David Paredes and Daniel Clemente saw a flop heads up. Paredes checked to Clemente, who bet 375,000. Paredes quickly called, and on to the . Both checked. The river brought the , and Paredes checked a third street. Clemente checked behind, tabling for third pair. Paredes mucked, and Clemente dragged the pot.
David Paredes and Sam Stein are the two most active players at the table. They hooked up in a pot that was opened pre-flop by Paredes for 200,000. Stein called from the big blind.
Action checked all the way to the river, . Stein fired 330,000 there and was called by Paredes. We don't know what Paredes had; he mucked after Stein showed for two pair, nines and sevens.
Sam Stein and Tom Marchese both checked an flop. Sam bet out 160,000 on the turn, and Marchese made the call. The river was the , and this time Stein fired 410,000. That was enough to merit a fold from Marchese, and Stein picked up even more chips.
It looks like Yunus Jamal decided he would fire one time in a pot against David Paredes. Paredes was the pre-flop raiser, with Jamal calling from the blinds. Both players checked a flop of . When the turn came , Jamal led out for 230,000. That bet wasn't enough to shake Paredes; he called to the river. Jamal checked and then folded to a bet of 600,000 from Paredes.
David Paredes had the button and opted to open for 200,000 when everyone ahead of him folded. Daniel Clemente defended his big blind to a flop of . Both players checked. On the turn , Clemente's bet of 175,000 chased Paredes out of the pot.
Yunus Jamal raised, and Daniel Clemente bumped it up to 550,000 from the small blind. Jamal elected to flat.
Flop: - Clemente bet out 650,000. Jamal asked for a count of Daniel's stack, but eventually gave up on the hand. Clemente raked the 1.3 million-chip pot.
Tom Marchese opened with a raise to 225,000. Sam Stein was in the small blind and reraised to 655,000. Thomas Fuller moved out of the way from the big blind and then action fell back on Marchese. He took only a few seconds to fold his hand and Stein picked up some more chips to add to his mountain.
It happened very quickly. Daniel Clemente opened with a raise, Thomas Fuller moved all in and Clemente snap-called. That couldn't have been good news for Fuller. Cards, gentlemen!
Fuller:
Clemente:
Fuller, the player at risk of elimination, remained seated at the table. Clemente, along with most of the gallery, stood up to await the flop. It came , very bad news for Fuller. He was left with only the remaining two jacks as potential savior cards. But the turn and river sent him to the rail in 6th place, collecting $144,639.
Tom Marchese raised to 225,000 from the button. Daniel Clemente reraised from the small blind to 575,000. Marchese four-bet shoved for 3,895,000 and Clemente went into the tank for about a minute and then mucked his hand.
Yunus Jamal opened to 230,000. David Paredes quickly moved all in from the small blind. Jamal asked for a count and folded when he learned he'd have to call another 1.675 million. It seems like Jamal gets three-bet after most of his raises and either folds preflop or is pushed out on another street.