When Ryan Olisar opened the pot to 24,000, cards would go into the muck from all directions and the play would be on Ashkan Razavi on the button. He made the flat call and the small blind would fold as it was now on Samuel Grafton in the big blind. A few moments and he would three-bet all in for 234,000. Olisar got out of the way and Razavi confirmed the amount before tumbling in enough chips to call.
Razavi's would be in front of Grafton's and it would stay that way as a board was dealt on the felt. With that Grafton is eliminated and Razavi now has a monster chip stack.
Giorgio Medici has just won the largest pot of the day. It all started when Desmond Portano opened it up to 26,000. Aviraham Lovton then called on the button and it was on Medici in the small blind. Almost immediately Medici three-bet to 146,000 and it was back on Portano.
Eventually Portano made the call and Lovton quickly called as the dealer would spread three cards along the felt.
Flop:
As soon as the dealer had finished spreading the cards, Medici had announced he was all in. Portano got out of the way and Lovton called just as quickly as Medici bet.
Medici:
Lovton:
Medici would need some help or he would be out of this tournament.
The was certainly a step in the right direction for Medici as he now had outs to the flush and to the straight. When the dealer turned over a on the river, Medici would give a little fist pump and Scott Seiver would also take a moment to fist bump him.
Medici is now one of the few players with over a million in chips, while Lovton is now in trouble.
Brian Rast opened for 27,000 and action folded around to Jonathan Duhamel who sat in silence for a moment before three-betting to 72,000. Rast made the call and the two saw a flop of .
Duhamel opted to check to Rast who also checked behind. The turn brought the and both players checked once again.
The river paired the board, bringing the . Duhamel bet 73,000 and Rast quickly flung out a call, tabling for a pair of aces that beat Duhamel's .
The action folded to Joseph Steur in the cutoff seat, and he opened. The action folded to Benjamin Reinhart in the big blind, who moved all in. Steur snapped it off, and was way ahead.
Steur
Reinhart
Reinhart flopped a gut-shot straight draw when the dealer fanned , and the on the turn gave him the nuts. The on the river completed the board, and Steur was eliminated from the tournament.
Desmond Portano has had a great start to his day, seeing his stack skyrocket to almost three times what he started with.
Portano recently got his stack all-in preflop holding against Giorgio Medici's . The board ran out , not help for Medici and it was another pot for Portano.
Avraham Lovton opened to 25,000 from under the gun, Michael Zelman three-bet to 75,000 from the button, and Stephen Reynolds four-bet to over 150,000 from the small blind. Lovton released, Zelman moved all in for effectively 204,000, and Reynolds quickly called.
Zelman
Reynolds
The flop was harmless, and so too was the on the turn, but the spiked on the river, giving Reynolds a straight. He doubled to over 450,000, while Zelman has just over 60,000 or so.
Gareth Teatum started the day as the shortest stack in the room, so he chose to make his move early by open shoving from under the gun. Right behind him, Dien Le moved all in over the top and the rest of the table folded.
Teatum tabled but was far behind Le's . A board was spread out in front of the players and Teatum was sent to the rail.
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would be in front of Grafton's 
and it would stay that way as a 
board was dealt on the felt. With that Grafton is eliminated and Razavi now has a monster chip stack.
, and Muravev doubled.
was certainly a step in the right direction for Medici as he now had outs to the flush and to the straight. When the dealer turned over a 
on the river, Medici would give a little fist pump and Scott Seiver would also take a moment to fist bump him.
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and both players checked once again.
, and the 
on the river completed the board, and Steur was eliminated from the tournament.
, not help for Medici and it was another pot for Portano.
flop was harmless, and so too was the 
spiked on the river, giving Reynolds a straight. He doubled to over 450,000, while Zelman has just over 60,000 or so.
