Laurence Gracia raised to 150,000 and Jesus Gracia called before both folded to the shove of Christopher Gordon. The latter would also shove the next hand into the big blind of Kenny King as well to enforce another fold.
Kenny King moved all in for 640,000 from the button and was eventually called by Jesus Gracia in the big blind. The Spaniard held and needed some help if he wanted to score the knockout, as King flipped over the superior . The board ran out to provide a double up, not without additional sweat though.
After a few raise-and-take it hands, a big pot would evolve between Kenny King and Jesus Gracia. King raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and called the three-bet of the Spaniard to 350,000. on a flop of , Gracia check-raised all in for 560,000 and King called after having invested a bet of 325,000.
King:
Gracia:
Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome and suddenly King was the short stack after losing against pocket kings.
The action folded to Christopher Gordon in the small blind and he open-shoved into the big blind of short stack Kenny King. The latter called for his last seven big blinds and they tabled their cards:
Gordon:
King:
It was all good for king until the river of a board, as the final community card gave Gordon the better hand and sent King to the rail in 5th place.
Laurence Essa raised to 150,000 from the button and was called by Jesus Gracia from one seat over. On the flop, the Spaniard check-called a bet of 325,900 and then check-raised all in after the turn.
Essa had invested 350,000 and snap-called with , but it was already a guaranteed split pot against the of Essa. The meaningless river was just a formality and they chopped the pot.
Not much post flop action yet in the new level, the only hand of relevance saw a three-bet of Jesus Gracia and the Spaniard then showed before raking in the pot.
and needed some help if he wanted to score the knockout, as King flipped over the superior 
. The board ran out 
to provide a double up, not without additional sweat though.
, Gracia check-raised all in for 560,000 and King called after having invested a bet of 325,000.
turn nor the 
river changed the outcome and suddenly King was the short stack after losing against pocket kings.
board, as the final community card gave Gordon the better hand and sent King to the rail in 5th place.
flop, the Spaniard check-called a bet of 325,900 and then check-raised all in after the 
, but it was already a guaranteed split pot against the 
of Essa. The meaningless 