Sitting right beside each other for the majority of the last few levels, Dustin Melanson and Jean-Philippe Caron have been battling back-and-forth.
Melanson won the last battle, and unfortunately, for Caron, it was the final battle.
The board read and according to Melanson, Caron bet 300,000 on the flop and Melanson check-shoved all-in with . Caron snap-called tabling and Melanson was lucky enough to bink the river and eliminate Caron.
Action folded around to Vasco Morgado on the button and he moved all in for his last 400,000. Michael Korovine was in the small blind and moved all in over the top for 1,100,000. Eric Portelance was in the big blind and had both players covered by tons, and seemed to be uncertain of what to do. Eventually, he called.
Vasco Morgado:
Michael Korovine:
Eric Portelance:
It turned out that Portelance had both of his opponents dominated in addition to having them covered by about three million.
The flop came and Korovine picked up both flush and straight draws, taking away outs from Morgado as well. The turn was the and Korovine picked up some outs to chop with Portelance as well. The river was the and Morgado was eliminated while Korovine caught one of his many out to stay alive.
On a board reading , Shawn S checked from early position and Sammy Chao bet 200,000 from late position. Shawn called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Shawn paused for a moment and then bet 425,000. Chao went into the tank for about a minute and eventually called.
Shawn tabled for trip queens and Chao mucked his hand.
Shawn has now built up his stack to over 6 million after starting the day with 558,000.
On the river of a board, Brian Van Bart bet 450,000 into a pot of what looked to be about 1,000,000. His heads-up opponent, Anatoly Zharnitsky took just a moment before sliding forth a call.
Van Bart tabled and Zharnitsky mucked, flashing the .
Christian Conrad raised to 160,000 from late position and Steve Ulloa-Torres called from the cutoff.
The flop came and Conrad checked. Ulloa-Torres tossed in a single chip worth 100,000 and Conrad instantly check-raised all-in for 590,000. Ulloa-Torres asked for a count and was clearly in agony over the decision. Eventually, he folded.
"Are you gonna show the bluff?" asked Ulloa-Torres. Sure enough, Conrad tabled for a bluff and Ulloa-Torres looked disappointed.
"You know what I was gonna call you with?" asked Ulloa-Torres. "A pair of fours?" asked Conrad, chuckling as he stacked his chips. "Less than a pair of fours" replied Ulloa-Torres. "Oh. An under pair" said Conrad.
Action folded around to Raphael Duval in the small blind and he moved all in, clearly putting Donald-Sun Chher to the test for his last 180,000 in chips in the big blind. Chher wasted no time and called.
Chher was at risk but ahead with , up against Duval's . The board ran out and Chher doubled through, still alive and looking to get back to his top ten stack that he began the day with.
Duval may have lost this hand, but he still sits atop the leader board with 6.2 million.
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and according to Melanson, Caron bet 300,000 on the flop and Melanson check-shoved all-in with 
. Caron snap-called tabling 
and Melanson was lucky enough to bink the river and eliminate Caron.
and Korovine picked up both flush and straight draws, taking away outs from Morgado as well. The turn was the 
and Korovine picked up some outs to chop with Portelance as well. The river was the 
, Shawn S checked from early position and Sammy Chao bet 200,000 from late position. Shawn called. 
and both players checked to the 
for trip queens and Chao mucked his hand. 
board, Brian Van Bart bet 450,000 into a pot of what looked to be about 1,000,000. His heads-up opponent, Anatoly Zharnitsky took just a moment before sliding forth a call.
and Zharnitsky mucked, flashing the 
.
and Conrad checked. Ulloa-Torres tossed in a single chip worth 100,000 and Conrad instantly check-raised all-in for 590,000. Ulloa-Torres asked for a count and was clearly in agony over the decision. Eventually, he folded. 
