Adrian Mateos raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Josh Arieh was the lone caller from the big blind. The flop was .
Arieh check-called when Mateos tossed out a T-5,000 chip. The turn was .
The quad eights on the board slowed down the action and both players checked through the river. Arieh turned over to take the pot with quads and an ace-high while Mateos tossed the losing hand in the muck.
Action picked up on the river with Daniel Negreanu all in for about 115,000. He was fighting for a pot of about 150,000. Byron Kaverman was not going to let him have it easily.
The board showed .
Kaverman sat in the big blind and thought about the spot. Eventually, he slid chips in for the call.
Negreanu turned over .
Kaverman had , enough to add all of Negreanu's chips to his own stack.
There has been a thirty-second shot clock in play in the tournament, however with 180 entrants in the event thus far, there are not enough tables with shot clock capability.
The floor has decided to suspend shot clock usage due to the high turnout. It will be reinstated when the field is reduced to a size that can be accommodated by the available shot clock tables.
Action picked up on the turn with a pot of about 130,000. The board read and Keith Lehr checked from the small blind to his sole opponent, Brock Wilson in middle position. Wilson decided to check behind and go to the river.
The made things interesting, the front door flush draw came in and a one-liner to a straight did as well.
Lehr checked again, and Wilson slid all of his chips except a single 500 chip into the pot.
Lehr went deep into the tank. He had Wilson covered, but the bet represented about 80 percent of his own stack. After about 3 minutes, Lehr made the call.
Wilson flipped the , but Lehr had the for the rivered straight to collect the pot.
Action was three-handed with around 45,000 in the pot and on the board when Justin Bonomo checked from under the gun and Joe Finocchiaro checked in late position. Mustapha Kanit bet 13,000 from the button and Bonomo raised to 35,000 before Finocchiaro got out of the way.
Kanit did not have much more than 35,000 and he committed the rest of it. Bonomo put him at risk and the cards were turned over.
Mustapha Kanit:
Justin Bonomo:
The turn was and the river was to give Bonomo trip tens and send Kanit to the rail.
Justin Bonomo raised to 6,000 from early position, Joe Finocchiaro called from the small blind, and the big blind called as well.
The flop revealed and action checked to Bonomo who continued with a bet of 7,000. Finocchiaro check-raised to 16,000. Bonomo called.
The turn came the and Finocchiaro led out for 18,000. Bonomo thought for about 30 seconds before assembling a stack of chips that covered Finocchiaro and sliding them into the pot.
The bet was about 110,000 effective and Finocchiaro was at risk for his tournament life. After thinking for about a minute, he made the call.
Bonomo:
Finocchiaro:
"No spade!" pleaded Finocchiaro. The deck obliged and dropped a blank on the river.
Finocchiaro doubled up and cut Bonomo's big stack down a bit.