Austin Peck opened to 320,000 on the button and Dapo Ajayi defended his big blind. The flop came and Ajayi check-called Peck's continuation-bet of 310,000.
Both players checked the turn and the dealer brought the river . Ajayi led out for 400 and Peck thought for a bit before putting in a stack of chips to raise. Ajayi quickly folded and Peck took down the pot.
After winning a blind-on-blind battle from the big blind against Nathaniel Zoller for a 2.7 million-chip pot where he won with a bet on the river, Austin Peck found action folded to him in the small blind. He completed and Maxx Holland checked his option.
The flop came and Peck bet 125,000. Holland peeled and the turn came . Peck checked to Holland, who bet 425,000. Peck made the call.
The river fell and Peck checked once more. Holland fired out a bet of 875,000 and Peck thought for a few moments before making the call.
Holland tabled , showing two napkins while Peck turned over for queens up and took down the pot.
Dapo Ajayi opened to 260,000 from the cutoff and Nathaniel Zoller defended his big blind. The flop fell and both players checked.
Zoller led out for 375,000 on the turn and Ajayi raised to 1 million. Zoller called.
The river came and Zoller checked to Ajayi, who bet 700,000. Zoller thought for a little and called.
Ajayi tabled for queen-high and Zoller showed for a pair of aces and raked in the pot, extending his chip lead while Ajayi finds himself back in the middle of the pack.
Dapo Ajayi opened to 260,000 from under the gun and Nick Pupillo shoved over the top of him from middle position for 2.25 million. Action made its way back to Ajayi and he went into the tank, talking himself through his decision. After just shy of five minutes, he made the call.
Nick Pupillo:
Dapo Ajayi:
Ajayi stood up after seeing that he was ahead in a coin flip situation to knock out Pupillo.
The board ran out to give Ajayi a straight on the turn and Pupillo was eliminated in 7th place.
Dapo Ajayi opened to 225,000 from early position and received a call from Nathaniel Zoller on the button. Rich Dixon was in the small blind and went all in for 680,000. Ajayi shoved over the top for around 2.1 million and Zoller quickly folded.
Rich Dixon:
Dapo AJayi:
The board ran out , leaving Dixon drawing dead by the turn as he was eliminated from the tournament and Ajayi collected the pot, bringing him near the chip count he brought into the day.