1. Billy Kopp -- 15,860,000
2. Darvin Moon -- 10,500,000
3. Tommy Vedes -- 8,880,000
4. Phil Ivey -- 7,990,000
5. Ludovic Lacay -- 6,995,000
6. Steven Begleiter -- 6,700,000
7. Joseph Cada -- 6,500,000
8. Antoine Saout -- 6,000,000
9. Ian Tavelli -- 5,200,000
10. Ben Lamb -- 5,050,000
Warren Zackey opened with a raise to 125,000, and three players came along to the flop. It showed up , and all four players check-checked the action. Fourth street came the , and Ian Tavelli led out for 300,000. James Akenhead was the lone caller as the other two players ducked out of the way.
The last card off was the , and Tavelli fired another 600,000. Akenhead would go deep into the tank as the break clock ticked down. It would be several more minutes of staring and chit-chat before a decision was made, and Akenhead eventually slammed the calling chips onto the felt.
Tavelli tabled for the little full house, and Akenhead could only throw his arms up in the air and shake his head. The pot goes to Tavelli, chipping him up to 5,200,000.
Donnie Peters
Eric Buchman opened the action with a raise from the cutoff seat before Jeff Shulman reraised to 500,000. In the big blind, Jonathan Tamayo then raised all in for approximately 2.9 million total. Buchman folded and Shulman went into the tank.
Shulman stayed in the tank for about 10 minutes. He even went a couple of minutes into the break. Eventually, he folded and Tamayo scooped the pot.
Billy Kopp opened for 125,000 from the hijack and got three callers in Charlie Elias, Blair Rodman and Luis Nargentino.
The flop came down and the action was checked around. The turn was the . Rodman and Nargentino checked to Kopp, who bet 175,000. Elias called, Rodman folded and Nargentino called. The river fell the and again it was checked to Kopp. He bet 525,000, Elias called and Nargentino folded.
Kopp showed for the straight.
"Nice hand, bully... we're going to be saying that a lot today" quipped Nargentino as Kopp stacked up the pot.
With the action folded around to him in the small blind, Ludovic Lacay made it 200,000 to go and Marco Mattes called from the big blind.
Lacay led out for 275,000 on the flop. Mattes made the call. The turn came the and Lacay slowed down and checked. Mattes came in with a 350,000 bet and Lacay gave it up.
After the hand, Mattes was up to 2.2 million while Lacay dipped to 6.6 million.
During that recent delay caused by the Dennis Phillips-Jeff Duvall hand, Tom Schneider took the opportunity to make a quick restroom run. As he hustled back, his wife, Julie, hastened him further, telling him his big blind was coming up. However, when he made it to the table, his BB was still a hand away.
When Schneider's big blind did come, Marc Etienne McLaughlin had raised from middle position to 120,000 and Kevin Schaffel had called from the button. Schneider called, too, and the flop came . All checked. The turn was the . Schneider and McLaughlin checked, Schaffel bet 300,000, Schneider called, and McLaughlin folded.
The river was the , and both players checked. Schneider showed , but was outkicked by Schaffel's .
"Glad I made it back for my big blind," said Schneider with a wry grin.
Schneider slips to 1.47 million, while Schaffel moves up to 4.9 million.
Nick Maimone was hoping he had hit the jackpot when he made quad fours on a potential action board, but all he got was a fold. Maimone opened in late position for 125,000 preflop and was called by Ben Lamb from the button. Maimone fired another 200,000 on a flop of .
When Lamb called that bet and the turn put three diamonds and a pair on board with the , Maimone checked. Lamb bet 500,000, then folded to Maimone's minimum-raise to 1 million. Maimone disappointedly flashed in the hole for quad fours.