A total of 169 entries created a prize pool of $1,588,600 and the top 26 spots will get paid at least $14,912. The winner can look forward to a payday of $417,921 and the elusive gold bracelet.
Noah Bronstein had hung around with a short stack for quite some time and eventually got it in with the . David Benyamine looked him up with the after the money had gone in on a flop of . The turn and river were of no help and Bronstein was sent to the rail.
Catching the action on a flop of Jose Paz-Gutirrez was first to act in the small blind. He put out a bet and Perry Friedman called to his right. Mike Matusow called in the cutoff and Robert Stevanovski called on the button.
The turn was the and this time Paz-Gutirrez checked and Friedman bet. Matusow called, as did Stevanovski and Paz-Gutirrez.
On the river, all four players checked.
Friedman:
Matusow:
Stevanovski:
Paz-Gutirrez:
By the turn, only Matusow and Friedman had the wheel, but by the river, all four players made it and each chopped both the high and low pots.
"I don't think I've ever seen a pot where four players all chop everything," Friedman said after the hand.
Matt Woodward had just chopped to remain on a tiny half a big bet and the very next hand brought a raise by Jean-Robert Bellande in the cutoff. Woodward called all in from the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Matt Woodward:
Jean-Robert Bellande:
The board came and Woodward almost quadrupled up his tiny stack.
Nikolai Yakovenko raised from early position and Felipe Ramos called out of the big blind. On the flop, Ramos checked and Yakovenko bet. Ramos raised and picked up a call. Ramos then bet the turn and was called before the duo checked the on the river.
Ramos announced two pair and rolled over , which left Yakovenko somewhat confused as he checked his cards, revealing the . Ramos only then realized that he had misread his hand and had just one pair of fours as well as the nut low. That still ended up scooping the pot for the Brazilian, though.
Jared Talarico was all in before the flop when the betting action was capped with Matthew Kelly in late position and Julien Martini on the button still to act. Kelly bet the flop and Martini called before the turn and river were checked through.
Martini rolled over briefly, while Talarico had the for a busted low and wheel draw. Kelly showed his for a full house and scooped the pot to eliminate Talarico as a result.
With around 60,000 in the middle of the table and the board showing , action checked around to Calen McNeil and he put out a bet. Nick Schulman thought for a while before he folded but John Monnette and Eli Elezra called.
The river was the and Monnette checked this time. Elezra bet. McNeil called. Monnette thought for a little while but eventually folded. Elezra showed his for the nut low and a straight while McNeil only had for two pair and the nut low. With that, Elezra collected three-quarters of the pot.