Mariette Language limped the A♠7♠ and then folded when Sean Bloom jammed for 585,000 with Banks Solomons coming along on the button.
Sean Bloom: J♠J♥
Banks Solomons: 9♦9♣
The 8♣6♠4♥4♦3♠ board ensured the double for Bloom and left Solomons short.
Mariette Language limped the A♠7♠ and then folded when Sean Bloom jammed for 585,000 with Banks Solomons coming along on the button.
Sean Bloom: J♠J♥
Banks Solomons: 9♦9♣
The 8♣6♠4♥4♦3♠ board ensured the double for Bloom and left Solomons short.
Adam Woolf raised to 75,000 with the K♠K♦ from under the gun and Mariette Language called the A♦J♠ on the button, Sean Bloom defended 6♦6♣ from the big blind. On a flop of 5♠4♥3♦, it checked to Woolf and he continued for 145,000. Language folded but Bloom stuck around with his straight draw.
Bloom checked the J♥ turn and faced a second barrel for 230,000 by Woolf. That turned out to be too much, as Bloom folded and was shown the kings.
"That's why I didn't want another card to come, I have seen that movie," Woolf mentioned.
KM raised and was called by Patrice Ah-Nien defended in the small blind. On the J♠4♠4♥ flop, Ah-Nien check-called for 110,000 and the J♦ followed on the turn. Ah-Nien knuckled the table and KM asked him "did you check?"
The dealer understood that both players had checked and burned to produce the 6♥ on the river. Ah-Nien bet 110,000 but KM asked for the floor as the situation became more confusing.
The players explained the situation and floor staff checked the cameras. The river card was shuffled back into the deck and the new 2♣ river appeared. Ah-Nien bet 200,000 and KM folded to get shown 6♠6♦.
"I was never gonna put in any chips," KM replied and exposed his 5♦5♥.
Kade Ollewagen opened to 75,000 from under the gun with the A♥J♥ and Mariette Language defended K♥10♦ out of the big blind. On the 10♠7♦2♣ flop, Language checked her top pair and Ollewagen bet 125,000.
The check-raise to 430,000 by Language followed and Ollewagen folded.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Patrice Ah-Nien raised to 60,000 in the hijack and NT three-bet to 200,000 on the button. The shove by Ah-Nien followed and NT eventually called all-in for around 620,000.
NT: A♥J♥
Patrice Ah-Nien: A♣K♦
The J♣9♠4♠J♠10♣ board improved NT to trips jacks and he doubled to trade spots on the leaderboard.
Mariette Language limped in with the K♥10♥ and called a raise to 75,000 by Sean Bloom with the Q♥10♦.
The 9♣9♥3♥ flop saw Language check-call for 110,000 and checked the A♦ turn. Bloom bet 185,000 and Language called with the king-high flush draw, which she found on the A♥ river.
Bloom bet 450,000 and Language eventually called all-in for 390,000 to score a vital double with her flush on a double-paired board.
Mariette Language raised with the A♥8♠ to 60,000 and was called by Adam Woolf in the big blind who had the A♠2♦.
They checked the Q♦10♦4♦ flop and Woolf bet the A♦ turn for 60,000, Language called. Woolf bet another 140,000 on the Q♠ river, Language reluctantly paid it off and then smirked as she saw the baby flush by Woolf.
Harold Brooks raised to 120,000 out of the small blind into the big blind of Jedd Kossew. The latter jammed for 620,000 and Brooks quickly called.
Jedd Kossew: A♥J♥
Harold Brooks: 8♥8♠
The suited overcards improved on the A♣Q♥10♦10♥7♦ board and Kossew doubled to cut Brooks' stack into more than half.
The outer table brought the next all-in and call with Henk Wiese ending up at risk for around 200,000 against Harold Brooks.
Henk Wiese: 7♠7♦
Harold Brooks: A♣10♣
The classic flip left Wiese on thin ice after the A♦10♠5♣ flop. No help came with the 5♠ turn and J♦ river to eliminate Wiese in 17th place for ZAR59,120 ($3,133).