From early position, Sean Szurko raised to 200,000. Brad Albrinck was in the hijack seat and reraised to 500,000. Then, play fell on Tripp Kirk in the cutoff seat. He put in another reraise and made it 1.15 million to go. Play folded back to Szurko, and he gave it up. Albrinck then took a moment before moving all in. Kirk quickly called to create a massive pot worth over 10 million in chips.
Albrinck was all in for 5.12 million with the , having Kirk's not looking too good.
Things got worse for Kirk on the flop when the rolled out and gave Albrinck a set of aces. The turn was the , and the river was the . Albrinck had shipped the entire pot and doubled his stack to well over 10 million in chips. Kirk was knocked way down to under 600,000.
On the very next hand following his huge clash with Brad Albrinck, Tripp Kirk moved all in for 585,000 from the hijack seat with the . He was called by Shiva Dudani out of the big blind with the .
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Kirk doubled back to over one million.
Ryan Riess opened to 205,000 from under the gun, Sean Szurko called in the hijack seat, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn was the , and Riess led out for 230,000. Szurko raised to 600,000, and Riess responded with a re-raise to 1.175 million. Szurko folded, and Riess raked in the pot.
After open-jamming two straight hands and receiving no callers, Tripp Kirk open-jammed a third consecutive hand. This time, Josh Williams called the 1.72 million-chip bet on his direct left. The rest of the players folded.
Kirk:
Williams:
The flop left Williams with one less out, and the on the turn sealed the deal. The complete the board, and Kirk doubled to more than 3.6 million chips.
The action folded to Brad Albrinck, who completed from the small blind. Tripp Kirk raised to 330,000 from the big blind, and Albrinck called.
The dealer fanned , and Albrinck checked. Kirk continued for 245,000, Albrinck silently raised to 850,000, and Kirk went into the tank. After nearly a minute, Kirk moved all in for 4.25 million, and Albrinck quickly said, "Call."
Albrinck:
Kirk:
There was over 9 million in the middle when the dealer rapped the table and turned the . It was no help to Albrinck.
Kirk would double and become the chip leader if he could dodge a jack, ace, seven, or queen on the river.
The river was the , successfully doubling Kirk to 9.16 million chips. Albrinck slipped to around 4.05 million.
From under the gun, Shiva Dudani raised to 1.495 million and was all in. Action folded over to Josh Williams on the button, and he made the call. Everyone else folded, and it was Dudani's at risk against the for Williams.
The flop came down , and Dudani was still in need of help. On the turn, the landed and officially left Dudani drawing dead before the river completed the board with the .
For his finish, Dudani earned $62,438. Williams scooped the pot and moved to approximately 7.5 million in chips.
, having Kirk's 
not looking too good.
rolled out and gave Albrinck a set of aces. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. Albrinck had shipped the entire pot and doubled his stack to well over 10 million in chips. Kirk was knocked way down to under 600,000.
. He was called by Shiva Dudani out of the big blind with the 
.
, and Kirk doubled back to over one million.
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on the turn sealed the deal. The 
, and Albrinck checked. Kirk continued for 245,000, Albrinck silently raised to 850,000, and Kirk went into the tank. After nearly a minute, Kirk moved all in for 4.25 million, and Albrinck quickly said, "Call."
at risk against the 
, and Szurko checked again. Kirk fired another