In early position Adam Friedman looked down at the and raised to 185,000. Mandeep Sah moved all in for 1.5 million as he held .
Friedman thought for a while, as a call would be for the most of his stack. Eventually he did call to set up a huge coin flip situation with Sah's final table life on the line.
The flop was bad news for Friedman when it came to pair Sah's king. The turn was the and the river came the to keep Sah alive and to reduce Friedman's stack to a mere 220,000.
Abdul Amer raised under the gun to 160,000 with the . He picked up three callers, Mandeep Sah from the cutoff with the , Thila Narayanan from the small blind with the , and Kevin Eyster from the big blind with the .
Eyster was rewarded for calling from the big blind as the flop came . The action checked around to Amer who continued with a bet of 175,000. Sah called and Narayanan folded. Action was then on Eyster who shoved all in for his remaining 835,000.
Amer thought for a while, considering the hand and the situation before eventually laying it down. Sah then went deep into the tank as he contemplated whether his nines were good on this board. He hesitated slightly while reaching for his cards but did eventually fold to give Eyster a beefy pot to add to his stack.
Spenser Cramer raised it to 130,000 from the hijack position. Thila Narayanan reraised all in on the button for his remaining 810,000. Kevin Eyster reraised all in from the small blind for 1.6M and Cramer folded.
Narayanan:
Eyster:
The board ran out and Narayanan doubled up to 1.62M in chips.
Jeff Hart raised to 130,000 under the gun and it folded around to Abdul Amer in the big blind who made the call. The flop came , Hart made a continuation-bet of 150,000, and Amer called.
The turn was the and it was checked around.
The river came the , and it was checked around again. Hart showed . Amer mucked, and Hart took down the pot.