Mark Hagendijk came into today as one of the tournament short stacks, and unfortunately for Hagendijk he had a conflicting flight out of Las Vegas.
Consequently Hagendijk made it known to the tournament staff before play began that he was most likely not going to play a single hand today, and therefore would be blinded out of the tournament.
Down to his last 5,000-denomination chips, Hagendijk was all in for the ante on the big blind, and as per Wynn Las Vegas rules, because he was seated, his hand was mucked and Hagendijk was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place.
From under the gun, Andrey Plotnikov opened to 70,000 and Ekrem Bozkurt three-bet shoved all in for 300,000 from the big blind. Plotnikov quickly called, and the cards were revealed.
Plotnikov:
Bozkurt:
The board ran out and Bozkurt doubled through with his better ace-high.
From the cutoff, Jordan Cristos opened to 65,000, and Joris Springael moved all in from the small blind for 505,000. Cristos called, and the cards were tabled.
Springael:
Cristos:
The flop of thrust Springael into the lead, and when the turn and river landed the and , he would double to nearly 1.1 million as Cristos dropped to 2.4 million in chips.
Yngve Steen opened to 65,000 from the hijack and Ryan Readenour called next to act in the cutoff. Henrik Tellving pushed all in from the button for 375,000 and Steen four-bet jammed for 1.4 million to force Readenour out.