There was a preflop all in showdown between Wes Gauthier and Fabio Luongo. The camera crews surrounded the table and we were off to a showdown.
Gauthier: 
Luongo: 
The board ran 
and Luongo doulbed with aces up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
500,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Steffen Retterholt raised to 13,000 from middle position and then called when Joseph Cheong three-bet to 31,000 from the cutoff. Retterholt proceeded to check-call bets of 36,000 on the 
flop and 70,000 on the 
turn, before the 
was put out on the river.
Again Retterholt checked, but this time he thought long and hard before calling Cheong's 128,000 bet. "Two pair," Cheong said and rolled over 
. Retterholt scoffed, shook his head, and then sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
580,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
[Removed:113] opened on the button, another player in the blinds three-bet, and Joseph Marchal four-bet jammed for 115,000 from the big blind. [Removed:115] called, and the three-bettor folded.
| [Removed:115] |  |
| Marchal |   |
The board ran out 
, and Marchal doubled to around 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
|
250,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Amnon Filippi was in early position when he opened it up to 16,000. Marty Zabib then three-bet to 35,000 from the button and Filippi made the call.
Flop: 
Filippi checked here and Zabib bet 115,000. Filippi started thinking deeply and Gavin Smith, who was a few tables away, shouted out, "Take it down Amnon!"
"Would you shut the f**k up," snapped back Filippi. "This is for my tournament life here."
After some more thinking, Filippi moved all in for 419,000. His opponent called and the two players turned their hands over.
Filippi:  |
Zabib:  |
Filippi had a set of fives and would be doubling up as long as he dodged a few cards. The turn was safe and so was the 
and Filippi raked in the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
910,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
|
||
|
580,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Nicholas Abourisk opened to 12,000 on the button, Andrew Moreno three-bet jammed for 120,000 from the small blind, and Abourisk called.
| Abourisk |  |
| Moreno |   |
The board ran out 
, and Moreno doubled to around 255,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
We don't know the exact preflop bets, but we know that Vanessa Selbst raised preflop, Roberto Betbese shoved for around 45,000, and Selbst called.
Selbst: 
Betbese: 
The board brought all low cards, coming 
, and Selbst collected the bounty, and added those chips to her stack, which is now at around 930,000 from our estimation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
930,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
Kosei Ichinose opened for 13,000 from early position and was three-bet by Shawn Quillin to 27,000 from middle position. Action folded back around to Ichinose, who made the call.
The flop came 
and Ichinose check-called a 32,000 bet from Quillin.
Both players checked the turn, however, when the completed the board, Ichinose reached for chips and fired 55,000 into the middle.
Quillin asked for a count and deliberated a bit, but eventually tossed in a call. Ichinose tabled 
for a set of nines.
"Wow...good river for you," Quillin said. He then tabled 
for pocket aces and mucked.
Ichinose, who recently won the Macau Poker Cup HK$5,400 No-Limit Hold'em Event, is up to 345,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
David Kluchman opened for 14,000 from early position only to have last year's November Niner Sam Holden three-bet to 33,000 from late position. Sallie Avino then moved all in for 219,000 from the small blind, Kluchman got out of the way, and Holden made the call.
Showdown
Holden:
Avino: 
Avino had picked the wrong time to push as Holden held the granddaddy of all hands. The board ran out and that was all she wrote for Avino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
805,000
380,500
|
380,500 |
|
|
Busted |
It folded around to Brian Meinders on the button who raised to 17,000, and when the action got to Antonio Esfandiari in the big blind he declared he was all in. Meinders called immediately with his remaining stack of 110,000 or so, turning over . Meanwhile, Esfandiari had .
"This one I don't feel so good about," said Esfandiari after a pause, causing the table to laugh.
The cameras came over, and during the wait Esfandiari suggested to the dealer he could give him a $1,000 bonus if he delivered a three. He continued to talk to the dealer, who managed to keep a mostly straight face before the cameras as they arrived.
Producer Mori Eskandani came over as well and got a look at the tabled hands. "I got aces, Mori!" lied Esfandiari, and the table laughed again.
The community cards were finally delivered — 
— and Meinders survives while Esfandiari is now on the short stack.
"That hurt," Esfandiari said to Meinders. "Financially, emotionally, and physically... but not spiritually!"
Esfandiari will need a double up soon, or his spirits may sink as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
136,500
|
136,500 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
||
Joseph Marchal was all in at risk against Shaun Deeb moments ago. When we reached the table, the flop had already fallen 
, Deeb had in front of him, and Marchal held . There was a brief pause so that the ESPN cameras could set up the shot.
"Man," Deeb sighed. "Any hand but that one."
The turn and river were both black, but neither the nor the 
improved Deeb's hand, and Marchal doubled again.
Deeb was knocked down to 363,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
415,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
363,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
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