Theodore Korolchuk opened with a raise in late position, and Will Souther made the call from the small blind.
Heads up, then, the flop came out , and Souther checked. Korolchuk followed up his preflop aggression with a postflop bet, and Souther check-raised all in for 150,000. Korolchuk had the covering stack, and he called to put his man to the test. Souther, though, had played it craftily:
Korolchuk:
Souther:
The turn and river did nothing to dampen Souther's double up, and he's back in this thing. Mark him down for about 375,000 now, some talkin' chips for the gregarious "Poker Monkey".
Jared Kenworthy came in raising to 60,000, and Bryan Devonshire took exception to that. Next door, he moved all in with the bigger stack, and Kenworthy double-peeked at his cards before making the call.
Showdown
Kenworthy:
Devonshire:
Let's have a sweat, shall we? The flop brought help for both men as it came . Devonshire picked up eight outs to his straight, but Kenworthy's pair was well in front. The turn kept him in the lead, and the river sealed his double up.
For the second time in two orbits, Devonshire has granted a big double up. This one drops him back to about 415,000, while Kenworthy has moved from 447,000 to well over 900,000 courtesy of that pot.
Jason Neufeld failed to win his final coin flip of the day, and the result is a 20th-place finish for him.
It was that betrayed Neufeld, running into the of Casey Hayes. The board of was nothing for Neufeld to hang his hat on, and he's been sent to the cashier to collect his dues.
Kevin Ammerman raised to open the pot, and Peter Panos moved all in for about 235,000. Ammerman instantly called with the bullets, , and Panos was in a bad way. He showed up , needing some serious help to stay alive.
He would get just that. The flop brought another ten for him, and the board filled him up and doubled his chip count. He's right at 500,000 now, while Ammerman falls back around 600,000.
It was just Bryan Devonshire's turn to double up after a preflop raising war broke out between him and Joshua Blakemorebaig. Devonshire held the and Blakemorebaig the .
The board ran out , spiking Devonshire with a king on the turn and sending him over 1.2 million in chips. He was all in preflop for 601,000. Blakemorebaig was knocked all the way back to 210,000.
From the cutoff seat, Edwin Choi raised. Nadezhda Magnus called from the button and the two players saw the flop come nice and low, . Choi fired 80,000 and Magnus made the call to see the added to the board on the turn. After Choi fired 125,000, Magnus raised all in for about 455,000. Choi mucked and Magnus scooped the chips.
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, and Souther checked. Korolchuk followed up his preflop aggression with a postflop bet, and Souther check-raised all in for 150,000. Korolchuk had the covering stack, and he called to put his man to the test. Souther, though, had played it craftily:
and river 
did nothing to dampen Souther's double up, and he's back in this thing. Mark him down for about 375,000 now, some talkin' chips for the gregarious "Poker Monkey".
. Devonshire picked up eight outs to his straight, but Kenworthy's pair was well in front. The turn 
kept him in the lead, and the 
of Casey Hayes. The board of 
was nothing for Neufeld to hang his hat on, and he's been sent to the cashier to collect his dues.
board filled him up and doubled his chip count. He's right at 500,000 now, while Ammerman falls back around 600,000.
for John Farmakoulas.
. Choi fired 80,000 and Magnus made the call to see the