In a hand that lasted over ten minutes, Alejandro Lococo raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and was called by Rahul Rastogi on the button.
Brandon Lulov then three-bet from the small blind to 110,000. Lococo cut out and counted several hundred thousand chips in front of himself, then four-bet to 258,000.
Rastogi got out of the way and folded, then literally got out of the way as he stood up from between the two combatants.
More players at the table would stand or wander for a bit as Lulov went into the tank for a couple of minutes before five-betting to 475,000, leaving just over 900,000 behind.
Lococo then went even deeper into his personal tank as over the span of over five minutes while he deeply thought through his decision, he kicked off his slides, examined Lulov and his chip stack, stood up briefly then sat down again, examined Lulov further, then slowly stroked the thick hair of his beard below his bottom lip.
Ultimately, the 7th place finisher in last year's Main Event folded to send the dramatic pot to Lulov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,500,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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1,453,000
397,000
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397,000 |
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1,100,000 | |
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flop, Jake Schindler check-called for 70,000 in the big blind against Mitchell Halverson in the cutoff. The 
landed on the turn and Schindler check-called again, this time for 130,000.
completed the board, Schindler checked, and Halverson bet 300,000. Schindler briefly contemplated while enjoying his massage, but ultimately sent his cards into the muck to concede the pot. Halverson added to his stack and continues his quest to best his deep 15th-place finish in last year's Main Event.
found himself out of position in a heads-up pot against Mikolaj Zawadzki with 
on a board of 
. Matusow checked on the turn and Zawadzki checked back.
board, the small blind checked over to Daniel Buzgon, who bet around 750,000, which covered the small blind's stack of about 700,000.
for a turned pair of kings with a flush draw, while McDermott showed 
changed nothing and McDermott added a big chunk to his stack with a gutsy call.
for O'Mara, giving him the full house to lock up the double. 
and called a bet of 66,000 from Schindler. The big blind checked again on the 
as the floor arrived to break the table.
flop, Toby Lewis checked in early position and his opponent in middle position also checked.
