Daniel Cates Wins Biggest Pot of the Tournament
Action folded to Kacper Pyzara in the small blind. Pyzara, who started out second in chips today, made it 30,000 to go. Big blind Daniel Cates three-bet to 90,000 and Pyzara made the call.
The flop came 
and Pyzara checked. Cates made a bet of 70,000 and Pyzara called.
The 
fell on the turn and Pyzara checked again. Cates tanked for a bit before betting 150,000. Again Pyzara called.
The river paired the board with the 
and Pyzara checked for the third consecutive time. Cates didn't hesitate too long before he tried to shove all of his chips in. 'Tried' we say, as it took some effort, but eventually he had a grip on all of his 349,000 and moved them over the line in one movement.
Pyzara grabbed a single 1,000 chip and almost instantly called by tossing it in, but in the end he changed his mind and he didn't finish his movement. He tanked for a fair bit; it was obvious to everyone at the table that he wasn't the happiest camper in the room.
After another two minutes or so, he reluctantly swooshed a single chip from his stack to the middle to indicate the call. Cates proudly and full of confidence showed his 
. Pyzara open mucked his 
, folded his arms, and let his head rest on the table. The dealer grabbed the 349,000 from his stack and moved them to his neighbor, Pyzara just wailed silently.
Daniel Cates is now the chip leader of the tournament as far as we can see, Pyzara one of the shorter stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,326,000
616,000
|
616,000 |
|
205,000
-655,000
|
-655,000 |
and Cates checked. Soika bet 27,000 and Chew made the call, Cates folded immediately.
on the turn and the 
hit the river. Soika checked, and folded to Chew's 26,000 bet. 
but was beaten by Chew's 
for the rivered flush. Binar calmly said "Bye bye" and made his way to the exit. 
and Cates again took his time before betting 90,000. Selbst called. 
. Selbst mucked.
and Dobrovolskiy checked behind. The 
when Kitai bet 36,000, which got Vojtech Ruzicka to fold, and that got him heads up with Carrell for about 60,000 total chips.
and Carrel was knocked out.
and got two calls, one of 'em being Pavel Binar from the small blind. The flop came 
and Binar checked. Palumbo made a continuation bet of 8,500 and got a call before Binar check raised to 32,000. Just Palumbo made the call. The 
fell on the turn and Binar bet more than half Palumbo's remaining stack. The two got all of their chips in eventually and Palumbo was shown 
, keeping Vamplew's pair of queens in front.
and Thorel raked in the pot, and the knocked-out player threw his banana into the pot as well as he left the tournament. Thorel was pushed the pot, and the banana, but he surrendered the latter and O'Dwyer snapped it up. 
