Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Somar Al-Darwich opened with a raise to 6,500 from under the gun and it folded all of the way back around to Steve Zolotow in the big blind who called.
The flop came 
. Zolotow checked, Al-Darwich bet 11,000, and Zolotow called. The turn brought the 
, and Zolotow again bumped the table twice with a closed fist to check. Al-Darwich bet 22,000 this time, and after pulling out the calling chips and turning them over in his hand for a moment, Zolotow called again.
The river was the 
. Zolotow checked once more, and Al-Darwich quickly set out a bet of 46,000. Zolotow showed his hand to his neighbor — 
— and folded.
That pot pushes Al-Darwich back up over 850,000 and into what appears to be second position currently behind leader Dick van Luijk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
865,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
124,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
. The player that Mortensen was in the pot with put out a bet of 60,000 and the former Main Event champion was in the tank.
for no pair and just a gutshot straight draw.
. That's when Shalamov fired a bet of 15,500 into the middle — around two-thirds the pot — and DeNoon called without much hesitation.
for trip deuces, and DeNoon mucked.
. Ivey was left with one out in the deck as he showed 
.
river saved Ivey, ending his Main Event.
. The player in early position bet 8,000 and Kroon called. On the 
for trip sevens, which barely pipped his opponent's 
.
board, Benjamin Reason check-called his opponent's all-in bet with the 
for a set of nines. His opponent had the 
and was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the 
, and Reason scooped the pot to move to 268,000 in chips.
against an early position player's 
. The board ran out 
, and Seidel faded a bevy of outs on the river to increase his stack to 88,000.
