After a preflop betting war, Christopher Neely and two other players got it all in preflop, with Neely covering.
Player 1: A♦Q♥9♦2♥
Player 2: A♠K♥10♥5♠
Christopher Neely: A♥A♣10♣9♣
The flop came out 5♥4♦K♦ to give Player 2 the lead with kings and fives, but Player 1 held the nut flush draw. Unfortunately for both of them, the 4♠ turn paired the board to put Neely back in the lead and the 7♣ river was a brick to give him the win with aces and fours. Neely was then pushed the sizeable pot while his two opponents hit the rail.
Action folded around to the hijack player who moved all in for his remaining 52,000 chips. Nayan Patel called all in on the button for 23,000 and players went heads up to a full runout.
Nayan Patel: A♠Q♣
Hijack: 6♣6♥
The dealer put out 2♥A♦J♣5♠3♠ and Patel won the flip to get himself back above starting stack.
Two players were in the hand with a 10♦9♥2♠7♥J♣ board and the pot stood at 40,000. Prasad Vemulapalli raised to 20,000 and the button jammed for 27,000. Vemulapalli made the call and the players flipped their hands.
Button: A♣Q♦J♥4♣
Prasad Vemulapalli: K♣K♠6♦4♥
The button had hit a pair of jacks, but Vemulapalli's kings were better.
Karim Lehoussine opened the action with a raise to 16,000 from the cutoff. The button and big blind both made the call.
Lehoussine continued for 40,000 on a 9♦7♥2♠ flop and only the button made the call.
The 7♣ turn rolled off and Lehoussine fired 136,000. The button called once more.
The river K♣ hit the felt and Lehoussine moved all in for his remaining 41,000 chips. His opponent called and was shown the bad news. Lehoussine tabled A♥A♣Q♠7♠ for the winner against his opponent's Q♦8♠7♦6♥.
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