The remaining 114 player take a 15-minute break.
Action is due to resume at 4.09 p.m.
The remaining 114 player take a 15-minute break.
Action is due to resume at 4.09 p.m.
Ehsan Amiri opened from the hijack and was called by Malcolm Trayner in the big blind.
Trayner checekd to Amiri, who continued for 7,000 on the 9♣9♦9♥ flop. Trayner then raised to 26,000 and Amiri used up a couple of time banks before announcing he was all in for approximately 100,000 total. Trayner snap-called and hands were revealed.
"You got quads!?" Amiri said.
"Yeah," Trayner replied.
"I'm dead then!" Amiri lamented as he turned over his cards.
Ehsan Amiri: J♠10♠
Malcolm Trayner: 9♠8♠
Amiri was indeed already drawing dead, and the 6♦Q♦ runout made his elimination official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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640,000
405,000
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405,000 |
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Busted | |
Players were heads-up and on the K♦5♣8♥6♣ turn, with a pot of around 95,000. Ricky Vikas was on the button and Jiaxu Chen in the big blind.
Chen was all in for his remaining 124,000 and covered by Vikas, and the players had just flipped their hands.
Jiaxu Chen: 9♦7♥
Ricky Vikas: K♥5♥
Chen was ahead and had turned the straight. Vikas couldn't get away after flopping two pair.
The 6♥ completed the board, securing Chen a full double up, and Vikas was left with just 180,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
355,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
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180,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Kevin Clark opened to 12,000 from early position and Jun Wen Ooi called from the hijack. Amir Minagar called from the cutoff and both the blinds called behind.
The pot went five-ways to the 8♠6♣J♠ flop and the blinds folded, along with Clark to Ooi, who bet out 16,000. Action slowly folded around the table and Ooi saw no callers, picking up a quick pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
218,500
|
218,500 |
|
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250,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
205,000
90,500
|
90,500 |
Hieu Nguyen opened to 16,000 from the small blind and JP Rounce-Sue shoved for approximately 150,000 from the big blind. Nguyen verified the amount and then stuck in a call to put Rounce-Sue at risk.
JP Rounce-Sue: A♦10♥
Hieu Nguyen: K♥Q♥
Rounce-Sue held a slight lead with his ace, but the 9♦Q♦7♣6♣J♦ runout paired Nguyen's queen to send Rounce-Sue to the rail.
Nguyen, who recently placed ninth in the $25k Challenge, currently sits with an average stack of about 390,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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390,000
68,500
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68,500 |
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Busted |
The small blind open jammed for 99,000 and Sheldon Mayer, who had built up a huge stack since starting this morning, called from the big blind.
Small Blind: K♥J♦
Sheldon Mayer: A♣9♥
The small blind was stood from their seat to watch the runout, asking for a chop.
Mayer held on the 5♠7♦2♣ flop, and nothing changes on the 7♣ turn or 8♠ river, seeing to the small blinds elimination and Mayer added even more to his towering stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,180,000
762,000
|
762,000 |
Zhengshan Hao was on the button and got all in preflop against Farhad Mohajerani, who was in the small blind.
Zhengshan Hao: K♣Q♥
Farhad Mohajerani: A♥A♣
Hao found himself in rough shape after shoving into the preflop nuts, and the J♠4♦8♦7♦3♣ runout provided no help to Hao, eliminating him early in Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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365,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ricky Vikas opened to 12,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Sam Higgs on the button who called. The big blind also defended taking the players three-ways to the flop.
The K♣7♠2♠ flop was checked to Higgs who bet 16,000 and only Vikas called. The 2♥ was turned and Vikas checked. Higgs asked for 25,000 and Vikas paid to see the J♠ river.
Vikas checked, Higgs bet 95,000 which was enough to force a fold from Vikas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
425,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
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350,000
93,500
|
93,500 |
Jesse Stanley opened to 12,000 from under the gun and was called by Lewis Murray on the button and Michael Gathy in the big blind.
Gathy checked to Stanley, who continued for 15,000 on the A♥J♥2♦ flop. Lewis folded, but Gathy called.
Both players checked on the 6♥ turn and Gathy checked a final time on the 7♦ river. Stanley put 32,000 into the middle and Gathy looked him up.
Stanley turned over A♠10♥ for a pair of aces and Gathy sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
200,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
180,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
Anthony Xu opened to 12,000 from middle position and Alex Lynskey defended the big blind.
The 5♠K♦7♠ flop was checked by Lynskey and Xu bet 10,000. Lynskey called taking them to the 8♠ turn.
Both checked quickly, to see the 5♦ river, and Lynskey bet out 14,000. Xu called, and the pair flipped over their cards.
Lynskey showed 9♥9♠ for two pair, but Xu was just ahead with 10♠10♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
230,000
60,000
|
60,000 |