After an early position raise to 33,000, Luke Graham made it 75,000 to go. It folded to Chris Hyden who four-bet to 188,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded and Graham called.
The flop was and Hyden continued for 115,000. Graham tank-called and the dropped down on fourth street. Hyden decided to slow down with a check and Graham bet enough to put him all in. Hyden let go and Graham was pushed the pot.
It all started when Mark Rose min-raised to 32,000 from early position. Luke Graham min-three-bet to 48,000 in the cutoff seat, and Bryan Campanello cold four-bet to 112,000 from the big blind. Rose tanked for the better part of two minutes, assembled a rainbow stack of chips, the pushed it forward, five-betting to 278,000.
Graham let out a long sigh, checked his cards one more time, and folded. Campanello asked the dealer to cut out the bet, and once he did, Campanello announced that he was all in.
Rose snapped it off, calling the 891,000-chip bet, and the hands were opened.
Rose:
Campanello:
There were 1.85 million chips in the middle when the dealer fanned - no help to Campanello.
The on the turn was a brick, leaving Campanello just two outs to win the pot.
Only a queen would do it, but the completed the board, and Rose shipped the massive double up. He now sits in second chip position, while Campanello is left with 326,000.
When we arrived at Table 43, Luke Graham had a four-bet sitting in front of him. Bryan Campanello five-bet shoved for just under 600,000, and Graham tanked for quite some time before calling.
Graham:
Campanello:
Campanello had Graham crushed, and held as the flop, turn, and river came . Campanello now sits with around 1.2 million chips, while Graham was reduced to 685,000.
Tom Gleason open-shoved for 291,000 from early position, and the action folded to David MacDonald, who quickly called in the big blind.
Gleason:
MacDonald:
The flop missed MacDonald, but the on the turn gave him a flush draw. The bricked on the river however, and Gleason doubled to around 600,000 chips.
The very next hand, William Looper opened to 31,000 from middle position. MacDonald called in the small blind, Nancy Birnbaum three-bet to 114,000 from the big blind, and Looper folded. MacDonald moved all in four 275,000 total, and Birnbaum snapped it off.
MacDonald:
Birnbaum:
The kings held as the board ran out , and MacDonald was eliminated.
Andrew Crooks was under the gun, and opened to 35,000. The action folded to Jonathan Tamayo, who three-bet to 90,000 in middle position, and the rest of the players released back to Crooks. He announced all in, making it 228,000 more to go, and Tamayo tanked for the better part of two minutes before calling.
Crooks:
Tamayo:
There was a jack on the flop, giving Tamayo a leading pair, and the Team Ivey member held as the turn and river came , respectively.
Crooks will earn $10,392 for his 18th-place finish, while Tamayo now has over 1.8 million chips.
Bryan Campanello raised to 28,000 from early position. Mark Rose slid out a three-bet to 81,000 from the cutoff and Luke Graham tank-called from the big blind. Campanello let it go and the flop was .
The action went check-check and the dealer produced the on fourth street. Graham led for 110,000 and Rose called. The board completed with the and Graham bet 110,000 once more.
"Ugh," lamented Rose. "Did you flop a set of jacks?"
He mulled back and forth over the decision for about a minute before finally flinging out a call.
"You've got it," said Graham.
Rose tabled and took down the pot. He's now sporting about 700,000 in chips.