Mourad Shaimi and Justin Bonomo exchanged a couple of preflop raises until all of the chips were in the middle. Bonomo was the player at risk for 67,000 but turned over the better of the two hands.
Justin Bonomo: Q♥Q♦
Mourad Shaimi: 9♠9♦
The flop of 6♥6♣4♥ was safe for Bonomo who was looking for a double-up. The 7♥ and 2♦ runout was also clean, leaving Shaimi on the short stack now.
Salvatore Camarda opened to 6,500 in the hijack and Michael Rodrigues defended out of the big blind.
Rodrigues checked on the flop of A♦A♠5♥ and Camarda continued for 12,000. Rodrigues folded without a fight.
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After multiple raises preflop between Vicente Delgado in early position and Luke Schwartz in the cutoff, all the chips went in the middle with Schwartz being the player at risk for his last roughly 140,000.
Luke Schwartz: K♠K♣
Vicente Delgado: A♦K♦
Schwartz was well ahead preflop with cowboys, but when the board ran out A♠8♣6♠J♦A♣, it was the ace-king that made trip aces to send Schwartz to the rail close to the money bubble.
Renat Bohdanov was out of position in a heads-up pot against Ramon Colillas with the board reading 6♥3♥6♦Q♥J♠.
With an array of chips already in the middle, Colillas bet a sizable 50,000 and Bohdanov went in the tank before calling. Colillas tabled A♠10♠ for just ace-high, Bohdanov showed J♥7♥ for a flush.
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In a heads-up pot with roughly 20,000 in the middle on a board showing J♦7♦3♣Q♣, Parker Talbot bet out 20,000 from the small blind and Vicente Delgado moved all in for 67,000 in the big blind. Talbot snap-called with a bigger stack to put Delgado at risk and the cards were tabled.
Vicente Delgado: 10♣9♣
Parker Talbot: J♣3♦
Talbot was ahead with his two pair but would need to dodge the straight and flush draw for Delgado. The river fell the 5♣ to give Delgado the flush and full double up off Talbot.
Andrew Hulme opened to 6,500 in middle position and Samy Boujmala three-bet to 20,000 on his left. The action came back to Hulme who peeled a flop of 6♦3♣2♠.
Hulme check-called a bet of 13,500 from Boujmala and the 3♥ paired the board on the turn. Both players checked and the 10♣ landed on the river. Hulme dropped in a bet of 24,000 and Boujmala quickly sent his cards to the muck.
Antonio Buonanno raised to 6,000 in middle position and Maria Lampropulos just called in the cutoff. Lewis Grabowski shipped all in for 31,500 on the button and the action folded back to Lampropulos who made the call.
Lewis Grabowski: 6♥6♦
Maria Lampropulos: 10♥10♦
The board ran out K♣Q♥7♦9♥A♥ and Lampropulos held on to eliminate Grabowski.
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