Remember, right now there is a live stream from this event on PokerGO. The lineup for that stream, which is on a 30-minute delay, includes Cary Katz, Ben Lamb, Nick Schulman, Brandon Adams, Matt Hyman, and Daniel Cates.
Action folded to Spain's Sergio Aido on the button and he raised to 17,000. Steffen Sontheimer responded by moving all in from the big blind and Aido quickly called off for right around 155,000.
Sontheimer:
Aido:
Aido had a kicker problem and it didn't get resolved as the board ran out .
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know that Matt Hyman got his stack of 144,500 all in preflop against Brandon Adams, who recently worked his stack of 18,000 up to over 200K.
Adams:
Hyman:
It was the epitome of a race, and Hyman was looking to hold to score the double. The ladies showed him some love as they held after the board ran out .
Dominik Nitsche just limped from the small blind and Justin Bonomo checked his option from the big. The flop saw Nitsche check-call a bet of 8,000 and then he led out for 10,000 on the turn.
Bonomo called and the completed the board on the river. Nitsche returned to checking and Bonomo moved all in. Nitsche, who had 56,000 back, hit the tank and even used a time extension before calling off.
Bonomo showed the bluff, and Nitsche rolled over the for a pair of sevens and the win.
Dan Smith raised the cutoff to 25,000 only to have Stephen Chidwick three-bet all in for 113,000 from the small blind. David Peters folded from the big and Smith opted to call.
Smith:
Chidwick:
Chidwick got it in good, but he fell behind on the flop. The turn gave him an open-ended straight draw, and while the river completed it, the same card gave Smith a winning flush.