John Riordan shoved the hijack for 6,600 and Matthew Salsberg isolated with a three-bet to 12,200 from the cutoff.
John Riordan: A♦3♣ 
Matthew Salsberg: Q♣Q♦
Riordan needed some help from the dealer, but never managed to find it as the 7♥K♠K♣5♣K♦ runout meant Salsberg rivered a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Seeing Michael Troutt raise to 1,700 in front of him, Darren Elias three-bet to 5,500 in the cut off. Troutt, wearing a 'Poker Is War' cap, accepted the challenge and called.
The dealer put out a Q♦A♠J♥ board, and following a Troutt check, Elias continuation-bet for 7,000. Troutt undeterred, called.
The turn A♦ saw both players check, the 6♦ river followed, bringing in the backdoor flush draw.
Troutt took over the betting lead, placing 12,000 out. Elias wanted to play a bigger pot and made it 46,000.
Troutt took some time to make a decision, even removing his sunglasses to get a better look at Elias, before returning his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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150,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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105,000
18,000
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18,000 |
After Radoslav Stoyanov opened from middle position to 1,500, Justin Zaki elected to re-raise to 2,900 chips. Not enough for Brian Yoon in the big blind, who put in another raise making it 7,300 to go. Stoyanov released, and Zaki pushed the rest of his chips in the middle totaling a bet of slightly under 18,000. Yoon called without hesitation.
Brian Yoon: A♥Q♦
Justin Zaki: A♦K♣
The board ran out 10♠5♦3♦2♥7♦.
This runout was no help for the dominated ace of Yoon, and Zaki found a crucial double up shortly after coming back from break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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87,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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38,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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30,000 | |
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Joseph Frei has a mountain of chips in front of him, but just lost some of his fortune in a hand against Mark Darner.
Frei had raised from the hijack and Darner made it 6,400 from the small blind. When it got back to Frei, he called.
The flop came down 4♦A♥9♥ and after Darner checked, Frei bet 6,000. Darner called to see the A♦ turn, where again he check-called after Frei bet 10,000.
A 2♣ filled out the board and both players tapped the table, then Darner showed K♥K♦ for a pair of kings to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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There were roughly 20,000 chips in the pot on a board of 8♦K♦3♠, Jeffrey Farnes bet 15,500 from the big blind when the 2♣ hit the turn. Aram Zobian, who was under the gu,n folded and Ian Ohara called from the cutoff.
Farnes did not take much time before he shoved for 27,500 when the K♠ fell on the river and Ohara snap folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,000
78,000
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78,000 |
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33,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Under the gun, Michael Damphousse raised to 1,200. Joseph Spanne, next to act, three-bet to 4,200. Damphousse called.
Seeing a flop of 7♠5♥9♥, Spanne chose to continuation-bet when checked to him. This was all it took to claim the pot as Damphousse folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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85,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Atanas Malinov raised to 1,200 from the cutoff. Christopher Conrad called from the small blind, and from the big blind, Sergio Giha bumped up the price to 5,000. Both players called.
The flop came K♥7♠2♥ and Conrad checked. Giha bet 4,000, Malinov mucked, and Conrad called.
The turn was the 4♣, and after another check from Conrad, Giha fired 11,000.
Conrad was now ready to play for it all and rifled his remaining 30,900 chips into the middle. Giha called after some deliberation and was shown the bad news.
Sergio Giha: A♠K♣
Christopher Conrad 7x7x
An inconsequential river peeled off, but Giha was already counting out the 31,000 heading over the Conrad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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7,000
7,000
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7,000 |
With around 30,000 in the middle on a 2♥8♣4♦ flop, Benjamin Palmer bet 8,000 from early position and David Lawhead called from the cutoff.
A 3♣ hit the turn and Palmer showed no signs of slowing down as he bet 13,000. Lawhead called once again.
When the 10♣ fell on the river, Palmer grabbed all of his 31,100 chips and pushed them across the line, sending Lawhead into the tank. Lawhead had around 65,000 remaining in his stack and needed around a minute before he decided to put Palmer at risk.
"Kings," said Palmer as soon as Lawhead called, who then flipped K♦K♣. Lawhead didn't seem happy, probably by the fact that he turned over Q♥Q♠ for pocket queens, which the dealer soon turned over and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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135,000
93,000
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93,000 |
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35,000
55,000
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55,000 |
Joseph Tauber started the action with a raise from under the gun to 1,200. In middle position, Huabao Chen decided to raise the price up to 2,800. Daniel Vargas elected to call on the button, and Tauber closed the action calling as well.
Three-way action to the flop reading K♥7♠6♥. Tauber checked, and Chen put in a 4,700 chip bet. Vargas called and Taubert mucked.
When the J♣ peeled off, Chen put in another bet to the tune of 12,500. Vargas, continuing to stick around, made the call.
Heads-up to the A♥ river bringing in a potential straight and flush. Chen now put out 6,000 chips as his third barrel, and Vargas quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000 | |
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47,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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17,000 |
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