Paul Phua raised to 13,000 and Sergio Aido three-bet to 36,000. The action reached Jack Salter on the button and he four-bet to 84,000 before Yu Liang moved all in for 146,000 from the small blind. Phil Ivey in the big blind, Phua and Aido folded while Salter called.
Yu Liang:
Jack Salter:
The board came and Liang spiked a set to double up.
Hand 2
Over on table one, Richard Yong open-shoved the cutoff for 144,000 and Mikita Badziakouski reshoved with the superior stack to force out Daniel Colman and Mustapha Kanit in the blinds.
Richard Yong:
Mikita Badziakouski:
The board came and Badziakouski was left with just 12 big blinds.
Mustapha Kanit bought back in for his second bullet and got seated right next to 6-Max champion Daniel Colman. Rainer Kempe also opted to fire again for a chance at the juicy prize pool and received the seat next to Sergio Aido.
That bumped the field up to 37 entries, and that number may still change.
The seat that formerly belonged to Rainer Kempe was now filled by Richard Yong and the German was roaming around the table and explained what had happened. Peter Chan opened to 10,000 before the break, Kempe three-bet to 29,000, Chan made it 100,000 to go and called the shove for around 295,000 by Kempe.
Kempe had , while Chan showed . The board came nine-high with three spades, and the sevens held up to eliminate Kempe. Just that moment Dario Sammartino was eliminated for the second time today on Kempe's former table.
Benjamin Wu raised to 14,000 from the button, Sammartino shoved for 122,000 and Chan asked for a count in the big blind before folding. Wu checked his own stack and had Sammartino covered by around 25,000, then called after some consideration.
Dario Sammartino:
Benjamin Wu:
The flop of left Sammartino in desperate shape, while the turn gave him a gutshot. A blank river changed nothing anymore and that was it for Sammartino.
All players were sent into the final 10-minute break of the day, in which the T-500 chips will be raced off. The unlimited re-entries are still available to all participants of today, and new players can still join before the last hand is dealt tonight or the cards go back in the air tomorrow.
After a raise by Dan Cates and a three-bet by Wai Kin Yong on the button, Devan Tang moved all in from the big blind. Cates got out of the way, but Yong called the shove for 80,500 in total with queen-jack.
Tang had the superior kicker with and flopped top two pair on a board of to secure his double up.
Timofey Kuznetsov was all in and at risk for 117,000 with the and found a willing opponent in Jack Salter with . The board came and Kuznetsov flopped a set, dodged a gutshot and rivered a full house to double.
Soon after, Mustapha Kanit was spotted leaving the tournament area. According to Bryn Kenney, who received his chips, Kanit had opened to 11,000 from under the gun. Kenney three-bet to 34,000 from the cutoff and Kanit shoved for around 160,000 with king-jack. Kenney had ace-king and held up.
The vacant seat was almost immediately filled again, as John Juanda took the re-entry option to get back in.
All of a sudden, the action went crazy over on table one and two all in showdowns took place within a matter of minutes.
First a raising war broke out between Daniel Colman on the button and John Juanda in the small blind. Juanda had squeezed to 45,000 and Colman reraised before calling the shove of Juanda for more than 400,000.
John Juanda:
Daniel Colman:
The board came and Juanda was drawing dead on the turn. The stacks were counted and Colman had 475,000, which covered Juanda.
Right after, he miss clicked and made it 60,000 to go with just Benjamin Wu and Dario Sammartino behind. Wu folded and Colman then said to Sammartino to "go for it, I will call." Sammartino indeed shoved and received the call of Colman.
Dario Sammartino:
Daniel Colman:
After a board of , Sammartino turned the nut straight and Colman made a meaningless inferior straight. "Good double bro," Colman added after having paid off Sammartino's all in for 147,500.
From the small blind, Qiang Wang opened to 12,000 and Jack Salter moved all in from the small blind Yu Liang folded in the big blind and Wang quickly called, much to the displease of Salter. Wang was at risk for 110,000, a decent portion of Salter's stack.
Qiang Wang:
Jack Salter:
The board ran out and Salter's nine played to eliminate Wang.
Jack Salter started the action with a raise from the button for 10,000 and Phil Ivey called in the big blind. On the flop, Ivey checked and Salter continued for 14,000 in order to pick up a call by Ivey.
The turn saw no betting action, before Ivey checked again the river. Salter now made it 34,500 to go and Ivey, listening to music on his smartphone, glanced over at his opponent and the board carefully. After one minute of consideration, Ivey grabbed the chips for the call and tossed them in soon after. Salter rolled over the for kings and treys, which scooped the pot.
and Liang spiked a set to double up.
, while Chan showed 
left Sammartino in desperate shape, while the 
turn gave him a gutshot. A blank 
and found a willing opponent in Jack Salter with 
and Kuznetsov flopped a set, dodged a gutshot and rivered a full house to double.
, Sammartino turned the nut straight and Colman made a meaningless inferior straight. "Good double bro," Colman added after having paid off Sammartino's all in for 147,500.
and Salter's nine played to eliminate Wang.
for kings and treys, which scooped the pot.
