Wayne Bentley and Tyler Reiman got the money in preflop with the most famous coin-flip situation known to poker: vs. .
Reiman held the pocket queens and Bentley the big slick. The board ran out giving Reiman the pot. He was the player at risk in this hand, doubling up to 700,000. PokerStars online qualifier Bentley was left with 75,000 chips.
Harrison Gimbel has breached the 3 million chip mark after winning a recent three-way pot.
We caught up to the hand on the flop with the board showing . Eric Froehlich checked, as did Damien Rony, sending the first action over to Gimbel who led out with a 75,000 bet. Both Froehlich and Rony called.
All three players checked the on the turn, fastracking the action to the river, . Froehlich and Rony checked once more allowing Gimbel to fire a 300,000 bet. Froehlich was the only caller and at the showdown, Gimbel tabled for trip threes. Froehlich mucked.
After the hand, E-Fro dropped to 1.03 million in chips while Gimbel improved to 3.05 million.
From under the gun, Minond Oded Oscar raised all in for 105,000 chips. Action folded over to Praz Bansi in middle position and he made the call. Everyone else folded, leaving the two heads up.
Bansi held against Oscar's pocket fours. The flop contained a king to put Bansi in the lead when it fell . The turn was the and the river the , eliminating Oscar. Bansi jumped back to two million.
Action folded around the table to Paul Knebel in the small blind who made it 41,000 to go. Kent Lundmark then made it 116,000 to play from the big and Knebel opted to call and see a flop:
Knebel then checked to Lundmark who fired a 125,000 continuation bet; Knebel called. Both players checked the on the turn, bringing the action to the river: .
There, Knebel opened with a 250,000 bet and Lundmark called prompting a showdown:
Knebel:
Lundmark:
Lundmark claimed the pot with tens full of jacks to improve to 1.47 million in chips. Knebel was left with a still manageable 790,000.
Amanda Baker has recently climbed past the two million mark in chips after a recent heads-up confrontation with Damien Rony.
Rony opened the pot with a raise to 42,000 from the button and Baker made the call from the small blind.
The flop came down and Baker led the action, firing a 77,000 bet. Rony chose to raise, kicking it up to 182,000 and Baker flat-called.
The fell on 4th Street and Baker checked to Rony who fired another bullet -- this time making it 215,000 to play. Baker then check-raised all in prompting her nemesis to surrender.
After the hand, we counted Baker at just over two million in chips while Rony fell below 800,000.
Bryn Kenney moved all in from the button for a little less than 400,000 holding pocket twos and was called by Benjamin Zamani holding .
The flop came down with two hearts giving Zamani a world of outs and he managed to spike one of them -- an ace -- on the turn, to take the lead in the hand.
Kenney needed a miracle two on the river to stay alive, but none came and thus he was eliminated from the main event.
After the hand, Zamani stacked up 1.1 million in chips.