In a hand from the stream, Steffen Sontheimer raised to 38,000 on the button with and Nick Petrangelo shoved in the big blind with . Sontheimer took a deep breath, thought briefly, and called.
The flop pulled Sontheimer into the lead, and the kept him there. An river spelled doom for the German, though, and he bowed out before the small payout in eighth.
In a hand from the live stream, Nick Petrangelo completed with and Daniel Negreanu raised to 66,000 with . Petrangelo called and they saw a flop. Petrangelo check-called 40,000. The turn was a and both players checked, bringing the . Petrangelo checked and called 155,000, mucking to the rivered straight.
Stephen Chidwick raised from the button and called off when big blind Kahle Burns moved all-in for around 20 big blinds.
The cards were turned up and Burns saw that his hand was dominated.
Kahle Burns:
Stephen Chidwick:
The flop hit Chidwick's ace and Burns was now drawing for a Broadway. He'd already hit a gutter today to stay in contention but he couldn't get there this time. The turn and river sealed his fate as he bowed out in 10th place.
Jason Koon raised in the first position and action folded to Seth Davies in the small blind. Davies moved all-in, covering both Steffen Sontheimer and Koon. Sontheimer folded but Koon was ready to spin for his 458,000.
Jason Koon:
Seth Davies:
The board ran smoothly for Koon as Davies didn't get any extra outs to his overcards through on the texture. The six secured Koon the win and he improved to 948,000.