Faraz Jaka raised from the hijack to 7,500 after which Mohsin Charania three-bet to 24,500 from the small blind.
Jaka made the call and the flop brought and Charania bet 16,700, Jaka called. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and Charania check-folded to a 22,000-chip bet.
Faraz Jaka raised to 7,500 from the cutoff seat, and Lee Markholt reraised to 29,000 from the small blind with 21,800 behind. Jaka tanked for a bit, and then moved all in. Markholt called.
Jaka tabled the , but his hand was dominated by the for Markholt. The flop came down and gave Jaka, the lead, though, and then the on the turn and on the river completed the board.
Darren Elias raised to 6,200 preflop after which Philipp Gruissem three-bet from the small blind to 14,500. Elias made the call and the flop brought .
Gruissem checked the flop and Elias bet 16,000 after which Gruissem put him all in. Elias made the call for a total of 55,500 and the showdown went as following.
Gruissem:
Elias:
The board ran out , and Elias doubled up by hitting one of his outs on the river.
Brian Green raised from under the gun to 7,500, and Connor Drinan reraised to 18,200 from the cutoff seat. Green called, and the flop came down . Green checked, and Drinan bet 16,500. Green called.
The fell on the turn, and both players checked to see the pair the board on the river. Green bet 12,000, and Drinan called.
Green rolled over the for a diamond flush, and Drinan mucked his hand.
From early position, Nadar Kakhmazov opened to 6,500. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier made the call on the button, and everyone else folded before the dealer spread the flop. Kakhmazov led for 6,000, and Mercier called.
The hit the turn, and Kakhmazov checked. Mercier bet 13,500, and Kakhmazov folded.
PokerStars Team Online member Mickey Petersen was doing fairly well in this event, until he just ran pocket kings into the pocket aces for Aleksandr Denisov. Denisov flopped a set of aces, and Petersen was drawing dead on the turn. Denisov vaulted to nearly 450,000 in chips and now sits amongst the leaders.
Team PokerStars Pro David Williams joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about being a new father, the 10-year anniversary of his World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up finish, and where he got that godawful diamond toothpick from.