Facing an open-jam of 12,500 from a player on the button, Karim Abdelhamid three-bet shoved over the top in the small blind, having his opponent slightly covered and the player in the big blind folded.
Abdelhamid:
Opponent:
A race was underway as a flop fanned out. Abdelhamid flopped a huge and his hand improved each street as the fell on the turn and the landed on the river.
Action folded around to Sam Chartier in the small blind and he completed. Pablo Mariz was in the big blind and bumped up the action to 2,500. Chartier three-bet shoved and Mariz snap-called.
Mariz:
Chartier:
Chartier needed help but found none on the board and was eliminated.
After a player in middle position opened to 2,000, Andrew Watt three-bet jammed all-in for 13,075. The player on the button made the call and the original raiser folded.
Watt:
Opponent:
Watt was racing for his tournament life and found new hope when the board ran out .
Pascal Monarque was on the button and William Yin was in the small blind. Yin managed to get his stack of 13,950 in the middle before the flop and was called by Monarque.
Yin was at risk with and was dominated by Monarque's .
The flop came and Monarque was still well ahead with ace-high. The turn was the and Yin picked up a straight draw. Sure enough, the river was the and Yin made his straight to double up.