Nicholas Kefaliakos opened to 105,000 from early position and David Halpern called in middle position. Alexander Deutsch was in the big blind when he announced pot and pushed in 435,000.
Kefaliakos called the bet and Halpern pushed in his total stack of 415,000. The flop came down , Deutsch moved all in and Kefaliakos called for his remaining 35,000, players turned over their hands.
Kefaliakos turned over for ace-high, Halpern tabled for top pair and a straight draw. Deutsch showed , giving him two pair and the current best hand.
The dealer burned and turned a and Deutsch now filled up. An river card changed nothing as Deutsch had his opponents drawing dead and scooped in the pot with his full house, eliminating two opponents.
Sean Troha opened to 52,000 from middle position and Andrew Morcombe called in the hijack. Dennis Durante defended his big blind and the dealer fanned out on the flop.
Durante checked to his neighbor Troha who pushed in 100,000 and Morcombe instantly raised to 280,000. Durante folded to Troha who called to see the turn card.
Troha moved all in for his last 75,000 and Morcombe snap-called, tabling for two pair. Troha showed for just a pair of aces with a wheel draw.
The river came down a , adding insult to injury as Morcombe now had a set of queens. Troha was eliminated from the tournament and Morcombe added another healthy sized pot to his stack.
Luis Zedan opened with a raise to 72,000 from early position and was called by three players including Orlando Romero from the big blind.
The flop of was checked around.
Romero checked the on the turn and Zedan bet 79,000. Adithya Sundar and the button player folded and Romero tossed his remaining 1,000 chip in the middle and the players tabled their hands.
Luis Zedan:
Orlando Romero:
Both players flopped trip tens but the fell on the river giving Romero the straight and he took down the pot.