After opening the pot from the button, Dustin Melanson faced all-in raises from both players in the blinds. After a moment, Melanson made the call, putting both players at risk.
Melanson:
Small Blind:
Big Blind:
The flop was giving the player in the small blind a pair of jacks and the best hand, the turn, however, was the , giving Melanson the best hand, needing to fade only a heart on the river. The completed the board and Melanson scooped the pot and sent both of his opponents to the rail.
We got to the table as former chip leader Tyler Carslaw was all-in for his last 1,350,000 chips. He was once leading the field with close to five million in chips, but clearly lost a significant amount of his stack soon after.
Carslaw was in the small blind and Wenzhuo Zhang was the player to call him from the big blind, having him covered by 725,000 chips.
Carslaw was at risk with , flipping against Zhang's pocket tens.
The flop came and Zhang flopped a set of tens but Carslaw picked up both flush and straight draws. The turn was the and the river was the to give Carslaw a straight to double up.
Steve Ulloa-Torres limped in from late position and Suk Min Yoon raised to 200,000 from the hijack. Ulloa-Torres thought about it for a moment and called.
The flop came and Ulloa-Torres checked. Yoon wasted no time and moved all in for about 2.2 million. Ulloa-Torres tossed in a single chip to call for his remaining 1,845,000 chips.
Ulloa-Torres was the player at risk and tabled for the nut straight. Yoon stood up in disappointment as he tabled for a pair of aces. The turn was the and Yoon was drawing dead to the on the river.
Ulloa-Torres shouted "Yessssssssss!" as the dealer counted out his stack and shipped him the massive pot worth over 85 big blinds.
Romio Mikhael opened to 90,000 from early position and called a three-bet jam from Jack Curley in middle position.
Mikhael:
Curley:
Curley had Mikhael dominated and was in great shape to earn a double up. The dealer fanned out a and though Curley faded Mikhael's flopped flush draw, a nine on the river sealed his fate and his Gran Prix run came to an end.
Brian Van Bart raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Chris Martin paused for a moment before moving all-in for 245,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Van Bart and Martin jokingly said, "You can fold!" Van Bart smiled and tossed in a single chip to call.
Martin was at risk and well behind with , up against Van Bart's . Martin started the day with 783,000 chips and had his stack up to around 1.5 million at one point, having a very up-and-down day.
The flop came and Martin still needed an ace to survive. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the and the river was the to end his run in the Grand Prix.
Kevin Rousselle raised to 80,000 from late position and Sammy Chao called on the button.
The flop came and Rousselle led out for 160,000. Chao thought about it for a moment and eventually called. The turn was the and Rousselle checked. Chao bet 255,000 and Rousselle check-raised all-in for 670,000. Chao quickly called.
Rousselle was the player at risk and tabled for top two pair. Chao showed for a pair of queens and a royal flush draw.
The river was the and Chao made two pair queens and tens but Rousselle was still best with aces and kings to double through.