Jared Hemingway and David Benyamine each had 25,000 in the middle going to the turn on a board of J♦7♥6♦9♣. Benyamine then moved all in for an additional 25,000 from the hijack and Hemingway called under the gun.
Benyamine turned over J♣J♥6♠4♦3♦ for a set. "Ouch," Hemingway said, showing A♣J♠10♣10♥2♥. The 7♠ river improved Benyamine to a full house as he secured the double up.
Three-handed on a board of 4♥8♠K♠9♦, Jeffrey Karp bet 12,600 from the button and Yuval Bronshtein raised to 50,800 under the gun. Chan Pelton was in middle position and took a minute before folding, while Karp called.
The river was the A♠ and Bronshtein checked to Karp who moved all in. Bronshtein only had around 7,000 remaining as he put in his last chips with K♥K♣J♠10♣6♥ for a set, but Karp showed him A♥Q♠7♦5♠2♣ for a rivered flush and low as he scooped the pot to send Bronshtein to the rail.
Nathaniel Wiesner opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Matthew Beinner called in the cutoff. Pomjun Cha confirmed the bet size before calling from the small blind, with Xixiang Luo defending his big blind.
All four players checked through the J♦J♠2♠ flop, and Cha checked again after the 4♥ turn.
Luo fired a bet of 2,100, producing a fold from Wiesner. Beinner then raised to 8,000 and Cha quickly got out of the way. Luo took a moment before sliding his cards into the muck.
Beinner showed J♣J♥ for quads as he raked in the pot.
Ian Bradley checked the 4♠3♦9♦8♥ turn from the big blind before Chad Eveslage fired a bet of 2,400 in middle position. Igor Zektser called in the cutoff, and Bradley also slid in the call.
Bradley and Eveslage both checked the 10♠ river, with Zektser counting out a bet of 15,000. That produced quick folds from both opponents, and Zektser raked in the chips.
Benjamin Miner and Michael Kong went to the turn on a board of 2♣10♦9♠5♠ where Miner bet 6,000 from the big blind. Kong called in middle position and the 5♥ fell on the river.
Miner then potted to 18,200. It took Kong a few minutes to separate the chips to call from his stack, then another couple of minutes before he eventually tossed his cards into the muck and Miner took the pot.
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The second-ever Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship will get underway here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2 p.m. local time. This event was brand new to last year's schedule, and winning the inaugural edition was John Fauver. The Big O Championship attracted 332 entrants last time around, who generated a $3,087,600 prize pool.
Fauver won his bracelet after beating Calvin Anderson in heads-up play to capture the $681,998 first-place prize.
This four-day event will start at 2 p.m. today. Players will start with 60,000 in chips and will get a 15-minute break every two levels. Day 1 will last for ten levels. Blind levels are set at 60 minutes long for all four days of play.
Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 15. Late registration continues until the end of Level 12, which is expected to be around 3:15 p.m. on Day 2.
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