Mark Frimodt opened the hijack to 285,000 and found three callers out of the cutoff and blinds. Luis Vasquez was in the small and he didn't hesitate when the flop hit the felt. He slid a tower of all his chips, moving all in. All of his opponents quickly gave up and Vasquez claimed the pot.
Jordan Bamford was raking in a huge pot having eliminated an opponent.
According to him, one player opened to 250,000 and he just called on the button. The blinds both called and the flop came . It checked to the raiser who continued for 450,000. Bamford and the small blind were the only callers.
The turn was another and the small blind moved all in for around 5,000,000 into a pot of just 2,600,000. The raiser folded and Bamford made the call.
All-in player:
Jordan Bamford:
Bamford had turned quads, and the river was meaningless. The third player in the hand said he folded an ace as Bamford sent the other to the rail.
Shawn Fakhimi raised to 245,000 in early position and a player on the button came along to see the flop.
Both players checked and Fakhimi fired 285,000 on the turn. His opponent countered with a raise to 650,000 and Fakhimi called.
The river brought an interesting action with Fakhimi checking and his opponent throwing his cards away. A floor person was called to clarify whether the player was allowed to muck and it was deemed that he could as it was the same as if he checked and then mucked.
"I thought you were all in," the player explained why he mucked on the river.
Fakhimi showed and said: "I wanted you to go all in. I would have called you. Seriously."
Luis Vasquez was in early position, betting 500,000 into the pot on the board. A player on the button called and the river fell .
Vasquez slid in 1,200,000 million and his rival paused for about 30 seconds before moving all in for a few big blinds more. Vasquez quickly waived the white flag and dropped to 2 million.
Daniel Herschman was seen on the turn, firing 930,000 into around 1.5 million out of the cutoff. His opponent, sitting in an early position, tanked for two minutes or so. Then he finally released his cards and Herschman improved to 6.2 million in chips.
"I knew what I had, so I put you on aces," Herschman said in a debate that followed when the hand was over.
Following a raise to 225,000 out of the hijack, Mark Frimodt flatted in the cutoff before a player in the small blind squeeze-shoved for 720,000. Only Frimodt called and the cards were turned up.
Frimodt had and faced off against . The board bricked out and Frimodt conceded the pot. He's still among the biggest stacks in the field, guarding more than 60 big blinds.