These players collected $50,855 for their Main Event finishes.
These players collected $50,855 for their Main Event finishes.
Over on the secondary feature table, Matt Glantz was spotted all in and at risk with the ![]()
for around 1.1 million and Pavlin Karakikov looked him up with the superior stack and ![]()
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and Glantz became another well-known casualty on Day 5.
Alex Foxen raised to 80,000 in middle position and David Vedral called on the button. The flop fell ![]()
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and Foxen continued with a bet of 100,000 which Vedral called.
The turn was the
and Foxen fired out another bet of 285,000. Vedral called once again and the
completed the board. Foxen thought for over a minute before unleashing a third barrel of 395,000. Vedral wasted little time before sending his cards to the muck and Foxen collected the pot.
Jon Turner was deep in the tank on the river with a board that read ![]()
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, he was facing an all in bet from Milos Skrbic who easily had Turner covered.
Turner toiled with the decision as his last 1,300,000 was at stake. He took a stack of chips in his hand and pounded them on the table as he thought. He tightly squeezed a single chip that he held in his hand as he was very torn over the decision, seemingly almost to the point of physical pain. After several minutes he still seemed torn.
"This is my first tank of the tournament" Turner said he continued to mull it over. Eventually after about five full minutes he tossed in one chip for the call. Skrbic turned over the ![]()
for top pair and Turner immediately said "nice hand" and defeatedly flipped over the ![]()
for top pair but with a one pip worse kicker.
A few of the players at the table expressed amazement and wondered if Skrbic had wanted a call or not, to which Skrbic would provide no clear answer as Turner waited for payout standing by the table with no more chips in front of him.
Anuj [Removed:550] raised to 90,000 from the cutoff and Ross Ward three-bet to 250,000 on the button. The blinds folded and [Removed:550] decided to put Ward all-in who called for the 1,400,000 or so he had behind.
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for [Removed:550] to find a set on the flop to crack Ward's aces to eliminate him.
David Enda was all in for 855,000 from the small blind with ![]()
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, no help to Enda, locking up the pot for Pardo.
Yuri Dzivielevski opened to 80,000 from middle position and was called by Adam Friedman in the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Friedman checked. Dzivielevski made a continuation-bet of 70,000 and Freidman called.
Both players checked the turn
and Friedman led out on the river
for 115,000. Dzivielevski did not take long before flinging his cards to the center of the table, conceding the pot to the back-to-back $10K Dealers Choice champion.
Kevin Unkel raised to 90,000 and Kartik Ved three-bet to 245,000 in the cutoff. Unkel responded with a four-bet all in for 775,000 in total and Ved called.
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Ved flopped top two on ![]()
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and the
turn changed nothing, however, the
river improved Unkel to a full house and he doubled.
After losing a few pots on the main feature table, Michael Lech limped the small blind and big stack Andrew Brinkley in the big blind raised to 110,000. Lech moved all in for 1,160,000 in total and Brinkley called.
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flop gave Lech top pair and Brinkley second pair. Nothing changed on the
turn and the
river, and Lech doubled to get right back into the mix.