Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , there were still three players alive in the hand. Sam Grafton checked from the small blind and Kainalu McCue-Unciano bet 550,000 from under the gun. James Chen folded the button and Grafton called.
The river was the and Grafton checked again. McCue-Unciano pushed out a bet of 1,100,000, leaving himself with only 10,000 behind. Grafton thought for a brief moment but then slung his cards to the muck.
Thomas Boivin opened to 100,000 and Kainalu McCue-Unciano three-bet to 350,000. Boivin called and the flop came
McCue-Unciano bet 330,000 and Boivin called. The turn was checked by both players and the river was the . McCue-Unciano checked and Boivin bet 1,400,000. McCue-Unciano folded.
Stefan Schillhabel opened to 160,000 in middle position and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. The flop came and Negreanu checked to Schillhabel who continued for 225,000. Negreanu just called and the landed on the turn.
Negreanu checked again and Schillhabel fired out another 550,000. Negreanu called and the completed the board. Negreanu opted to lead out this time for 850,000. Schillhabel asked for a count and used a time extension before calling. Negreanu tabled for a flush while Schillhabel held for a straight.
Mikael Thuritz moved all in for 830,000 from under the gun and was called by Daniel Negreanu in middle position.
Negreanu had chipped up since the three-table redraw and held against Thuritz's .
The flop giving Thuritz the nut straight and Negreanu a flush draw. The turn was the but the river completed Negreanu's flush and Thuritz was eliminated.
Nick Schulman raised it up from the hijack and Brandon Adams called from the big blind. The flop fell and Adams check-called a bet of 160,000 from Schulman.
The turn brought the and Adams checked again. Schulman fired out another bet of 450,000 and Adams hung around for the on the river. Once Adams checked again, Schulman threw out a small bet of 350,000. Adams gave it some thought but elected to send his cards to the muck.
The action folded to Kensaku Takagi in the small blind who shoved all in for his last 525,000 chips. Alex Foxen quickly called from the big blind and the cards were tabled.
Kensaku Takagi:
Alex Foxen:
The flop of gave Takagi plenty of outs to stay alive. The on the turn and the on the river paired Takagi who managed to find a double up.
Kainalu McCue-Unciano was all in for 1,155,000 but wasn't feeling confident, holding against the of James Chen.
In fact, McCue-Unciano was getting to his feet by the time the flop came down giving him top set. The turn and river didn't change anything and he doubled up to over two million in chips.