In early position, David Peters opened the pot by shoving all in for 240,000. The table folded all the way around to the big blind where Santiago Nadal asked for the count before making the call.
Showdown
Peters:
Nadal:
For the second time in as many orbits, we've got ace-queens chopping a pot at that table. The board ran , and no chips change hands.
On the next deal, Peters shoved again, this time from under the gun. Nobody wanted to tangle with him the second time around, and Peters collected the blinds and antes all for himself.
Action folded to David Paredes on the button and he raised to 35,000, which Taylor von Kriegenbergh called from the small blind. Action was then on Jose De Noronha in the big blind and he shoved all in for 175,000. Paredes made the call while von Kriegenbergh got out of the way.
De Noronha:
Paredes:
De Noronha was ahead and practically assured to stay there when the flop came down . The turn and river changed nothing and De Noronha more than doubled to around 400,000.
Action folded to Bryan Leskowitz in the small blind and he moved all in to put the shorter stacked Romik Vartzar at risk in the big blind. Vartzar looked down to see two kings and made the call.
Vartzar:
Leskowitz:
The flop came down and kept Vartzar in front with his kings. The turn brought the worst card he could see though when the fell and spiked Leskowitz with a gutshot straight draw. Vartzar was drawing stone dead as the river completed the board with the .
Leskowitz was able to come from behind and win the hand, busting Vartzar in 15th place and sending him home with a payday of $14,000. Leskowitz moved to 1.03 million in chips.
In the cutoff seat, Joe Hachem opened the pot to what looked like 36,000, and Alex Kamberis was the lone caller, coming along from the button.
The two men watched a flop slide off the deck, and Hachem continued out with 56,000 chips. Kamberis didn't waste too much time calling, and that drew a check from Hachem when the landed on fourth street. Kamberis checked it back, and the paired the board on fifth street. When Hachem checked again, Kamberis took his cue to fire 98,000 at the pot.
Hachem instantly called, rolling over as he did. "I was hoping to get a value bet from ace-queen," he said as Kamberis flashed his mystery cards and spun his cards into the muck.
"I almost didn't," he lamented, possibly indicating that he did indeed have the ace-queen. In any event, that nice pot moves Hachem up to 760,000, while Kamberis slides back under a million with 860,000.
Santiago Nadal opened to 35,000 from early position, and Jeremy Ausmus called from the big blind to go heads up to the flop.
It came , and both players checked. Ausmus checked again on the turn, and he called a bet of 45,000 from Nadal. That led them to the turn, and Ausmus check-called another 78,000.
At showdown, Ausmus' was equal to Nadal's , and both men get to take their money back plus a few extra chips.
If you recall, we mentioned Table 8 was allowing each player one opportunity to see their opponent's hole cards. Hachem just decided to use his in a hand against Govert Metaal.
The hand in question began when Metaal raised to 39,000 preflop from the button and Hachem reraised to 113,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Metaal moved all in for 264,000 total. Hachem clearly did not like the push and tanked for a long time.
"If you were me, would you call or fold?" Hachem asked. Metaal and Hachem joked around a bit before Hachem conceded the hand, using his "One-Time" pass in the process. Metaal revealed and Hachem seemed pleased, even congratulating himself: "Good fold. I had an ace."
Victor Ramdin raised to 36,000 from the hijack only to have Wade Townsend reraise to 91,000 from the big blind. Ramdin made the call and the duo watched the flop fall .
Townsend led out with a 45,000 bet and Ramdin announced a raise, which ended up being 106,000 total. Townsend opted to fold, leaving himself 580,000 behind. It has not been the best start for Townsend, who has been slipping in chips as of late.
From middle position, David Paredes raised to 38,000. Taylor von Kriegenbergh called from the hijack seat and then Romik Vartzar called from the button. Everyone else folded and the flop came down .
On the flop, Paredes kept up his aggression with a continuation bet of 81,000. Von Kriegenbergh though for a bit and then flat-called. Vartzar folded and was left with 287,000 in chips while the other two went to the turn.
Fourth street was the and completed a possible diamond draw. Paredes pressed harder on the gas and slid out a bet of 204,000. Von Kriegenbergh thought for a few minutes and then made the call.
The river completed the board with the . The board was now paired and Paredes sat with 939,000 chips behind. He took his time with his action before sliding 415,000 chips forward with two hands. Immediately, von Kriegenbergh asked for a count. He then went into the tank for several long minutes. He also asked Paredes how much he had behind, which was 524,000. Eventually, von Kriegenbergh gave it up, but not before asking to see Paredes' hand as the table had agreed to give one player a pass to see his opponent's cards. Paredes obliged and tabled the for a flush. He said that if von Kriegenbergh had shoved, he'd probably have puked all over the table.
Von Kriegenbergh was knocked back to 2.08 million while Paredes stormed to 1.7 million in chips.
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landed on fourth street. Kamberis checked it back, and the 
, and both players checked. Ausmus checked again on the 
turn, and he called a bet of 45,000 from Nadal. That led them to the 
turn, and Ausmus check-called another 78,000.
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and Hachem seemed pleased, even congratulating himself: "Good fold. I had an ace."
