The action was caught on the river, where the board was 7♥3♥2♦J♥10♣.
The pot was around 30,000 and Jonathan Hanner bet 6,000. Reiji Kono raised all in for 33,500 total. Hanner went into the tank, but eventually called. Kono flipped over the A♦A♣.
Aces were good for Kono’s double-up, as Hanner mucked his hand. He later said he had pocket eights.
Nam Chen made it 5,000 to go preflop and Vanessa Kade called to see a flop of 9♦J♠8♠.
Kade checked, Chen bet 5,000 and Kade check-raised to 16,000. Chen thought for a few seconds but made the call to see the 7♦ on the turn.
Kade then announced she was all in and Chen called to put her at risk.
Vanessa Kade: Q♠7♠
Nam Chen: K♣K♥
Chen was in the lead with his pocket kings, but Kade still had a ton of outs to get there with any queen, ten, seven, or spade. Unfortunately for her, the river was the blankiest blank 2♦ and she headed to the exit.
Chris Moorman moved all in preflop for around 40,000 and John Henry Gordon wound up making the call after some inner debate.
Chris Moorman: 6♠6♥
John Henry Gordon: K♣J♦
Moorman was in the lead with his pocket pair, but that didn't last long as the flop came out K♥3♦5♣ to give Gordon the lead with a pair of kings. The turn K♦ only improved Gordon to trips and the river was the blank 4♥ to send Moorman to the rail.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Eric Baldwin raised to 4,500 under the gun and was called by the big blind.
The flop came A♥2♣2♥, the big blind checked and Baldwin bet 3,000.
Action checked through when the Q♦ fell on the turn.
The river was the J♣ and the big blind wagered 10,000. Baldwin thought for a moment before raising to 36,000. The big blind mulled his options before making the call. Baldwin showed him the K♣10♠, which was good enough to win the pot.
It is official. This tournament has officially broken last year's total number of players. Last year's entries were 2,454 and this year's entries are up to 2,526. This year's prize pool is up to $3,372,210 beating last year's total of $3,276,090.
Leo Soma won a decent-sized pot off of Kostya Holskyi after calling him down with the third pair on a three-to-a-flush board on the river.
The board was 10♦5♥3♥A♣ and the turn got checked around. The river was the 4♥. Holskyi made a big bet of 15,000 and after a few moments of thinking, Soma called. Holskyi reluctantly turned over 6♦2♣ for a pair of sixes, and Soma showed the K♣6♣ for the same pair with a better kicker.
After that, Holskyi was able to hang around for a couple of orbits, winning some smaller pots, but eventually had to go all in again on the button and got called by Eric Tang in the big blind.
Kostya Holskyi: A♣7♠
Eric Tang: K♥J♦
The flop was great for Holskyi: 7♣J♠7♦, giving him trips against Tang’s two pair. However, the unlikely J♣ was dealt next and all but sealed Holskyi’s tournament. The Q♠ on the river sent him to the rail.
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