Sam Trickett opened to 12,000 from early position and it folded around to Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the small blind who three-bet all in for 65,000. Action came back to Trickett and he called.
Trickett:
Troyanovskiy:
Trickett was behind before the flop but that all changed in an instant after he flopped two pair with . Troyanovskiy stood from the table and shook his head as the board finished with the and the . He collected his belongings and left the tournament area while Trickett increased his stack to about 265,000.
From the hijack seat, Sergio Aido raised to 12,000. Mike Leah moved all in from the next spot in the cutoff position for around 135,000, and then play folded to Dan Heimiller in the big blind. He reraised all in, and Aido folded.
Heimiller had the and was dominating Leah's .
The flop gave Leah the lead with the peeling off, and the turn kept him in front with the . The river was the , though, and that won Heimiller the pot and sent Leah to the rail.
Jonathan Little open-shipped all in for his last 55,500 and found a call from Paul Newey on the button.
Little:
Newey:
Little jumped out into the lead on the flop and held onto that lead through the turn () and the river (). Little now has about 120,000 while Newey has fallen to 110,000.
Action folded to Paul Volpe in the small blind, and he moved all in against Adrian Mateos' big blind. With 55,500 in chips, Mateos made the call with . Volpe had . The board ran out , and Mateos doubled up.
It was folded to Tony Gregg in the small blind who moved all in to apply pressure to Jimmy Zhou in the small blind who was down to a little more than 40,000. Zhou looked at his cards and made the call with . Gregg turned over .
The flop paired both players with Zhou hitting the bigger pair on the flop. The turn was the and the river was the and Zhou doubled to 94,000 while Gregg moved into short stack territory with 47,500 in chips.
Garrett Greer raised to 10,000 from early position and Govert Metaal flatted from the next seat over. Action folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu in the small blind and he cut out a three-bet to 37,000. Greer thought for about a minute before four-betting all in for 140,000. Metaal moved all in over the top of that and Negreanu folded what he said was ace-queen.
Greer:
Metaal:
The board fell down , pairing Greer's ace and giving him the double. Greer now has about 360,000 in chips while Metaal has dropped to 160,000.
We didn't catch the amount of the bets but Dan Heimiller opened from the button, Jean-Pascal Savard three-bet from the small blind, and Heimiller moved all in having Savard well covered. Savard snap-called and with good reason as he had . Heimiller held and Savard would double up to 510,000 when the board ran out . Heimiller ended the hand with 270,000.
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Tony Gregg moved all in from early position for what looked to be around 70,000. Jimmy Zhou moved all in over the top from the next seat and the rest of the table folded.
Gregg tabled and was up against the of Zhou. Gregg's lead quickly disappeared after the dealer fanned a flop of . Gregg failed to catch up with the on the turn or the on the river and he was eliminated from play. Zhou pulled the pot and brought his stack to about 165,000.
. Troyanovskiy stood from the table and shook his head as the board finished with the 
and the 
. He collected his belongings and left the tournament area while Trickett increased his stack to about 265,000.
and was dominating Leah's 
.
peeling off, and the turn kept him in front with the 
. The river was the 
, though, and that won Heimiller the pot and sent Leah to the rail.
flop and held onto that lead through the turn (
). Little now has about 120,000 while Newey has fallen to 110,000.
. Volpe had 
. The board ran out 
. Gregg turned over 
.
flop. The turn was the 
, pairing Greer's ace and giving him the double. Greer now has about 360,000 in chips while Metaal has dropped to 160,000.
of Zhou. Gregg's lead quickly disappeared after the dealer fanned a flop of 
. Gregg failed to catch up with the 
