Ben Farrell raised to 35,000 from mid-position and action folded to Justin Bonomo in the big blind who decided to shove for around 240,000. Farrell quickly called.
Justin Bonomo:
Ben Farrell:
The flop came for Farrell to flop top pair immediately.
The turn was the which didn't change the situation and meant that only another nine on the river could save Bonomo's tournament life.
The river completed the board with the which meant Farrell improved to a Broadway to seal Bonomo's fate and send him to the payout desk to collect $12,937 for finishing in tenth place.
Alexandru Papazian raised to 32,000 from mid-position and Martin Zamani was sitting in the big blind and called.
"Let me have the shades for this hand, give me a little chance," Zamani said to Papazian who responded with just a smile.
The flop came , Zamani checked and Papazian continued with a bet of 24,000.
Zamani looked at his stack, stacked all his chips up: "Well, Luckychewy, it has been a pleasure. Mr Papazian, good luck!" And then decided to go all in.
David Lambard opened from early position to 37,000 and Andrew Lichtenberger asked to see the stack of Lambard before making the call from two seats over. They went heads-up to the flop and Lambard continued for 40,000, Lichtenberger made the call. On the turn, Lambard checked and folded to a bet of 62,000 by Lichtenberger.
Adrien Delmas then got involved in the action and raised to 32,000 in the cutoff. Jan Lakota in the big blind three-bet to 120,000 and Delmas folded.
The Frenchman raised the very next hand to 32,000 in the hijack and won the blinds.
Lambard's limp from the small blind was met with a raise to 47,000 by Johan Guilbert and that shut down all further action. At the start of the third level, Guilbert and Lichtenberger are the only two players above a million.
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Johan Guilbert raised to 25,000 from the hijack, he was called by Andrew Lichtenberger in the cutoff and Justin Bonomo and Weiyi Zhang in the blinds.
The flop came , both Bonomo and Zhang quickly checked. Guilbert bet 30,000 which only Bonomo ended up calling.
They both checked on the turn to see the complete the board on the river. Bonomo checked for the last time and Guilbert now barreled a bet of 105,000 over the line. Bonomo contemplated his options for a while and made the call in the end but mucked when Guilbert flipped over for two pair, jacks and deuces.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 30,000 from the button and Justin Bonomo called in the big blind.
The flop came , Bonomo quickly checked and then called the 20,000 continuation-bet of Lichtenberger.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Bonomo rapidly checked again and Lichtenberger bet 95,000. Bonomo took a few seconds and then opted to fold with a small smile on his face.
Only one hand after winning the pot against Martin Zamani, Jan Lakota was in the small blind and faced the open raise of Zamani for 25,000. Justin Bonomo three-bet from one seat over to 65,000 and Lakota announced all in when the action was on him.
Zamani quickly got out of the way and Bonomo asked for a count. The all in was deemed to be for 487,000 and Bonomo gave it some consideration before sending his cards into the muck.
Jan Lakota had lost a pot and then took on Martin Zamani when facing a raise to 24,000. The Slovenian called out of the big blind and checked the flop, Zamani checked behind. On the turn, both players checked once more and Lakota then bet the river for 60,000.
Without any table chat this time, Zamani mulled over his decision and called. Lakota tabled and that won the pot.