Dan Heimiller and his opponent both checked when the board read . Heimiller bet 3,300 in a pot about 5,500 after the river came down, and his opponent decided to make the call.
Heimiller tabled and took down the pot with a full house. He has now almost three times the starting stack in front of his nose.
The button opened to 1,050 and Mihails Morozovs three-bet to 3,300 from the big blind. His opponent called and the flop fell .
Morozovs put his opponent all in and his opponent made the call. His opponent flipped over for a flush draw with a straight draw and Morozovs tabled for a flopped set of jacks.
The turn came the , giving Morozovs a full house and he now just needed to dodge the royal flush draw of his opponent. The river was the and Morozovs took down the pot.
The button moved all in for 3,000 and Tyler Groth moved all in over the top from the small blind for 15,825 total. Vincent Bartello called both all-ins from the big blind and the three players turned up their cards.
Tyler Groth:
Vincent Bartello:
Button:
The board ran out and Groth won the pot with trip aces.
Groth took down this tournament last year for $179,126 and will be someone to watch for during the remainder of the tournament.
Right after doubling up the defending champion of this tournament, Tyler Groth, Vincent Bartello doubled another player at the table.
Bartello raised to 600 and a player on the other side of the table called. A couple spots later, there was a three-bet to 2,850 and Bartello was the only one to call the bet.
The flop came down and Bartello checked. The short-stacked player pushed all in for 4,425 and Bartello made the call.
Vincent Bartello:
At-risk player:
The dealer completed the board with the turn and the river. Bartello lost another batch of chips and has around 20 big blinds left.