Players are on a 15-minute break. A total of 68 players remain on Day 1d. Action will resume at the 4,000/8,000 level.
Players are on a 15-minute break. A total of 68 players remain on Day 1d. Action will resume at the 4,000/8,000 level.
Aram Alexander opened to 15,000 from the cutoff, which led to calls from Vahid Sahebalzamani in the small blind and Hien Hoang in the big blind.
All three players checked through the A♣J♣9♦ flop to bring the 4♦ turn. Sahebalzamani and Hoang checked the turn before Alexander bet 20,000. Sahebalzamani called, but Hoang got out of there with a fold.
The 9♥ river led to a bet of 45,000 from Sahebalzamani. Alexander bowed out with a fold to award the pot to Sahebalzamani.
Samuel Panzica got it going with a raise to 12,000 from the hijack.
Narunat Pansuntorn defended his big blind and sent them to a flop of J♣J♦Q♥.
Both players checked the flop to usher in the 3♣ turn. Pansuntorn checked again before Panzica fired 10,000. Pansuntorn called.
The 4♥ river was checked by Pansuntorn. Panzica followed with a wager of 20,000. There was no call from Pansuntorn this time as he folded to yield the pot to Panzica.
Roy Palmer shipped it for his final 42,000 from early position. Igor Guberman woke up with a hand he wanted to go with and also went all-in on the button to isolate. The blinds got out of the way as Palmer was all-in and at risk.
Roy Palmer: A♣2♣
Igor Guberman: A♥Q♥
Palmer was in trouble against Guberman as he held the inferior ace going into the runout.
The flop gave Palmer something to work with as it came 5♠9♥3♠ to give Palmer a gutshot to the wheel.
Palmer gained some outs to a chop on the 9♣ turn, but he was unable to find any of his cards to survive on the A♦ river to eliminate Palmer.
This hand was picked up on the turn of a board that read 9♥6♣J♥J♠ with approximately 80,000 in the middle.
Robert Hernandez bet 30,000 from the big blind position, and Vinay Gautam made the call from the hijack.
The river peeled the 2♥, which led Hernandez to put enough chips in to put Gautam all-in. Gautam took time to consider his decision before he flicked in a chip for a call to put himself at risk for approximately 51,500.
Hernandez showed that the river helped him in a big way as he tabled Q♥6♥ for a flush. Gautam tabled A♦9♠ to show that he had the best hand until the river.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
This hand was picked up on the A♥A♦A♣6♠ board with around 45,000 in the middle.
It was a battle of the blinds as Jason Palmer led out for 22,000 from the small blind. This led to a call from Andrew Martin out of the big blind.
The 10♥ river came down, which resulted in a check from Palmer. Martin fired 55,000 in response, which put Palmer into the tank for a long time. Palmer opted to fold to award the pot to Martin.
"You almost got called by king-high," said Palmer with a smirk as he chuckled.
Jonathan Wang was the first to act and began the bidding with a raise to 10,000. Lyle Wong called on the button, and Franklin Chavez defended his big blind to create a three-handed pot.
The 5♥3♠A♦ flop led to a check from Chavez. Wang continued for 11,000, which got a fold from Wong and a fold from Chavez.
Both remaining players checked the 5♣ turn to bring the 4♠ river. Wong checked again, but Wang was done checking as he put out a bet of 15,000 in response.
Wong gave it some consideration before he opted to fold to award the pot to Wang.
Robert Mather got the action going with an open to 10,000 from under the gun. This led to calls from Junjie Tang from the cutoff, Jeffrey Sardella on the button, Manjunath Mulinti from the small blind, and Thien Tran out of the big blind.
The 8♠9♦Q♠ flop was checked to Mather, who continued for 15,000. Tang called, while the rest of the table folded.
Mather and Tang checked the 10♣ turn and the A♠ river to go to a showdown.
Mather showed Q♥Q♣ for a set of queens, which was good as Tang mucked his hand at showdown to award the pot to Mather.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000