million from under the gun and Jorryt van Hoof three-bet next to act to 3 million. With the action on Dan Sindelar, he four-bet shoved all in for 9.15 million and Stephensen quickly folded before van Hoof made the call.
Sindelar:
Van Hoof:
With Sindelar in the lead and at risk, the dealer spread a flop to give van Hoof an overwhelming lead as Sindelar would have just one out to stay alive.
The turn of the changed nothing, and when the completed the board on the river, Sindelar was headed to the rail in 7th place for a $1,235,862 payday as van Hoof soared to 75.27 million in chips.
From the small blind, Martin Jacobson announced he was all in for effectively 6.35 million. Billy Pappas looked down at his hole cards and then called all-in for his tournament life.
Jacobson:
Pappas:
The dealer spread a flop to give Jacobson the lead but leave Pappas a plethora of outs with any spade, king or ten.
The turn landed the to reduce some of Pappas' outs, and when the dealer completed the board with the , Pappas found a huge double to over 13 million as Jacobson slipped to 9.1 million in chips.
Play folded to Billy Pappas, and he raised to 1.4 million from the cutoff seat. Andoni Larrabe moved all in from the big blind, and Pappas called for 12.625 million total.
Pappas had the and was dominating the for Larrabe.
The flop came down , and Pappas had flopped a full house. The turn was the , and the river was the to secure another double up for Pappas.