David Oppenheim open-shoved for 50,500 from early position, Troy Burkholder and Jonathan Duhamel both called, and Greg Mueller three-bet to 200,000 or so. Burkhold and Duhamel both folded.
Oppenheim:
Mueller:
Oppenheim won the race as the board ran out , quadrupling to over 200,000 chips. Mueller fell to 425,000.
We reached the table on seventh street, where Matthews was already all in. Leah was deciding whether or not to call one final bet from Lindgren, and after a minute or so in the tank, he did.
Lindgren ripped over for a seventy-five, Leah mucked, and Matthews showed for an eighty-six before exiting.
Action folded to Troy Burkholder in the small blind and he limped. Jonathan Duhamel then raised to 15,000 from the big, Burkholder woke up with a check-raise to 45,000 and Duhamel called, bringing about a flop of . Burkholder bet 40,000, Duhamel called and then both players checked the turn.
Burkholder checked for a second time on the river and Duhamel obliged with a bet of 72,000. Burkholder made a quick call and tabled the , which bested Duhamel's .
George Danzer: / /
Adam Friedman: / (FOLD)
Michael Glick: / /
We caught up with the action on fifth street, where Danzer bet and only Glick called. Glick called two more bets on sixth and seventh, then mucked when Danzer showed for trip fours.
"We'll never know what you got on seventh," David Benyamine said to Danzer, who either started with four to a flush and made trip fours on seventh, or made trip fours on fifth.
"It doen't matter," the German replied. "I had a good hand no matter what."
Nguyen completed, Gray raised, and the action folded back to Nguyen, who called. Nguyen called bets on fourth and fifth street, and then bet on sixth when Gray checked. Gray called.
Gray check-called another bet on seventh, and Nguyen showed for trip aces. Nguyen, who finished runner-up in the $10,000 Heads-Up event earlier this summer, now has a massive stack of around 1.15 million chips.
The hand started with Justin Smith opening to 16,000 from under the gun, and found a call from Ofir Mor on the button. The flop came down , as both players opted to fold. The fell on the turn, and Smith checked his option, as he watched Mor place out a bet of 16,000. The bet was called, as the completed the board. Smith checked again, as Mor reached for his chips, casually betting out 27,000. Smith asked for a count, before thinking about his decision for over a minute. He then reached for chips, and behind is tall stacks, counted out a raise, before placing in a bet of 132,000. The bet was enough to take down the pot, as Mor folded almost instantly.
We caught the action on the first draw between a short-stacked David Oppenheim and Troy Burkholder. Both players drew two and then Oppenheim bet 12,000, leaving himself just 8,000 back. Burkholder opted to raise and Oppenheim called off.
Oppenheim stood pat and Burkholder drew one. That action repeated itself on the final draw and Oppenheim tabled . Before looking at his last card, Burkholder showed that he was drawing live to a , meaning he could win with either a seven or an eight.
Burkholder squeezed out the card, but it was the . Oppenheim survived though he is still well below the average stack.
Bryn Kenney: / /
Joe Cassidy: / /
Mike Leah: / (FOLD)
Kenney brought it in, Cassidy completed, and both Leah and Kenney called. Cassidy led out on fourth street, both Leah and Kenney called, and Cassidy opted to check on fifth. Leah checked behind, Kenney bet, and only Cassidy called.
Cassidy check-called another bet on sixth, but when faced with one final bet on seventh, he tanked for nearly two minutes before folding. Kenney mucked his hand, and raked in the pot.