Under the gun opened the action with a raise to 8,000. Early position, Jesse Yaginuma in the small blind and the big blind all came along to see a flop.
Under the gun checked the 8♦J♥9♦ flop over to early position who fired 14,500. Jesse Yaginuma raised to 125,000, forcing early position all in, who made the call.
Early Position: Q♥10♥
Jesse Yaginuma: A♦10♦
An action flop, the turn Q♠ rolled off and Yaginuma had a freeroll heading to the J♦ river. Yaginuma made his flush and stacked his opponent.
Action folded around to Rodeny Assous on the button who moved all in for 35,000. The big blind player made the call, and Assous was in good shape heading to a runout.
Rodney Assous: K♥Q♣
Big Blind: Q♠J♥
The board ran out 6♥A♣9♦2♣5♣ earning Assous the pot and a full double up.
Minh Nguyen opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 8,000. The big blind three-bet to 30,000 before Nguyen moved all in for 163,000. His opponent made the call.
Big Blind: A♣Q♣
Minh Nguyen: K♣K♦
With nearly 350,000 in the middle and Nguyen covering his opponent by only a few thousand, the board ran out 5♦4♦8♣10♣5♥ and Nguyen dragged in a massive pot, while sending his opponent to the rail.
A player under the gun raised to 8,000 before a player in the hijack three-bet to 70,000 leaving just 1,000 behind. When action folded to the big blind Marco Johnson, he four-bet all in for 255,000. The under the gun player folded, and the hijack put in his last 1,000.
Hijack: 9♥9♣
Marco Johnson: A♦Q♠
The player at risk was ahead with his pocket nines, but the board ran out 6♣10♦A♥3♠7♠ to give Johnson the best hand with his pair of aces and eliminate the player.
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The hijack opened the action with a raise to 12,000. The small blind moved all in for over 250,000 before Lloyd Yamada called all in from the big blind for 134,000. The original raiser folded, and players went off to a runout.
Lloyd Yamada: K♦K♣
Small Blind: 10♠10♣
The board ran out 7♦4♦3♠7♥2♣ and Yamada doubled up to give him new life in the tournament.
