Femi Fashakin three-bet to 5,600 on the button and then instantly called the four-bet shove by James Gilbert in the cutoff for what appeared to be around 37,000.
James Gilbert: A♦10♦
Femi Fashakin: K♣K♥
The K♠Q♦9♥ flop left Gilbert with back door diamonds and four jacks. He missed both on the 5♥ turn and A♣ river to join the rail.
Three players invested 13,600 on the Q♥5♠3♠ including Ryan Baker, who then also called the all-in of an opponent for 46,600. The third player in the hand folded and Baker revealed A♠8♠ for the nut flush. He was up against 6♠2♠ and had just one card to fear, which the 5♥ river was not for Baker to score a knockout.
Dinesh Alt was in the middle of a growing pot even before the flop, and his chip stack expanded as a result.
Alt raised 2,200 in early position, but Conor Beresford to his immediate left three-bet to 7,200, which Alt called after action folded to him.
The dealer fanned 6♣3♥8♦ on the board, which Alt checked, and Beresford bet 8,000. Alto took more than a minute studying the board, and then check-raised to 24,000. This time, it was his opponent’s turn to take a moment or two, but he made the call.
The turn produced Q♦, on which Alt check-called for 16,000 to bring 7♦ on the river.
Alt checked, and then watched his opponent count his stack, which totalled 40,300. Beresford announced an all-in bet, which Alt immediately called.
Dinesh Alt: Q♥Q♠
Conor Beresford: 9♦9♣
Alt’s top set took down a massive pot, which propelled him among the tourney chip leaders, and sent Beresford to the rail.
With around 20,000 in the middle to the K♦J♦2♦5♥ turn, Jeffrey Godchaux pushed all-in and he was called by Hans Bosman with the covering stack. Godchaux tabled the K♥10♦ which Bosman had dominated holding K♠Q♦. The 5♣ river made sure that the kicker played and Bosman notched up the knockout.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Down to a mere 11,000, Anthony Spinella pushed all in from the button. Jose Mariema called all in for fewer than that and was trailing with the A♥7♠, as Spinella held the far superior A♠K♥.
However, the kicker played a crucial role on the 10♥9♠8♥8♦6♠ runout as Mariema rivered a straight to put Spinella even further into the danger zone.
On a heads-up turn of J♥8♦6♣6♦, Renat Bohdanov bet 2,600 out of the big blind and Philip Shing called in the cutoff. Both checked the 5♥ on the river and Bohdanov tabled the 5♠4♣ for sixes and fives, which won the pot.
A player under the gun raised to 1,200, which received calls from two players, including WSOP bracelet winner Pete Chen on the button.
After the two players in the blinds folded, the dealer fanned J♥9♣6♣ on the board. The player under the gun led out with 1,700, which resulted in a player in middle position to fold. Chen, though, called.
The dealer placed K♣, which both players checked. The 8♥ appeared on the river, and the player under the gun led out with 4,500.
Chen took an aggressive line and raised to 12,500. His opponent looked at the board for a few seconds, and then mucked his hand.
The cards were already on their backs with Tony Miles all-in and at risk from middle position, facing Ivan Deyra in the small blind.
Tony Miles: A♦A♠
Ivan Deyra: 10♠10♦
In the showdown, the former WSOP Main Event finalist was miles ahead and that didn't change on a board of J♣6♣4♥K♥9♦ either.
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