Timothy Su opened to 500,000 in the cutoff and Sam Greenwood made a large three-bet to 2,500,000 from the big blind. Su called and the two players saw a flop of .
Greenwood led out for 1,800,000 and Su stuck around for the on the turn. Greenwood slid out another bet of 3,500,000 only to have Su shove all in. Greenwood put his hands on his head and stood up from his seat as he called all in for roughly 11,500,000.
Sam Greenwood:
Timothy Su:
Greenwood held the best hand but Su had an open-ended straight draw for the largest pot in the tournament by far. The dealer burned and turned the on the river and Su nailed his straight. Greenwood, one of the big stacks in the tournament was just eliminated.
Timothy Su raised it up to 550,000 in middle position and Dario Sammartino called from the big blind. The flop fell and Sammartino check-called a bet of 375,000 from Su.
The turn was the and Sammartino checked again. Su fired out another bet of 1,700,000 and Sammartino stuck around for the on the river.
Sammartino knuckled the table for the third time and Su counted out a bet of 2,275,000. Sammartino snap-called and Su tabled for two pair. Sammartino showed for a set of queens and scooped the pot.
Chang Luo opened for 550,000 early and Milos Skrbic made it 1,675,000 on the button. Kevin Maahs put in a cold four-bet to 3,750,000 in the big blind. Luo said he was all in, for what was right around 8.1 million. Skrbic folded and Maahs sank back in his chair. After getting the count, he called.
Kevin Maahs:
Chang Luo:
Maahs ran into the cooler but the flop brought him a flush draw. He missed on the turn but the river gave him the best hand and the massive pot to bust Luo.
Robert Heidorn opened to 550,000 from middle position and Garry Gates three-bet the big blind to 2,100,000.
Heidorn thought for a few moments and then announced he was all in. Gates would be at risk for his 11,350,000 if he called, and after roughly a minute, he placed forward chips to signify a call.
Heidorn:
Gates:
With Gates needing to find an ace, the flop gave him outs to a backdoor straight.
The on the turn reduced his outs to just an ace, and when the dealer burned and turned the on the river, Gates leapt to his feet and ran towards his rail to celebrate his double to over 23 million.
First to act, Timothy Su raised to 550,000 and he was called by Marcelo Cudos in the hijack and Dario Sammartino in the cutoff. The flop brought and the action checked to Sammartino, who made it 700,000 to go. Only Su called and check-folded the turn when facing a bet of 1,900,000 by Sammartino.