Ian Pelz raised all with a covering stack from the small blind and Renato Ribeiro called all in from the big blind for about 900,000.
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, giving Pelz a king-high flush to eliminate Ribeiro in 86th place.
Ian Pelz raised all with a covering stack from the small blind and Renato Ribeiro called all in from the big blind for about 900,000.
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, giving Pelz a king-high flush to eliminate Ribeiro in 86th place.
Michael Kapernaros raised all in for about 1,500,000 from the small blind and Gabe Patgorski called all in for about 700,000 from the big blind with ![]()
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.
The board brought a
, Patgorski couldn't catch up and he was eliminated in 87th place.
Over on the main feature table, Dario Sammartino raised to 220,000 and Antonio Esfandiari three-bet in the hijack to 530,000, which Sammartino called. The flop brought ![]()
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and Sammartino check-called a bet of 435,000 to see the
on the turn.
Sammartino check-called all in for 1,320,000 and Esfandiari immediately sighed a "nice hand" when he saw cards.
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Esfandiari was drawing to a chop with a queen, but the
river reduced his stack to just eight big blinds.
Ivonir Bento opened for 250,000 in middle position and Henning Wendlandt shoved in the small blind for 1,410,000. Kevin Maahs reshipped in the big and Bento tank-folded. Maahs showed ![]()
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"You are ahead," Wendlandt said. "Unfortunately, way ahead. I'll take a queen."
He revealed his ![]()
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. However, Maahs still had plenty of outs to take the pot as he picked up a combo draw. One arrived in the
turn. The river was a
, busting Wendlandt. He whipped out his phone and took a picture.
"Good game," he said cheerfully. "Good luck, everybody. That was a fun flop, huh?"
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when all the chips of Chad Power went in from the big blind and his tournament life was at risk as he was called by Ryan Yu in the cutoff.
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Power had an overpair but Yu had turned trip fives.
The river completed the board with the
to seal the deal as Power was done for today.
Power got up from his chair and ceremoniously declared, "I bestow my jacket upon you," and took off his gold sequined jacket, draping it over Yu's shoulders, before making his way out of the tournament area.
Yu promised to pass it on to the next player if he was to be eliminated.
Ori Hasson raised to 225,000 from middle position, Michael Kapernaros three-bet to 615,000 from the hijack, Hasson four-bet shoved for 2,475,000 and Kapernaros called.
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, giving Kapernaros queens and eights to eliminate Hasson in 94th place.
With about 2 million in the pot, Robert Heidorn bet 1,350,000 in the small blind on ![]()
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. Daniel Hachem called on the button and the river was a
. Heidorn checked. Hachem thought a little bit and then bet 1.5 million. Heidorn went deep into the tank, shifting several times in his chair and thinking for about four minutes before someone called a clock.
As the five-second countdown was beginning, Heidorn grabbed some chips and tossed them in. Hachem tabled ![]()
and the dealer mistakenly called a straight before correcting himself. One pair was no good as Heidorn had ![]()
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"Nice hand," Hachem said. "Two-point-four and you fold?"
"I don't know," Heidorn said.
Hiroki Nawa raised to 205,000 from middle position before Mitch Garshofsky shoved all in for 2,070,000 from the hijack.
Zackary Koerper called in the big blind, and Nawa folded.
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board and Koerper struck the flop with his two-outer to send Garshofsky to the rail in 97th place for a $69,636 payday.
Jeff Madsen pushed all in for 1,615,000 in early position and Alex Winter re-shoved all in from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and the cards were face up in a classic race situation.
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left Winter in the lead with his pair of queens. The
on the turn gave Winter the only flush draw which narrowed Madsen's outs even further. The river was the
which gave Madsen a pair of aces but Winter made his flush to send Madsen home.
Greg Himmelbrand entered Day 6 on the short stack, and unfortunately for him, he wasn't able to spin it up.
In what would be his last hand of the tournament, Himmelbrand moved all in for 820,000 from early position and the short-stacked Jake Schindler called off for 145,000 from the button. Christopher Wynkoop was in the big blind and took his time before making the call to put both players at risk.
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flop gave Himmelbrand the lead but both of his opponents picked up straight draws. The
turn was a disaster for Himmelbrand, and his fate was sealed by the
on the river.
Schindler and Wynkoop both made trip aces with a queen kicker, so they split the main pot while Wynkoop pulled in the larger side pot.