From under the gun, Sandor Demjan raised to 4,500. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from middle position before Shawn Buchanan reraised from the button to 16,000. Demjan made the call of the reraise while Timoshenko folded.
The flop came down 
and Demjan fired 15,000. Buchanan called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The also checked the 
river.
Demjan tabled the 
, but lost to Buchanan's 
.
From the cutoff seat, Scott Seiver raised to 6,000. Eugene Katchalov called from the small blind and the flop came down 
. Katchalov led out with a bet of 8,000 and Seiver called.
The turn went check, check after the fell. The then landed on the river and Katchalov bet 20,000. Seiver folded and Katchalov won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 116,000 |
|
170,000 | 5,000 |
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Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened to 4,000 from middle position, Bill Perkins called in the cutoff, and Jonathan Duhamel three-bet to 14,500 on the button. Grospellier called, Perkins followed suit, and the flop came down . All three players checked.
The turn was the 
, and Grospellier led for 27,200. Perkins called, Duhamel mucked, and the completed the board. Both players knuckled.
Perkins tabled 
for a pair of jacks, Grospellier mucked, and Perkins is off to a nice start with his second stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | 60,000 |
We missed the preflop action, but Chance Kornuth (button) and Tom Marchese (small blind) each committed 40,000 before the flop.
The 
flop was checked by both players, leading to the 
turn. Marchese bet 62,000 and was met with a call from Kornuth. The 
hit the river and Marchese checked to Kornuth who opted to bet a relatively small 43,000. Marchese tanked for about three minutes, but ultimately chose to give it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000 | 115,000 |
|
227,000 | -103,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
535,000 | -30,000 |
|
495,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
470,000 | 5,000 |
|
440,000 | 75,000 |
|
435,000 | 10,000 |
Galen Hall started things off by accidentally folding, thinking he was under the gun when he was actually in the big blind. The floor did not rule his hand dead however, and Hall was given his cards back.
"You should probably just fold," Bryn Kenney warned him.
Chance Kornuth min-raised to 4,000, and the action folded to Hall who grinned before making the call. The flop came down 
, and Hall check-called a 5,500-chip bet from Kornuth. The turn was the , Hall checked again, and Kornuth continued for 12,000. Hall called.
The river was the , and Hall checked a third time. Kornuth fired 18,500.
"We both know exactly what I have," Hall said.
The table laughed.
"I know you had a flush draw," Kornuth responded.
"I was going to call you before you said that," Hall sighed.
Hall still called, and Kornuth announced that he had an ace, turning over . Hall angrily mucked, and Kornuth raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000 | 45,000 |
|
315,000 | -45,000 |
With Bill Perkins returning to the felt, we've moved up to 32 total entries. The prize pool hasn't been finalized as registration is still open, but if things stay the way they are, we'll pay out five players. If we tick up to 33 entries, we'll pay six.
Isaac Haxton raised to 5,300 from under the gun and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom three-bet to 14,600 from the cutoff. Action folded around to Haxton who called, delivering a 
flop to the board.
Both players opted to check which led to the 
on the turn. Haxton took about 90 seconds before overbetting the pot with a bet of 46,000. Blom called rather quickly, landing the on the river. Haxton took a moment before sliding 300,000 into the pot, easily covering Blom's remaining 165,000ish. After about one minute in the tank, Blom gave it up.
As he was collecting the pot, Haxton was informed he'd be moving tables and now sits on the right of fellow big stack Chance Kornuth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
565,000 | 55,000 |
|
165,000 | -75,700 |
Galen Hall opened the pot with a raise, and Bill Perkins called right next door. One more seat over, Chance Kornuth squeezed in a three-bet to 15,000 total, and now only Perkins came along to see a heads-up flop.
It came 
, and Perkins check-raised Kornuth's continuation bet. Kornuth called the raise, and Perkins shoved in for more than 100,000 after the 
turn. The two men were pretty close in chips, but Koruth had the slightly covering stack, and he made the call to put Perkins at risk.
Showdown
Perkins:
Kornuth: 
Perkins was on the draw with his diamonds, and Kornuth needed to fade the nine outs once to earn the knockout.
River: .
Black cards are always nice when you're fading diamonds, and that river locked up the pot for Kornuth. Out of chips, Perkins has rummaged through his wallet and found another $98,500. He's currently re-entering, but his seat has been taken by another player in the meantime, so he'll have a new home once he returns.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
Busted |
When we reached Table 4, the flop was 
. Scott Seiver checked in the small blind, Alexey Repik bet 10,000, and Masa Kagawa called. Seiver released, and the turn brought the .
Repik slowed down, checking to Kagawa who fired 20,000. Repik quickly folded, and Kagawa won the pot.
