Stephen Song opened to 450,000 with A♣K♥ from the cutoff before Leo Taffe made it 1,150,000 with his dominated A♦8♣ from the small blind. Song ripped his 3,825,000 stack into the middle and Taffe folded.
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Leo Taffe opened to 400,000 from the button and snap-called when Johann Ibanez jammed for 2,050,000 from the big blind.
Johann Ibanez: A♣4♥
Leo Taffe: A♠A♦
The 9♣7♥6♣ flop gave Ibanez some backdoor possibilities, and the 5♣ turn left him with some hope. However, the 5♥ river paired the board, and Ibanez bowed out in sixth place.
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Kevin Berthelsen moved all in for 2,000,000 with Q♠J♠ and Stephen Song shoved over the top with A♣Q♣. The other players quickly got out of the way and the cards were tabled.
The board ran out 3♦6♦4♦2♥A♦ with the ace on the river to give Song the clear win and Berthelsen was eliminated in 7th place for $94,523.
Leo Taffe opened to 300,000 from the button with 10♦9♦ before Mike Vanier looked down at his third premium hand of the day. Vanier made it 1,075,000 from the small blind with J♠J♣, and Taffe called.
The A♠8♥7♠ flop kept Vanier ahead, and he continued for 550,000, swelling the pot to 3,000,000. Taffe called with his open-ended straight draw.
Vanier then check-called on the 2♠ turn after facing a bet of 1,200,000.
The 7♦ river gave Vanier the checkmark, and he checked once more. Taffe put on max pressure by moving all in for 5,125,000, which pushed Vanier out of the pot.
Leo Taffe opened to 300,000 under-the-gun with K♠K♦ and Mike Vanier made the call to his left with 6♠6♣. The action folded around to Sundiata DeVore who woke up with J♥J♣ and puts in a three-bet to 1,100,000.
Taffe then clicked it back to 1,900,000 and DeVore went into the tank before making the call and the two players went to a flop of 10♠9♣4♣.
DeVore checked over to Taffe who then continued for 700,000 and DeVore made the call.
The turn came out the 4♠ and DeVore checked again to Taffe who then moved all in to cover.
DeVore burned through all of his time banks before he finally decided to make the correct fold, awarding the huge pot to the chip leader.
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Leo Taffe opened from middle position to 300,000 with K♦Q♦. Mike Vanier, who had ace-king in the previous hand, looked down at his A♠A♥ and three-bet to 900,000 from the hijack. Taffe reraised to 2,000,000 and made the snap-fold when Vanier jammed.
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