David Chiu raised from under the gun and David Benyamine defended his big blind with a call. These two players have been playing together all day, but not at the same table. When their first table broke, both bracelet winners drew seats right next to each other at their new table.
Together, they saw the flop heads up and both players checked. The hit the turn and Benyamine bet before Chiu came in with a raise. Benyamine called and the river was the . When checked to him, Chiu bet and after a moments thought, Benyamine called with . Amazingly the Ace-high beat the for King-high of Chiu.
Benyamine is now up to 12,000 while Chiu is still one of the biggest stacks in the room with 37,000.
With the board reading , Shannon Shorr was faced with a bet from an opponent. He called. Shorr called another bet on the river after the fell, and turned over for ace-high. His opponent mucked, and Shorr is now up to 23,000 chips.
James Akenhead raised from under the gun and the player in the big blind called. The flop ran out . The player from the big blind checked and Akenhead moved all in for his remaining 500 chips. His opponent called.
Akenhead flipped over and his opponent turned over . The board ran out the on the turn and the on the river.
The player on the button raised preflop and Shannon Shorr reraised from the big blind. His opponent called. The flop ran out . Shorr checked, his opponent bet, and he called.
The fell on the turn. Shorr checked, his opponent bet, Shorr raised, his opponent reraised, and Shorr reraised his opponent all in for 3,100.
Shorr showed and his opponent flipped up . The board ran out with the on the river.
Shorr sits with around 26,500 chips in front of him.
When we reached the table, Zach Gruneberg and Jameson Painter were heads up with the board reading . Gruneberg led out, Painter called, and the turn was the . Gruneberg check-raised Painter, leaving himself 200 behind, and Painter called. The river was the , and Gruneberg tossed his last two gray T100 chips in. Painter called, and snap-mucked when Gruneberg tabled .
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised from under the gun, an opponent made it three bets from the small blind, Grospellier made it four bets - enough to put his opponent all in - and they called.
Grospellier:
Opponent:
The board ran , and Grospellier doubled his opponent. ElkY is still very healthy though - he has 23,900 chips to his name.
A player on the button raised and from the small blind Daniel Alaei reraised preflop. Maya Geller called from the big blind, and the player on the button reraised. Both Alaei and Geller called.
The flop ran out . Alaei checked, Geller checked, and the player on the button bet. Alaei raised, Geller folded, and his opponent reraised. Alaei called.
The turn brought the . Alaei check called his opponent. The fell on the river and both players checked.
Alaei showed and his opponent tossed his cards into the muck. Alaei now has over 25,000 in front of him.
Terrence Chan was in the small blind with just 2,400 chips facing a raise from the button. He three bet and his opponent called. The flop was and Chan bet. His opponent raised the necessary 400 more and they hands were turned up.
Chan:
Opponent:
Chan held just A-high but had his opponent drawing to six outs. The turn improved Chan's hand but his opponent still had the same six outs to send him to the rail. The river bricked and Chan will remain in the tournament with 4,800 chips.