With the action on Christopher Kruk in the small blind, he raised to 70,000 and Justin Bonomo defended his big blind. The flop fell and Kruk led out for 55,000. Bonomo stuck around to see the land on the turn.
Kruk checked this time and Bonomo fired a bet of 110,000. Kruk called and the completed the board. Kruk checked again and Bonomo pushed forward a bet of 250,000. Kruk burned through one of his time extensions and then folded as his time was running out.
Action folded to Stefan Schillhabel on the button and he raised to 300,000, leaving himself just 50,000 chips behind. After verifying the amount of the raise, Jonathan Jaffe called from the small blind.
The flop came and Jaffe bet to put Schillhabel at risk. He quickly called and the two players tabled their hands.
Stefan Schillhabel:
Jonathan Jaffe:
Jaffe had the lead with top set but Schillhabel had outs in the form of an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn gave Jaffe a lock on the pot with a boat, and he took the chips after the hit the river to end Schillhabel's deep run in this event.
Christopher Kruk raised to 50,000 on the button and Justin Bonomo three-bet to 190,000 from the small blind. Kruk called and they went heads-up to the flop of .
Bonomo led out for 110,000 and Kruk raised to 340,000, which Bonomo called. The landed on the turn and Bonomo checked to Kruk who continued his story with a bet of 170,000. Bonomo wasn't going anywhere though as he quickly made the call.
The appeared on the river and Bonomo checked. Kruk quickly checked behind and Bonomo tabled , which proved to be the winning hand as Kruk sent his cards to the muck.
Richard Seymour raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Justin Bonomo called from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Bonomo bet 60,000. Seymour raised to 140,000 and Bonomo called.
The fell on the river and Bonomo checked. Seymour bet 300,000, sending Bonomo into the tank. He used one time bank slip before he eventually folded and Seymour took the pot.
Mikita Badziakouski got all of his 246,000 chips in the middle against Richard Seymour and was in a dominating position to double up. Badziakouski held and Seymour showed . The board ran out and Badziakouski made a flush by the river to score a double up.
Just two hand later, the action folded around to Badziakouski in the small blind who raised to 480,000. Jonathan Jaffe announced all in from the big blind and Badziakouski called off his remaining 50,000 chips. Jaffe tabled and Badziakouski was in danger of being eliminated with .
The flop came and Badziakouski picked up a couple of outs after hitting a pair of nines on the flop. The and the completed the board and Badziakouski was unable to improve, being eliminated in sixth place.
Action folded around to the blinds and Justin Bonomo raised from the small to put Igor Kurganov, who was in the big blind, to a decision for his approximately 300,000-chip stack. After brief consideration, Kurganov called to put himself at risk.
Justin Bonomo:
Igor Kurganov:
Kurganov had the preflop advantage and Bonomo needed to improve in order to stack him. The board ran out to give Bonomo queens up, so he took the pot to end Kurganov's deep run in this event.
Justin Bonomo opened to 60,000 in the cutoff with a dead button and Richard Seymour three-bet to 180,000 out of the small blind. Jonathan Jaffe made a four-bet to 415,000 from the big blind and the action was back on Bonomo.
Bonomo quickly folded and Seymour sat in thought. With no time extensions remaining, he needed to act within his allotted 30 seconds. As his time was running out, Seymour announced all in and Jaffe quickly mucked his cards.
and Kruk bet 80,000. Kurganov called.
and Kruk checked. Kurganov bet 170,000 and Kruk called.
fell on the river and both players checked. Kruk tabled 
for a set of aces and Kurganov flashed 
as he mucked.
and Kruk led out for 55,000. Bonomo stuck around to see the 
land on the turn.
completed the board. Kruk checked again and Bonomo pushed forward a bet of 250,000. Kruk burned through one of his time extensions and then folded as his time was running out.
on the turn gave Jaffe a lock on the pot with a boat, and he took the chips after the 
hit the river to end Schillhabel's deep run in this event.
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landed on the turn and Bonomo checked to Kruk who continued his story with a bet of 170,000. Bonomo wasn't going anywhere though as he quickly made the call.
appeared on the river and Bonomo checked. Kruk quickly checked behind and Bonomo tabled 
, which proved to be the winning hand as Kruk sent his cards to the muck.
fell on the river and Bonomo checked. Seymour bet 300,000, sending Bonomo into the tank. He used one time bank slip before he eventually folded and Seymour took the pot.
. The board ran out 
and Badziakouski made a flush by the river to score a double up.
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and Badziakouski picked up a couple of outs after hitting a pair of nines on the flop. The 
