From the hijack seat, Bryan Micon made a raise to 6,000. He was only called by the player in the big blind.
The dealer put out the flop of and the big blind checked, only to see Micon bet 7,500, which he called.
The turn was the and this time the big blind decided to steal the betting lead, making it 20,000. Micon thought about it briefly, before making the call.
The river was the and the big blind announced he was all in, Micon snap called and turned over his for a full house, which was good to beat his opponents for just trips.
The palyer in the big blind had a covering stack so Micon "The Icon" doubled to over 100,000.
The action started with a player under the gun who raised to 4,800. He was called by Maurice Hawkins on the button and Damien Lhommeau from the big blind.
On the flop all three players checked.
The turn was the and action checked to Hawkins who made a bet of 15,000. Only Lhommeau called from the big blind.
The river was the and Lhommeau checked to Hawkins who made another bet, this time for 18,000. Lhommeau made the quick call. Hawkins showed for a missed flush draw, but Lhommeau was able to scoop the pot with for a pair of aces.
The decline of Nick Schulman's stack started with he and David Diaz got all their chips in the middle for the second time in 30 minutes. Schulman was happy to see his up against Diaz's . He wasn't so happy to see a jack in the door, however when the flop was dealt. He received no help from the turn and river. Diaz doubled leaving Schulman extremely short stacked.
Three hands later, a player under the gun made it 5,000 to go and found a caller in Chris Hunichen from middle position. Schulman moved all in for his final 12,000 and the UTG made it 22,500 hoping Hunichen would fold. Just the opposite happened and Hunichen came over the top and it was the UTG player that folded.
Schulman:
Hunichen:
The board ran out and Hunichen's sevens held up, eliminating Schulman in the process.
From under the gun, Amit Makhija made a raise to 4,000. In the next seat over, Maurice Hawkins made the call. Two seats over from that Damien Lhommeau moved all in for roughly 50,000. Action folded to Russell Crane in the small blind who thought about it for a while, then finally announced a call. Action folded back to Makhija who folded, as did Hawkins.
Crane:
Lhommeau:
There was no sweat for Lhommeau on the flop, but a flush draw did materialize on the turn. Fortunately the river was the and Lhommeau was awarded a double up through what was one of the biggest stacks in the tournament.
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All the chips went ended up in the middle preflop between Nick Schulman and his and David Diaz with . The flop came and Schulman got a much needed double up.
and the big blind checked, only to see Micon bet 7,500, which he called.
and this time the big blind decided to steal the betting lead, making it 20,000. Micon thought about it briefly, before making the call.
and the big blind announced he was all in, Micon snap called and turned over his 
for a full house, which was good to beat his opponents 
for just trips.
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flop all three players checked.
and action checked to Hawkins who made a bet of 15,000. Only Lhommeau called from the big blind.
and Lhommeau checked to Hawkins who made another bet, this time for 18,000. Lhommeau made the quick call. Hawkins showed 
for a missed flush draw, but Lhommeau was able to scoop the pot with 
for a pair of aces.
up against Diaz's 
. He wasn't so happy to see a jack in the door, however when the 
flop was dealt. He received no help from the 
and Hunichen's sevens held up, eliminating Schulman in the process.
flop, but a flush draw did materialize on the 
turn. Fortunately the river was the 
and David Diaz with 
. The flop came 
