Nick Jivkov came in for a raise to 55,000 on the button, and Tommy Vedes defended his big blind. The flop came down , and Vedes check called a bet of 50,000. The hit the turn, and Vedes checked again to Jivkov, who made it 65,000 to go. Vedes beat Jivkov into the pot, and the river brought the . Vedes checked one more time, and Jivkov assembled a huge bet of 268,000. Vedes went deep into the tank, as he slowly assembled the call, and slowly ran his hand up and down the tower of chips. This was worth half of his remaining stack, so it was a big decision for Vedes.
Eventually he slid the call in, and Jivkov said "nuts" and showed . Vedes slammed his hand down on the table, and mucked his hand. After the pot, Jivkov has a massive lead over the field, sitting on 1.7 million, while Vedes tumbles down to 250,000.
Action began on Tommy Vedes on the cutoff, who announced, "pot," which meant a raise to 105,000. It was folded to Bryan Pellegrino on the big blind, who announced another pot-raise, which was enough to put Vedes all in. Vedes called and hands were turned up.
Vedes:
Pellegrino:
The board ran out and Vedes doubled through Pellegrino.
On the very next hand, Nick Jivkov raised pot to 105,000, and Bryan Pellegrino moved all in. Jivkov called, and the cards were flipped.
Jivkov:
Pellegrino:
Pellegrino woke up with the rockets at the perfect time, and he was in great shape to get most of the chips back that he just lost. The flop was scary looking at first, coming . Pellegrino was still out in front, and he stayed that way on the turn, the , and the river, the . Pellegrino is back up to 400,000 after that hand, while Jivkov is still well out in front with 1.5 million.
Action began on Tommy Vedes, who raised from the button. Jonathan Aguiar folded from the small and Nick Jivkov 3-bet to 110,000 from the big. Vedes flatted to see a flop, which came .
Vedes checked to Jivkov, who led out for 130,000. Action was back on Vedes, who tanked for some time before tossing his cards high into the air and into the muck.
"I thought you were shipping it," Jivkov said - revealing for top set.
Jivkov is up to 1,650,000, while Vedes has slipped to 380,000.
It just seemed like Nick Jivkov had Tommy Vedes's number all day, but this time, Vedes was just plain unlucky. Jivkov raised it up to 65,000 on the button, and Vedes called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Vedes checked to Jivkov, who made it 80,000 to go. Vedes counted out the rest of his chips, 245,000 on top of the bet, and after about 30 seconds of thinking, slid them all into the middle. Jivkov thought for about 15 seconds before calling. The cards were flipped, and Vedes was in great shape.
Vedes:
Jivkov:
The turn brought the , keeping Vedes out in front, but the dealer peeled the off on the river, giving Jivkov two pair. That was good enough to eliminate Vedes, who will take home just under $56,000. Meanwhile, Jivkov is now over 2 million in chips, and has a huge chip lead on Aguiar and Pellegrino.
Nick Jivkov folded from the button and Bryan Pellegrino raised from the small blind, to which Jonathan Aguiar quickly re-raised from the big blind. Pellegrino called all-in for his last 275,000 and hands were turned face up.
Pellegrino:
Aguiar:
Pellegrino was at risk, but was in good shape to double.
The board left Pellegrino with the best hand and he doubled through Aguiar.
Nick Jivkov folded his button, and Bryan Pellegrino made a pot sized raise of 90,000 in the small blind. Jonathan Aguiar shoved all in for 245,000 total, and Pellegrino snap called. The cards were flipped, and Aguair was in the lead.
Aguiar:
Pellegrino:
The flop kept Aguiar in front, as it came . The turn brought the , giving Pellegrino an open ended straight draw, but as Aguiar said with joy as he raised his hands, "I have blockers!". Pellegrino would need an ace, queen, jack, or nine to scoop the pot, but the river was the . Aguiar jumps back up to 490,000, while Pellegrino is now the short stack at 375,000.
, and Vedes check called a bet of 50,000. The 
hit the turn, and Vedes checked again to Jivkov, who made it 65,000 to go. Vedes beat Jivkov into the pot, and the river brought the 
. Vedes checked one more time, and Jivkov assembled a huge bet of 268,000. Vedes went deep into the tank, as he slowly assembled the call, and slowly ran his hand up and down the tower of chips. This was worth half of his remaining stack, so it was a big decision for Vedes.
. Vedes slammed his hand down on the table, and mucked his hand. After the pot, Jivkov has a massive lead over the field, sitting on 1.7 million, while Vedes tumbles down to 250,000.
and Vedes doubled through Pellegrino.
. Pellegrino was still out in front, and he stayed that way on the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
. Pellegrino is back up to 400,000 after that hand, while Jivkov is still well out in front with 1.5 million.
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, keeping Vedes out in front, but the dealer peeled the 
. The turn brought the 
. Aguiar jumps back up to 490,000, while Pellegrino is now the short stack at 375,000.