Zamani Wins a Big One Without Showdown
Satoshi Tanaka opened the action with a raise to 140,000 in the cutoff and received a call from Martin Zamani, who was on the button. Daniel Kusnerak three-bet to 725,000 in the small blind and both players called to take three-way action to the streets.
The flop dropped 
and both Kusnerak and Tanaka checked. Zamani bet 600,000 and got a fold from Kusnerak before Tanaka made the call.
Action was then heads up to the turn 
where Tanaka checked again. Zamani went all in, putting Tanaka to the test for his remaining chips. Tanaka thought for over a minute and then folded.
"We had it, boys!" said Zamani and tabled 
without showing his other card.
At the same time, there was a pile of chips in the middle on the other table in a heads-up pot involving Zachary Grech in the hijack and Jorden Helstern, who was on the button. Grech bet 150,000 on a board of 
and Helstern shoved for about four-times that amount.
Grech wound up folding and Helstern took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,100,000 | 1,700,000 |
|
2,970,000 | -665,000 |
|
2,610,000 | -940,000 |
|
1,380,000 | -1,060,000 |
|
1,260,000 | 250,000 |
. Admon made a continuation-bet of 150,000 and Poces called.
and Admon continued, firing a second barrel for 400,000. Poces called again, bringing the river 
. Admon bet once more, this time for 500,000, and Poces thought for about 30 seconds before tossing in chips to match Admon's bet.
for eights and sevens with an ace kicker, which the dealer promptly announced. Poces mucked.
. Admon checked to Zamani, who bet 630,000, and Admon folded after some thought. Zamani then took down a three-bet pot against Satoshi Tanaka as well to further increase his stack after returning from dinner.
. However, the river 
nor river 
, where Vesilek checked. Tanaka made a continuation-bet of 165,000 and Zamani called, prompting a fold from Vesilek to continue heads up.
for flopped quads as the dealer shipped him the pot: "I had to follow the rules," he said.
and river 