Andy Spears and Paul Spitzberg were heads up on a flop of , and Spitzberg fired out a bet. Spears raised to an amount that was equivalent to the remainder of Spitzberg's stack. Spitzberg tanked for a bit, moved all in, and a pot-committed Spears called.
Spitzberg:
Spears:
Spears wasn't thrilled when Spitzberg moved all in, but his spirits must've risen at the sight of his opponent's hand. Not only was his club flush draw alive, but he held two overs.
Despite having tons of outs, Spears failed to connect with the turn () or the river (), and Spitzberg shipped the 1.2 million-chip pot.
Frank Toscano moved all in over the top of Jewook Oh's opening raise and Oh was quick to call with . He was in great shape as Toscano was dominated with his but that would change when the flop came . The turn and river changed nothing coming and Toscano pumped his fist and quietly said "Yes!" while doing so.
Oh shook his head, visions of Toscano's chips his now gone.
Joseph Grodowski open-shoved for around 200,000 in late position, and Andy Spears looked him up out of the big blind.
Grodowski:
Spears:
Grodowski was an underdog to survive the all in, but flopped an open-ended straight draw on a board of . The on the turn was no help, and Grodowski was one card away from elimination, but the suicide king () fell on the river to complete his straight.
Spears threw his head back in disbelief, and assembled enough chips to send to match the all-in bet.
Matt Brady opened to 31,000 and Abraham Korotki re-raised to 81,000. Brady didn't take much time before announcing that he was all in and Korotki shrugged his shoulders and called.
Brady had and was in great shape against Korotki's . In great shape until the flop that is. The turn was the and the river was the and Korotki's stack was up to 1.35 million after the hand and a disappointed Brady would have to settle for a $10,040 payday.
Frank Toscano raised to 30,000 in the hijack seat, Vitaly Kovyazin moved all in for 369,000 in the cutoff, and Laurence Wolf cold-called on the button. Toscano folded.
Kovyazin:
Wolf:
Wolf failed to improve as the board came , and Kovyazin doubled through.
The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. We will have full counts for you shortly.
Joseph Grodowski moved all in over the top of Paul Spitzberg who made the call. Grodowski turned over and Spitzberg said "you got me" as he turned over .
"How much is it?" asked Spitzberg, as he got ready to count out Grodowski's double up.
The flop had other plans though as it came .
"Aaaaah, damn it!" groaned Grodwoski.
The on the turn and the changed nothing and Grodowski finished in 12th place.
Vitaly Kovyazin got it in good with against Charles Hook and his but a ten on the flop would change that and play has now stopped for the evening with Kovyazin's 11th place finish.