Dan Kelly opened to 16,000 in middle position, Jamie Armstrong three-bet to 39,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Kelly, who four-bet to 77,000. Armstrong called.
The dealer fanned , Kelly led out for 60,000, and Armstrong folded.
Mike DeGilio opened to 16,000 from early position, Rafal Michalowski three-bet to 36,000 out of the small blind, and DeGilio made a fourth bet, re-raising to 57,000. Michalowski called.
The chip leader than checked when the flop fell , only to move all in after DeGilio fired 40,000. DeGilio folded, leaving himself with 125,000, while Michalowski now has 770,000.
Kristijonas Andrulis raised to 20,000 in late position, Brian Rast defended his big blind, and then Rast led out for 23,000 on a flop of . Andrulis moved all in for 142,000, and Rast called.
Rast:
Andrulis:
Rast held overs and a flush draw, but neither the turn () nor the river () improved his hand, and Andrulis doubled.
Ben Yu opened for a raise in the hijack, Joe Serock defended in the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Serock check-called a bet, then led out for 26,000 when the turned. Yu called.
The river was the , Serock moved all in for effectively 105,000 or so, and Yu tank-called. Serock showed for trip sixes, which was good enough to win the pot and eliminate Yu.
A very short-stacked David Diaz moved all in for 39,000 from early position, Ben Hamnett called on his direct left, and Jamie Armstrong re-shoved from the small blind. Hamnett tanked for a very long time, then folded.
Diaz:
Armstrong:
The flop gave Diaz a backdoor straight draw, and although that draw vanished when the turned, he picked up two outs to double. Any nine on the river would give him nines full of threes, but it was a third three - the - giving Armstrong threes full of tens.
Diaz hit the rail, while Armstrong now sits with 350,000 chips.
Ismael Bojang was in the hijack seat and raised to 13,000. Ben Yu three-bet to 38,000 out of the small blind, and Trevor Pope cold four-bet to 71,000 in the big blind. Bojang five-bet shipped, forcing folds from both Yu and Pope.