A player in middle position raised to 3,500 and was called by John Bagosy in the big blind.
Bagosy check-called a 7,500 bet from his opponent on the K♠7♥4♠ flop and then check-raised a 14,500 bet from his opponent all in on the 9x turn, which was enough to put his opponent at risk for just under 100,000.
Bagosy's opponent tanked and eventually folded pocket aces face up. Bagosy tabled 9♣7♣ and said he played it for "Farmer Bill" as he collected the pot.
Heads-up to the 7♦6♦5♠2♣ turn, Oliver Bosch checked out of the big blind and Andrew Wall bet 14,500 from two seats over. Bosch called and checked the 10♣ on the river once more.
That prompted a bet worth 22,000 by Wall and Bosch paid it off to get shown the 5♣5♥ for a set of fives, exposing his 10♠6♠ for two pair with plenty of frustration.
Three players saw the turn of Q♣8♣6♥10♥, creating a pot of about 40,000. John Cynn was the first to act and fired a bet of 22,000. Both Wayne Nicholsen on his left and the player in position made the call.
When the 3♣ completed the board, Cynn continued to barrel with a bet of 32,000. Nicholsen instantly called and the player behind put his cards in the muck.
Cynn tabled 8♥8♦ for a set of eights and Nicholsen showed his two pair, tabling Q♦10♦.
Joe Laming raised to 3,500 on the button and the small blind called. Kwanghwan Park then made it 18,000 to go out of the big blind and Laming pushed all-in for 128,500 total. Park tanked for a minute and folded.
Harish Ananthapadmanabha raised to 3,000 from under the gun as action folded around to Ryan Garcia who called in the big blind.
The flop came K♠Q♥6♣ and Garcia led out for 3,500. Ananthapadmanabha quickly called and they saw the 4♠ fall on the turn.
As Garcia continued to chat with his tablemates about Mike Tyson's prowess in his prime, he fired out another 5,500. Ananthapadmanabha this time gave it some thought before folding.
Garcia showed him K♥Q♦ for top two pair as the boxing champion took down the pot.
"Were you ever worried in that hand," a tablemate asked.
"I was worried I wasn't going to get paid," Garcia replied with a laugh as he and Ananthapadmanabha exchanged a fist bump.
As recounted to PokerNews by the players at the table, Carlos Leiva raised from the hijack to 3,500, finding Qui Nguyen in the small blind who three-bet to 10,000. Leiva called.
The flop came J♥9♥8x, prompting Nguyen to check. Leiva bet out for 13,000 and Nguyen shoved all in for his remaining 101,000. Leiva called.
Qui Nguyen: A♠K♥
Carlos Leiva: 9♠8♠
The board ran out clean for Leiva's two-pair ending Nguyen's main event run.
A player just arrived on the table and opened from middle position. Ronald Cleaver and Chance Kornuth called from the blinds and the three of them saw a flop of 5♦2♠6♣ with 12,000 chips in the middle.
Cleaver checked but Kornuth decided to lead out for 3,000 chips. The player in middle position called and Cleaver got out of the way. The 5♣ fell on the turn and both players checked.
The Q♥ then completed the board and Kornuth took another stab at it, betting 4,500 this time. A quick call followed from his opponent and Kornuth tabled 9♦5♠ for turned trips.
"Just trips huh?" the fresh player quipped. "Not a very warm welcome."
"It's one of my favorite hands!" Kornuth defended himself.
The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 60,000 on a board showing 9♣6♥5♣J♦. Domyo Aqmelli checked from under the gun to the player on the button who moved all in for 61,000. Aqmelli quickly called with a bigger stack and the cards were shown.
Button: J♣10♣
Domyo Aqmelli: Q♠Q♥
Aqmelli was in the lead, but would need to dodge the flush draw and live cards for his opponent. The river fell the 2♠ and Aqmelli's queens held up to send his opponent to the exit.
The player in the cutoff raised to 3,000 and was called by Kathy Liebert in the big blind.
Liebert check-called a 4,000 bet from her opponent on the 4♦6♠6♦ flop and then both players checked on the 10♦ turn.
Liebert led out for 8,000 on the 9♦ river and her opponent quickly folded.
The bracelet winner has been on a bit of a tear in the past level, as she has built her stack to around 280,000 — up significantly from earlier in the day.
Picking up the action partway through the hand, Will Kassouf in the small blind was involved in a hand with a player in middle position. With the board reading 5♦K♣3♦ action checked to the middle position player, who led out for 2,500. Kassouf responded with a raise to 9,000, leaving himself one T-25,000 chip behind. That got the big blind to fold but the middle position player called to see a turn.
The turn came J♠, prompting Kassouf to launch into a lengthy monologue as he pondered what to do. "I can beat a flush draw" he announced while at the same time suggesting a more passive course of action by listing the potential merits of having a single chip left. "One chip, a chip and a chair. It's a good chip to have though." Eventually, a player not involved in the hand called for the clock but as the floor approached, Kassouf committed his final chip to the pot. The middle position player instantly called to put Kassouf at risk.
Will Kassouf: 5♣5♥
Middle Position Player: K♦J♥
The turn had been a brutal one for the middle position player and left him needing to fill up to score the knockout. It was not to be, however, as the river bricked out to hand Kassouf a full double.
