Players are on a 15-minute break. A total of 68 players remain. Action will resume at the 3,000/5,000 level.
Players are on a 15-minute break. A total of 68 players remain. Action will resume at the 3,000/5,000 level.
Priyank Shah opened to 8,000 and was called by Nicholas Iriarte on the button and Omari Mims-Mitchell from the big blind.
The J♦6♥10♣ flop was checked by all three players to bring the 3♣ turn. Mims-Mitchell checked again, but this time Shah fired 10,000. Iriarte called, but Mims-Mitchell folded.
Both remaining players checked the 6♠ river to go to a showdown.
Shah showed K♠J♥ for a pair of jacks, which was good as Iriarte folded.
Dean Calilung opened to 10,000 from the hijack before Julian Hayes made the call on the button. Victor Paredes joined the fray with a call from the big blind to create a three-handed pot.
The flop came A♣9♦3♥ before Paredes checked his option. Calilung continued for 23,000, which led to folds from Hayes and Paredes as she took down the pot uncontested on the flop.
A total of 1,096 entries created a prize pool of $577,720 with a first-place prize of $83,280 slotted for the eventual champion.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $83,280 | 13-15 | $6,200 |
| 2 | $55,000 | 16-19 | $5,400 |
| 3 | $41,000 | 20-23 | $4,560 |
| 4 | $30,500 | 24-31 | $3,860 |
| 5 | $23,200 | 32-39 | $3,240 |
| 6 | $17,700 | 40-47 | $2,700 |
| 7 | $13,600 | 48-55 | $2,280 |
| 8 | $10,600 | 64-79 | $1,620 |
| 9-10 | $8,300 | 80-95 | $1,380 |
| 11-12 | $7,200 | 96-112 | $1,200 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Herbjeet Bal jammed for his final 35,000 from the hijack before Zachary Marston also went all-in from the next seat over to isolate. Bal and Marston went to a showdown with Bal at risk.
Herbjeet Bal: J♥10♥
Zachary Marston: Q♣Q♥
Marston was well ahead, but the flop brought a plethora of outs for Bal when it came K♦A♥9♥ to give Bal a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw.
The 6♠ kept Marston in control, and Bal busted when the 10♠ river peeled to award Marston the pot.
Daniel Nozaki opened to 6,000 from early position before Nicholas Iriarte made it 16,000 from the next seat over. Nozaki called to keep the pot heads up as they took a flop.
The 2♥K♠6♦ led to a bet of 10,000 from Nozaki. Iriarte slid out the call.
Nozaki did not slow down on the J♦ turn as he put all his chips in for 35,000 total. Iriarte did not think long before he folded to award the pot to Nozaki.
Richard Lockmanese opened to 7,500 from early position before David Nguyen defended his big blind.
It checked through on the 6♠3♦2♦ flop and the 10♥ turn to bring the A♠ river.
Nguyen took the initiative with a bet of 8,000 on the river. Lockmanese quickly folded to award Nguyen the pot.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Dean Calilung was the first to act and opened to 5,000. Mei Seow defended her big blind to be the only caller as they took a flop heads-up.
Seow checked the J♠J♥8♥ flop before Calilung opted to fire 5,000. Seow made the call.
The 4♦ turn resulted in another check from Seow before Calilung quickly threw out 15,000. Seow sprang into action with a check-raise to 45,000 in response.
The check-raise sent Calilung into the tank before she opted to fold to award Seow the pot without any further action.