Action folded to Chris Klodnicki in the cutoff and he put in a standard raise. Dani Stern then three-bet to 31,000 from the small blind, Klodnicki four-bet to 55,000 and Stern, who had the bigger stack, moved all in. Klodnicki thought for about 30 seconds and then called off for 237,000.
Stern:
Klodnicki:
Klodnicki was behind and looking to improve, which he did big time on the flop. Suddenly Stern was in need of one of the two remaining tens to knock out his opponent. The turn didn't do it, and the river actually gave Klodnicki quads to seal the double.
Vanessa Selbst opened to 13,000 from under the gun, and Chris Lee three-bet to 34,000 on her direct left. The action folded back to Selbst, who opted to four-bet to 89,000, and Lee entered the tank.
"How much did you start the hand with?" Lee asked, removing his headphones.
Selbst pushed out a stack of T25,000 chips, but she had a few more hidden within a stack of T5,000 chips. Eugene Katchalov and the dealer simultaneously made Selbst aware of this, and she looked a bit confused as she cleaned up her dirty stack.
Lee examined Selbst's stack one last time, then five-bet to 155,000. The two-time bracelet winner shifter in her chair, then shot a glance at Lee who was frozen in one position. Finally, after around 90 seconds of internal debating, Selbst released her hand.
We caught the action on a flop when chip leader Brandon Steven checked from the hijack and Matt Marafioti bet 19,000 from the button. Steven then woke up with a check-raise to 57,000 and Marafioti hit the tank. Eventually Justin Bonomo called the clock, and that's when Marafioti moved all in for approximately 225,000. Steven called.
Steven:
Marafioti:
Marafioti had flopped middle set and was primed to double, which he did after the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Fabrice Touil opened for 14,000 under the gun and received calls from Matt Glantz and Lee Markholt int the cutoff and small blind respectively. Alfred Decarolis then moved all in for 125,000 from the big blind and both Touil and Glantz folded. Markholt took his time, counted out his chips and then splashed in a call.
Markholt:
Decarolis:
As it turned out, Markholt made a good call as his king-queen had Decarolis dominated. The board ran out an uneventful and Decarolis exited the tournament floor without so much as a goodbye.
Prior to the level change, Jake Cody opened to 13,000 in the hijack seat. German Niklas Heinecker, who is no stranger to high rollers, three-bet to 30,000 on Cody's direct left, and the action folded back to the Brit who moved all in for effectively 172,000. Heinecker instantly called.
Cody:
Heinecker:
Cody flopped backdoor straight and flush draws, but was drawing stone dead when the turned. A meaningless completed the board, and Heinecker doubled.
When we arrived at the table, Cary Katz was gathering his things to leave with sitting in front of him. The pot was being pushed to Martin Jacobson, who had , and there was a jack on the newly-mucked flop.
Katz hit the rail, while Jacobson now has over half of a million chips.
flop. Suddenly Stern was in need of one of the two remaining tens to knock out his opponent. The 
turn didn't do it, and the 
river actually gave Klodnicki quads to seal the double.
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flop when chip leader Brandon Steven checked from the hijack and 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
.
turned. A meaningless 
, and there was a jack on the newly-mucked flop.
, giving Mercier a leading pair of jacks, and a spectator leaned over the railing of the blue section and yelled, "Yeah! One time!"
respectively, and Mercier doubled.
