With a little bit over 16,000 chips in the middle, the board read between Rob Hollink and Dermot Blain. Hollink was up first and checked to Blain, who bet 12,000. Hollink made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Hollink checked. Blain fired a bet of what looked to be 21,000. After a little bit, Hollink made the call.
"I missed," said Blain, but Hollink waited to see his hand. "I missed," Blain repeated twice after. Hollink still waited and then Blain just tossed his hand into the muck.
Hollink showed the and won the pot, moving up to 98,000 in the process. Blain dropped to 14,000.
Four players put 5,000 chips in each with Craig Gray to act first on the flop of . He checked and then the preflop raiser Ishak Noyan checked as well. James Mitchell was next and he fired 15,000 before Peyman Luth folded. After that, Gray folded and Noyan folded to give Mitchell the pot and increase his stack to 142,000 in chips.
Phil Ivey limped under the gun and then Jose-Luis Velador limped from the cutoff seat. Steve Zolotow was on the button and raised to 8,800. Ivey tanked and then made the call. Velador called as well.
The flop came down and action quickly checked around to see the fall on the turn. Action checked around once again. The river completed a board with the and action checked to Zolotow. He fired 9,900 and Ivey folded. Velador showed the and also folded.
Zolotow revealed a monster with the having flopped bot a full house and quads. He scooped the pot and moved to 45,000 in chips. Ivey went down to 33,100 and Velador down to 93,700.
With roughly 15,000 chips in the middle, the final board read between Craig Hartman and David Chiu. There was a bet of 12,000 laid out in front of Hartman and Chiu was in the tank when we arrived at the table. Chiu reshuffled his cards a couple times before double checking them. He eventually mucked his hand and gave Hartman the pot.
Hartman moved up to 66,000 while Chiu slipped back a little bit to 89,000.