Emil Patel, Peter Vitantonio and Alex Masek were all in going to the flop.
Patel:
Vitantonio:
Masek:
The board came two heart giving Masek the hope of a flush but it didn't come. Vitantonio's queens held to eliminate Patel and take some chips from Masek for a timely win.
It was Duval's tens against another player's sixes all in preflop. The board ran out to give Duval some more ammunition in his quest to make another final table.
We came to the action with the board reading . There was 17,000 bet in front of Michael Gathy and Devvrat Himatsingka had the the all in button in front of him. Gathy was faced with a difficult decision with one card to come.
He made the call and tabled for a pair of eights. Himatsingka was in the lead with for a pair of kings and flush draw. The river gave Gathy two pair and eliminated Himatsingka, who had a large stack for most of the day.
Action folded to the player on the button, and he moved all in. Russ Krueger went all in from the small blind, and then Matt Brady called all in from the big blind. The button held the , Krueger had the , and Brady had the . Krueger had both of his opponents covered.
The board ran out , and Krueger won the pot to bust both players. He now has 153,000 in chips.
The flop was on the board when Jason Duval bet 12,000 and found a call from the player in the hijack seat.
Duval led for 24,000 on the turn and the hijack called. Duval kept control by betting 32,000 on the river. Instead of calling, the hijack moved all in forcing Duval to fold.
From early position, Simon Charette raised to 8,000. Victor Figueroa called from the cutoff seat, and the small blind called as well before seeing the flop. The small blind moved all in for 54,500, Charette re-shoved all in, and Figueroa folded.
Charette tabled the and was crushing his opponent's . We all know how poker is, though, and the turn card brought a nice sweat with the giving the at-risk player a flush draw. The river kept Charette clear of the suckout and he was able to win the hand to send his opponent to the rail.