Bryce Yockey raised from under the gun and then called the all-in by Ap Garza for 130,000 total. It was fair game on the first draw with both discarding two and Garza then took one for the second draw while Yockey remained with two new cards.
On the final draw, Garza patted and Yockey took one. The of Garza had a lock already because Yockey's draw couldn't win it.
Yockey then lost a pot to Daniel Weinman when he couldn't beat a ten-eight and the next clash with Garza followed.
Garza made it three bets for 240,000 total in the cutoff and Yockey just flat-called in the small blind. On the first draw, Yockey took two while Garza took one and Yockey initially wanted to check-call only but then got it in anyways for the 80,000 Garza had left behind.
The second draw brought the same action once more as Yockey required two cards while Garza took one. On the final draw, Yockey took two and Garza patted to then show his . Yockey's needed help but he spiked the right away to secure another double up for Garza, which made the a formality.
"Just win?" Weinman joked and Yockey replied back with a big smile and the "it's not for a lack of trying, I am in every fuckin pot."
John Racener and Dan Cates were involved in a larger 2-7 Triple Draw hand and had already surpassed the second draw when Racener bet, Cates raised and Racener made it three bets to pick up a call. Both patted the final draw and Cates check-called a bet.
Racener flashed a bad nine-seven and Cates won the pot with the for a nine smooth. He then lost a few chips in the next hand but remained near the top of the leaderboard.
After Matthew Gonzales put Ap Garza on a micro stack in a hand of Stud 8 or Better, Garza was all in against Gonzales shortly after.
Garza put his last 75,000 chips in the middle from the hijack and was called blind by Gonzales in the big blind.
On the first draw Gonzales took four cards, while Garza took two. The second draw saw Gonzales improve to drawing two, while Garza took just one. Their final draw also saw draws of two, then one.
Gonzales showed , while Garza showed .
Gonzales first revealed a , giving him the chance of making a winning hand. He then peeked at his other card and told Garza he won. Garza rolled over another , but he indeed did win as Gonzales showed a second to give Garza a small double up.
Philip Sternheimer: / — folded on fourth street
Yuri Dzivielevski: / /
Johannes Becker: / — folded on fourth street
Koray Aldemir: / /
Four players saw fourth street after Philip Sternheimer completed and got three calls including the bring-in Koray Aldemir.
Aldemir checked and Sternheimer bet. Dzivielevski raised and Becker folded. Aldemir called.
"I was just messing," said Sternheimer jokingly before folding.
Aldemir check-called on fifth street and Dzivielevski bet on sixth street after making open fours. Aldemir called. The pair checked seventh street with Dzivielevski showing aces up and Aldemir mucked, having failed to make a low.
Koray Aldemir raised on he button and was called by Yuri Dzivielevski in the big blind. They headed to the flop on which Dzivielevski check-raised the continuation bet of Aldemir, who then made it three bets and Dzivielevski called.
The followed on the turn and Dzivielevski checked before subsequently folding to a bet by Aldemir.
Ap Garza raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and was called by Bryce Yockey in the small blind. After a moment of thought, Daniel Weinman piled in his entire stack of roughly 1,300,000.
Garza quickly folded, and after a brief peek at his cards, Yockey opted to fold as well.
Ap Garza raised on the button and Naoya Kihara three-bet from the small blind. Bryce Yockey cold-called from the big blind and Garza also called.
Kihara bet the flop and Garza was the only caller. Kihara bet again on the turn and river with Garza calling both times.
Kihara tabled for trip aces, and Garza flipped over the last remaining in the deck and mucked his other card, ceding the pot to the Japanese bracelet winner.
Koray Aldemir opened from the button and Philip Sternheimer three-bet the small blind. Yuri Dzivielevski four-bet out of the big blind and got two callers.
The flop was checked by Sternheimer and Dzivielevski bet. Both opponents called. Sternheimer checked the turn and Dzivielevski bet. Aldemir raised, Sternheimer folded and Dzivielevski made the call.
The river was the . Dzivielevski check-called a bet and Aldemir showed for a set of nines and took down the pot.