David Peters opened for 55,000 with under the gun. Adrian Mateos called from the big blind with . The flop paired Peters: . Both checked and the hit the turn. Mateos, now with a gutshot, bet 205,000 into 150,000 and Peters folded.
Jonathan West opened for 53,000 under the gun plus one and David Peters called from the big blind with . Peters check-called 50,000 on and check-called another 125,000 on the turn.
The completed the board and Peters checked. West bet 300,000 into 496,000 and Peters called. West showed top-two, Peters mucked.
Christian Rudolph opened with a raise to 52,000 from the hijack seat. Koray Aldemir called from the cutoff, Bartosz Stasiewicz called from the button, Shawn Buchanan called from the small blind, and Michael Farrow also called from the big, creating a five-way pot heading to a flop.
The dealer rolled out the flop and action checked all the way around. On the turn, action checked to Aldemir who put out a bet of 180,000. His only caller is Shawn Buchanan.
The river was the and Buchanan checks over to Aldemir. Aldemir fires again, betting a massive 480,000. Buchanan drops into the tank and thinks for several minutes before finally calling. Aldemir shows his which is good as Buchanan turns over his for a lesser set. Fortunately for Buchanan, he was able to escape with his life, while Aldemir propelled to nearly 4 million chips.
Shawn Buchanan raised to 50,000 form the hijack and Koray Aldemir called from the big blind. When the flop came down , Aldemir check-called a bet of 43,000 and the appeared on the turn.
Aldemir check-called another bet, this time 110,000, and then checked the turn.
David Peters opened for 55,000 with under the gun. Maria Lampropulos called from the button with . Daniel Coupal in the big blind shoved for 566,000 with and Peters folded right away. Lampropulos called.
"Lucky, one time..." Coupal said.
"I think ace-jack is gonna win this thing," he continued.
The flop came , helping Coupal in front. The on the turn gave Lampropulos some additional outs but the on the river wasn't one of them and Coupal doubled.
On the last hand before the break, Christian Rudolph opened with a raise to 52,000. Action folded around where Shawn Buchanan asked for a count before reraising, making it a little over 500,000. Action folded back to Rudolph and he called off for his stack of 493,000.
Rudolph:
Buchanan:
The board ran out which kept Rudolph in the lead the whole way and allowed him to double up, while Buchanan was cut down yet again after having a rough level.
Maria Lampropulos opened the hijack for 55,000 with . David Peters defended his big blind with and checked on . Lampropulos bet 55,000 and Peters raised to 180,000. Lampropulos called to grow the pot to 510,000.
The hit the turn and Peters checked. Lampropulos checked back.
The completed the board and Peters checked again. Lampropulos bet 175,000 and Peters folded.
Jonathan West in the cutoff with raised to 53,000. Daniel Coupal called from the big blind with . Coupal bet a small amount on , and was forced to make it 24,000. West raised to 75,000 and Coupal folded.
flop.
turn.
completed the board on the river, Aldemir led out for 67,000 and Farrow folded.
under the gun. Adrian Mateos called from the big blind with 
. The flop paired Peters: 
. Both checked and the 
hit the turn. Mateos, now with a gutshot, bet 205,000 into 150,000 and Peters folded.
and check-called another 125,000 on the 
turn.
completed the board and Peters checked. West bet 300,000 into 496,000 and Peters called. West showed top-two, Peters mucked.
turn, action checked to Aldemir who put out a bet of 180,000. His only caller is Shawn Buchanan. 
and Buchanan checks over to Aldemir. Aldemir fires again, betting a massive 480,000. Buchanan drops into the tank and thinks for several minutes before finally calling. Aldemir shows his 
which is good as Buchanan turns over his 
for a lesser set. Fortunately for Buchanan, he was able to escape with his life, while Aldemir propelled to nearly 4 million chips.
and Coupal checked. Mateos bet 42,000 into 144,000 and Coupal shoved. Mateos folded right away.
under the gun. Maria Lampropulos called from the button with 
on the river wasn't one of them and Coupal doubled.
and checked on 
hit the turn and Peters checked. Lampropulos checked back.