Phil Ivey raised to 9,000 on the button and John Smith three-bet to 35,000 in the big blind. Ivey contemplated for a moment and got some advice from Smith.
"Put it in," Smith said with a smile. Ivey obliged and shoved all in which was quickly called by Smith for his last 80,600 chips.
John Smith: A♣Q♦
Phil Ivey: A♦10♠
The board ran out A♠4♥3♠J♥5♠ and Smith's kicker was enough to earn a double-up through Ivey.
Stephen Chidwick on the button limped in and Benjamin Yu in the big blind checked his option to reveal a flop of 7♥8♣5♠. Both players checked this hand down and went to a turn.
The 2♦ saw Yu bet 8,000 chips into the middle, called by Chidwick.
The K♣ on the river slowed proceedings as both players checked the hand to a showdown. Yu out of position obliged to show first simply mucked his cards conceding the pot. Chidwick smirked as he too slid his cards facedown and raked in the pot.
Alex Keating was all in for 58,400 as opponent Anthony Zinno called.
Alex Keating: A♠J♠
Anthony Zinno: A♣8♦
Zinno was dominated as the flop came 6♠5♠10♠, giving Keating the nut flush and a lock on the hand. The board ran out 3♥10♣ and Keating doubled up.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio bet 4,000 on a flop of 3♣A♥J♦ and Isaac Kempton called.
"Same bet," D'Ambrosio said, betting another 4,000 on the Q♦ turn. Kempton called to the 8♥ river, where D'Ambrosio now moved all in.
Kempton eventually folded as D'Ambrosio raised his arms in the air. "Yes," he yelled out. "I didn't think you had an ace. You couldn't have an ace. An ace, I think you call, right," he asked Kempton, who nodded his head.
Adrian Mateos was starting to build a lead on Dominik Nitsche when the two players opted to get all of the chips in the middle preflop. Nitsche was the player at risk for around 80,000 and started with the best hand.
Dominik Nitsche: A♠J♣
Adrian Mateos: K♠Q♥
The flop came 9♠8♥5♥ and Nitsche was still in front with his ace-high. However, the Q♣ on the turn vaulted Mateos to the lead and the 8♠ on the river changed nothing.
Sean Winter has taken out reigning Main Event champion Espen Jorstad to advance to the next round.
According to Winter, Jorstad bet 20,000 on a board of 7♦J♣9♠5♣ and Winter called. The river came the Q♦ and Jorstad jammed for 61,000.
Winter called with 9♦8♦, while Jorstad had K♠8♠ for a missed draw as he headed for the rail.
The full board read 8♦6♥8♣9♥Q♥ as Bari Sklar bet out 6,000 into Kane Kalas who raised the bet to 44,000. After some time in the tank, Sklar eventually called only to be shown the bad news as Kalas held 5♥2♥ for a flush.
Sklar now left on fumes, he went on to bust a matter of hands later giving Kalas the win.
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Level: 9
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
There will be a new $25,000 Heads Up champion this year, as reigning champ Dan Smith was just eliminated by Landon Tice.
According to Tice, he jammed all in and Smith called for around 30,000.
Dan Smith: 9♦8♦
Landon Tice: A♣2♦
Tice hit top pair on the 5♦A♠K♠ flop to leave Smith looking for a miracle runout to stay alive, but the board came 6♣8♠ and he was sent to the rail.
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