Aaron Mermelstein opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and directly on his left was Tyler Phillips who three-bet to 105,000. Mermelstein quickly shoved for 750,000 and Phillips slammed in a stack as he snap-called the all-in, putting Mermelstein at risk.
Aaron Mermelstein:
Tyler Phillips:
The dealer fanned out on the flop, giving Phillips a set of cowboys. A very fortuitous card peeled off on the turn for Mermelstein when the dealer flipped over a , hitting Mermelstein with a straight as he overtook the lead.
The river came down a , cementing the pot for Mermelstein who grabbed a complete double through Phillips thanks to a lucky turn card.
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Action was on Nicholas Salimbene in the big blind who was faced with a min-raise of 30,000 and Salimbene three-bet to 170,000. Trung Vu Tran moved all in for 230,000 effective and Salimbene was the only player to call, putting Tran at risk.
Trung Vu Tran:
Nicholas Salimbene:
The board ran out and Salimbene pulled in the pot with his pair of jacks, eliminating Tran from the tournament.
Aaron Massey opened to 30,000 from middle position, he found two callers, Femi Fashakin in late position and John Allan Hinds on the button. The dealer spread out on the flop and all three players checked to the turn card.
Action checked to Hinds on the button who pushed in 50,000 and Massey quickly moved all in for around 305,000. Both players released their hands to Massey's shove, sending him the pot.
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Aaron Sacks three-barrelled on a board with and found a caller in Jean Gaspard who held . Sacks took down the pot with his overpair and left Gaspard with just 30,000 in the process.
On the very next hand Gaspard moved all in for his remaining 30,000 and Sacks called, putting Gaspard at risk.
Jean Gaspard:
Aaron Sacks:
The board ran out and Sacks rivered a flush to take down the pot. Sacks' rivered flush took down the pot and sent Gaspard out the door.
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on the flop, giving Phillips a set of cowboys. A very fortuitous card peeled off on the turn for Mermelstein when the dealer flipped over a 
, hitting Mermelstein with a straight as he overtook the lead. 
, cementing the pot for Mermelstein who grabbed a complete double through Phillips thanks to a lucky turn card.
and Salimbene pulled in the pot with his pair of jacks, eliminating Tran from the tournament.
on the flop and all three players checked to the 
turn card.
board with 
and Sacks rivered a flush to take down the pot. Sacks' rivered flush took down the pot and sent Gaspard out the door.
