Phil Ivey opened to 400,000 from the button and Ben Tollerene defended his big blind.
Tollerene check-called for 400,000 on the 10♠7♣3♣ flop and folded to a bet of 1,000,000 on the 4♦ turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,925,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
5,050,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
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Mikalai Vaskaboinikau was all in for around 1,200,000 from the hijack against under-the-gun opponent Ben Tollerene.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: 8♣8♠ 
Ben Tollerene: Q♦10♦
Vaskaboinikau took a massive lead in the flip as the flop landed 6♥8♥A♥ to give him a set before the runout of J♣3♠ confirmed him a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,100,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
|
2,600,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
Ben Tollerene raised to 400,000 from early position and Jeremy Ausmus called, from the small blind.
The K♥J♠K♣ flop saw Ausmus check-call a bet of 225,000 against Tollerene.
The 4♥ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Tollerene sized up to 900,000.
The K♦ prompted Ausmus to check again. Tollerene fired out for a sizable 2,200,000 and Ausmus was forced to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,350,000
4,150,000
|
4,150,000 |
|
8,650,000
2,650,000
|
2,650,000 |
|
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Taylor von Kriegenbergh opened to 400,000 from under the gun and Seth Gottlieb called on the button and as Jonathan Jaffe defended his big blind.
The flop of 2♦J♠3♥ checked through and Jaffe checked again on the K♥ turn. Von Kriegenbergh bet 375,000 and Gottlieb called while Jaffe folded. The river checked through and Gottlieb showed A♠K♦ to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
6,500,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
4,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Charles Hook jammed for 2,850,000 from the hijack and was snap-called by Mikalai Vaskaboinikau from the big blind.
Charles Hook: K♠K♥
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: A♠A♥
It was the ultimate cooler and Hook had one foot out of the door until the K♣J♦8♠ put him ahead of the pocket rockets.
Vaskaboinikau was sickened, puffing out his cheeks after falling behind in a huge spot.
The 2♥ turn kept Hook ahead and the 7♥ river confirmed his double up.
"I got lucky there," said Hook in a hushed voice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000,000
3,650,000
|
3,650,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
3,600,000
|
3,600,000 |
In a limped pot between the blinds, Mikita Badziakouski checked on the flop of 5♦2♣3♥ and Santhosh Suvarna bet 250,000. Badziakouski check-raised to 550,000 and Suvarna called.
Both players then checked on the 3♦ turn and Suvarna bet 325,000 on the Q♣ river. Badziakouski raised to 1,000,000 and Suvarna called before showing the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,400,000
1,575,000
|
1,575,000 |
|
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|
4,300,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
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Brian Kim raised to 425,000 from middle position, Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 1,300,000 from the small blind and Kim called.
The 5♥9♦4♦ flop saw Ausmus continue for 1,000,000, enough to see Kim's cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,300,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
||
|
5,200,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
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| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 1 | 1 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 5,825,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 2 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 6,600,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 3 | Sean Winter | United States | 13,975,000 | 70 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 4 | Seth Gottlieb | United States | 5,900,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 5 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 11,850,000 | 59 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 6 | Jonathan Jaffe | United States | 3,400,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 7 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 12,050,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 8 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 4,650,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 1 | Charles Hook | United States | 2,350,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 2 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 9,300,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 3 | Brian Kim | United States | 6,500,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 7,900,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 5 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 4,800,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 6 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 2,700,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 7 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 9,700,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 8 | Phil Ivey | United States | 4,850,000 | 24 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,975,000
825,000
|
825,000 |
|
||
|
|
12,050,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
11,850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
9,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,300,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
7,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
|
6,600,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
5,900,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
5,825,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
4,650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,400,000 | |
|
2,700,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,350,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Ben Heath jammed for 2,475,000 from hijack and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau called off his stack of 2,350,000 from the big blind.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: 8♦8♣
Ben Heath: A♠J♠
Vaskaboinikau's pair remained best and he left Heath short after the 7♥9♣3♥5♦10♠ runout.
The following hand, Heath put in his last few chips. Chris Hunichen made it 400,000 from the button and Phil Ivey defended his big blind.
The K♣Q♣9♣ flop checked through to the 5♦ turn. Ivey led out for 300,000 and was called.
Ivey then check-called for 750,000 on the K♥ river.
Hunichen had trips with K♦7♣ but Ivey flopped a straight with Jx10x. Heath's 10♣8♦ went into the muck along with Hunichen's cards, and then he left the feature table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
5,000,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,900,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
Busted | |
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