Alex Keating raised to 20,000 and from his left Toby Lewis made it 50,000 to go. Joe Serock was next to act and he four-bet all in for 175,000. The action folded back to Lewis who tanked for a bit before calling.
Steve Warburton raised to 20,000 in early position and Argosy Casino Alton live satellite winner Ray Starrett called from the small blind. Tom Dobrilovic moved all in from the big blind for 220,000 and Warburton sighed as he folded.
Starrett tanked for quite some time before he ultimately called all in for right around 120,000 chips.
Starrett:
Dobrilovic:
The board ran out and the last qualifier standing hit the rail.
Ross Bybee raised under the gun to 16,000, and Alex Keating called from his direct left after which Paul Vas Nunes called in middle position, and Nick Yunis completed from the big blind.
The flop brought out , and all four players checked. On the turn, the hit and Bybee bet 23,000 after Yunis checked. Keating called, then Vas Nunes and Yunis folded. The river brought out the .
Bybee checked to Keating, who bet 80,000 and the former proceeded to move all in for 285,000 on top.
Keating went into the tank for several minutes before the clock was called on him.
Keating thought for a bit longer, sighed, then in the dying seconds opted to make the call.
Bybee tapped on the table and showed the , and Keating raked in this massive pot with the .
Calvin Anderson checked the board to Jiachen Gong. Gong bet 35,000, and then Anderson check-raised to 87,000. After some tanking, Gong called.
The river was the , and Anderson took a bit of time before firing a bet of 113,000. Gong didn't take too long before moving all in for 182,000 total. Anderson tanked, but eventually called with a sigh.
Gong showed the for a rivered flush, and Anderson showed the losing for two pair.
Jack Schanbacher raised to 100,000 with just 14,000 left behind and Oleksandr Gnatenko moved all in over the top from the button. Both blinds folded and Schanbacher called all in.
Schanbacher:
Gnatenko:
The board ran out and while the flop gave Schanbacher the lead, it was Gnatenko who rivered a higher pair to send his opponent to the rail.