Ian Johns raised from the button and Pedro Neves defended from the big blind.
The Portuguese player check-called a bet from Johns on a flop of 10♥5♠Q♥, then after Johns bet the 10♠ turn, Neves check-raised all in for 100,000. Johns snap called.
Pedro Neves: 5♥2♥
Ian Johns: K♣Q♦
Johns was in the lead with two pair but Neves still had a pair and a flush draw. The 9♣ river didn't change anything to the situation and Neves was eliminated in 4th place for $92,774.
Viktor Blom raised with J♦J♣ from the cutoff, Anthony Zinno in the small blind three-bet with A♦K♣, then Pedro Neves in the big blind with A♠Q♦ four-bet. Blom raised the bid again and five-bet. Both Zinno and Neves called.
On a flop of 7♦6♣10♦, Blom bet, Zinno check-raised and Neves chose to check-fold. Blom however made the call to find the K♠ turn.
Zinno bet and was called, then raised the 4♥ river. Blom called again but lost to Zinno's top pair.
Thanks to this pot, Zinno is now the new chip leader.
Viktor Blom in the small blind raised with A♦3♦ and Ian Johns called from the big blind with K♣10♦.
Johns flopped a straight on the Q♦A♥J♦ flop, so after Blom bet, he raised. Blom with a nut flush draw three-bet and Johns called.
The 7♥ turn was bet by Blom who saw Johns raise again. Blom called to hit his flush with the 5♦ river that he checked-raised. Johns called, only to see that his straight didn't win.
Anthony Zinno raised with the Q♣10♣ and Pedro Neves put in a third bet with A♥9♥. Zinno called.
Heads up they saw the 10♦8♦4♦ flop and both players checked.
The turn peeled the 9♠ and Zinno bet. Neves called.
The river snapped off the A♦ and Zinno checked. Neves pushed forward a bet with his two pair and Zinno pushed forward a raise. Neves made the call and was awarded the pot.
Ryan Bambrick raised from under the gun, Pedro Neves three-bet from the cutoff but Anthony Zinno four-bet from the big blind. Both Bambrick and Neves called.
On a flop of 2♦2♠J♦, Zinno bet, Ryan Bambrick raised and was called by Neves. Zinno wasn't done yet and three-bet. Bambrick called for his last 75,000 and Neves called as well.
The K♣ turn was raised by Zinno. Neves called, and both players checked the 4♦ river.
Ryan Bambrick: A♣10♦
Pedro Neves: K♠Q♠
Anthony Zinno: A♠K♦
Both Neves and Zinno had two pair, but Zinno with a better kicker scooped the pot while Bambrick was eliminated.
Anthony Zinno started the action with a raise preflop. A short-stacked Max Hoffman put in a third bet. Pedro Neves, who was also one of the short stacks to start the hand, put in a fourth bet.
Zinno called and Hoffman called for less, creating a side pot of 40,000 between Zinno and Neves.
The flop scrolled across the 5♣2♥A♣ and Zinno check-called a bet.
The turn brought the 4♥ and Zinno check-folded, awarding the side pot to Neves.
Max Hoffman: A♥Q♣
Pedro Neves: A♦K♣
Hoffman was drawing thing and it wasn't his day when the K♥ completed the board and awarded the pot to Neves with top two pair.
The following flurry of hands all occurred just before the players went to break.
Hand 1:
Viktor Blom got three streets from Max Hoffman as a board ran out 2♠2♣6♣J♣7♠.
When Hoffman called the last barrel, he saw the bad news as Blom tabled 7♦7♥ for the rivered full house.
Hand 2:
Ryan Bambrick raised, Anthony Zinno put in a third bet, and Max Hoffman put in a fourth bet preflop. Bambrick and Zinno called.
Three ways to the 7♥2♦5♥ and the action went off the rails. Hoffman checked, Bambrick bet, Zinno raised, Hoffman raised, Bambrick folded, and Zinno called.
Heads up to the A♠ in a massively bloated pot, Hoffman bet. Zinno responded with a raise and Hoffman called.
The river was wet with the 6♥ and Zinno bet. Hoffman made a pained fold and the table demanded to see a bluff from one of the most action packed limit hold'em hands ever recorded. Zinno claimed to never bluff and continued to collect the pot.
Hand 3:
Anthony Zinno raised in late position and Max Hoffman put in the third bet from the small blind. Zinno called.
The dealer spread the A♠2♠6♣ and Hoffman bet. Zinno called.
The turn brought a third spade in the form of the Q♠ and Hoffman bet again. Zinno called.
The river brought a fourth spade with the 9♠ and Hoffman slowed down with a check. Zinno bet and Hoffman called.
Zinno tabled the K♥K♠ for the rivered nuts and a forcibly composed Hoffman flashed his hand to Zinno before sending it into the muck.
