Chino Rheem opened to 17,000 from the hijack. Sam Laskowitz and Nicholas Seward called from the cutoff and big blind.
Rheem continued for 18,000 on the K♠2♥2♦ flop and only Laskowitz called.
Rheem then check-called for 25,000 on the 2♣ turn before the 9♣ river checked through to showdown.
Rheem tabled 7♥7♠ for deuces full of sevens, and Laskowitz mucked.
Cary Katz was eliminated from the table a few minutes later.
Joey Weissman opened to 16,000 from early position and called when Jeremy Becker made it 50,000 from the small blind.
Becker continued for 35,000 on the 10♦8♥7♦ flop. Weissman made it 160,000, leaving 3,000 behind. Becker called, and then checked dark, Weissman also checked the 3♣ turn.
Becker check-called for the last 3,000 on the 6♣ river.
Becker had J♥J♦ for jacks but Weissman made a set with 6♠6♥.
Aram Oganyan short stack's was in the middle, and he was at risk to Andrew Lichtenberger.
Aram Oganyan: K♠10♦
Andrew Lichtenberger: JxJx
Oganyan couldn't beat the jacks in the A♠6♥10♣9♣8♠ runout and was eliminated.
The following hand, Myles Mullaly doubled to 240,000 when his QxQx held out against Jamie Dwan's Ax2x in a blind on blind showdown.
The players are back in their seats, and cards are once again in the air.
The first feature table includes:
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Registration has closed with 56 entries recorded, generating a prize pool of $840,000.
The top eight finishers will make the money, with a min-cash worth $33,600. The eventual champion will walk away with the trophy and $277,200 in first-place prize money.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $277,200 |
| 2 | $176,400 |
| 3 | $117,600 |
| 4 | $84,000 |
| 5 | $67,200 |
| 6 | $50,400 |
| 7–8 | $33,600 |
The players have been sent on a 10-minute break to set up the feature table.
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Adrian Mateos opened to 12,000 from the button and David Coleman defended the big blind. Coleman check-called for 7,000 on the A♦6♣4♠ flop and then led for 12,000 on the 6♦ turn. Mateos called. Coleman checked the 10♥ river after some thought, but snap-folded when Mateos put him all-in for his last 34,000.
On the next deal, Myles Mullaly raised to 12,000. Jamie Dwan three-bet to 35,000 from the hijack and then Mateos four-bet to 70,000 from the cutoff. Mullaly folded before Dwan jammed for 178,000. Mateos called as the bigger stack.
Jamie Dwan: K♠K♦
Adrian Mateos: A♥J♥
Dwan doubled up after the 4♥4♦3♠7♦7♠ runout.
The following hand saw Mateos make it 12,000 from the hijack. Jeremy Ausmus called from the cutoff and then David Coleman jammed for 31,000 from the button. Mateos jammed for 86,000 and Ausmus got out of the way.
David Coleman: 7♥7♦
Adrian Mateos: Q♥10♠
Coleman made a set on the A♣7♣2♥ flop and doubled up after the 4♠ turn and 5♣ river.
Soon after Mateos was eliminated, alongside Nick Schulman, Brian Batt and Joe McKeehen.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and Nicholas Palma defended the big blind. Palma check-folded to a bet of 9,000 on the 8♥7♣2♦ flop.
On the next deal, Clemen Deng made it 12,000 from the cutoff. Igor Yaroshevskyy and Joe McKeehen called from the button and big blind. Deng continued for 11,000 on the K♠8♥5♣ flop. Yaroshevskyy was the only caller. Deng then check-folded to a bet of 18,000 on the K♦ turn.
On another table, Kent Stephens was eliminated.
Steve Zolotow raised to 15,000 from the hijack and Aram Oganyan called from the big blind.
Oganyan check-called for 12,000 on the 6♦5♣3♦ flop, and then led out for 6,000 on the 6♠ turn. Zolotow called.
Zolotow then called a bet of 7,000 on the 8♠ river for the cards to go on their backs.
Oganyan had sixes and fives with K♦5♦ but it was no good against Zolotow's 10♦10♠.
On Table #2, Sean Perry was eliminated.
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