John Esposito opened from under the gun to 400,000 and Carmino Argiero called the big blind.
They saw the 7♠4♥5♦ flop and Argiero checked and Esposito moved all in for his remaining 2,700,000 stack, putting himself at risk. Argiero made a swift call and flipped over his hand.
John Esposito: A♦8♦
Carmino Argiero: 6♥3♥
Argiero's flopped straight held on the K♣, 8♣ runout and Esposito was eliminated in 7th place.
Huge preflop action occurred as Stephen Bierman open shoved from the hijack, for 1,150,000. Small blind Ramana Epparla then flatted the shove, allowing Ron West to reshove his stack of 1,750,000 from the big blind. Once again, Epparla flatted.
Stephen Bierman: K♥Q♠
Ron West: J♥J♠
Ramana Epparla: K♠Q♦
Despite being in great shape, West let his tablemates know that it had "been a pleasure to play with [them]". He wouldn't be saying goodbye just yet, however, as the J♦3♥2♠ flop had him wheeling away in celebration. The 6♦9♣ runout confirmed his safety, as he almost tripled up, and gave the table a huge pay jump.
Chuanshu Chen bet 300,000 from the hijack and David "ODB" Baker raised to 1,000,000 from the small blind.
Chen made the call and the players went to the Q♥7♠2♥ flop.
Baker bet 1,200,000 and Chen called again, taking them to the J♦ turn.
Baker checked, Chen bet 1,500,000 and Baker folded, loosing a chunk off his stack.
Level: 29
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
The remaining eight players are heading into their final break of the day, and will be away from the table for 15 minutes.
Chuanshu Chen opened the action, by raising to 250,000 in the hijack. Button player Ron West then shoved for 2,365,000. Action got round to big blind Peter Kiem, who called off for his whole stack. Chen made the fold.
Peter Kiem: Q♠Q♦
Ron West: A♠10♣
There was virtually no sweat for Kiem, who'd already locked the board up on the turn, as it ran out Q♥5♣9♠5♠7♠
David "ODB" Baker raised 250,000 under the gun, Joseph Mole three-bet to 550,000 in middle position, Baker four-bet all in, Mole called.
Joseph Mole: J♣J♦
David "ODB" Baker: A♦K♠
Good start for Baker as the flop came 9♠A♥3♥, and Mole couldn't find any of the his outs as the board ran out 7♥10♠.
Ramana Epparla opened to 250,000. David "ODB" Baker reraised to 550,000 and Epparla called.
The players saw a 8♠9♦9♠ flop and both checked to the 5♦ turn. Baker commented, "I saw a nine on the bottom," before play continued.
Epparla checked again, Baker bet 700,000 and Epparla called.
The 6♦ river completed the board and players checked it down, with Baker saying, "pretty sure you just made your flush."
Epparla showed K♦10♦ for the diamond flush, picking up a pot from Baker.
From middle position, David "ODB" Baker raised his action to 245,000. Carmino Argiero flatted, before big blind John Esposito counted out his stack, and announced, "Seven Fifty Five," as he shoved exactly that. Both other players called.
Action checked all the way through to the river, as the board read 6♥8♠8♣3♦2♠. Due to a player being all in, all hands had to be shown. Argiero's A♥5♠ and Baker's J♦10♥ were no match for Esposito's Q♣Q♠, as he chipped up massively.
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