Raza Malik moved all in from the small blind, over the top of Josias Santos middle position raise. Santos made the call.
Raza Malik: 6♣5♣
Josias Santos: A♥K♥
The runout K♦4♥2♣Q♠A♣ provided a little suspense, as Malik had a gutshot straight draw after the flop, but it never got there and he was knocked out of the tournament.
Adron Countryman had a forced all-in because he didn't have enough chips for his big blind or ante after losing more than a million chips a few hands earlier.
Christian Tomren raised to 160,000 and there were no callers.
Adron Countryman: 2♠6♦
Christian Tomren: A♠J♣
The 4♠8♠10♣4♦7♠ runout didn't deliver a pair for either player, so Tomren's ace-high hand was good enough to seend Countryman to the rail.
Yamaguchi Yota found himself all in and at risk preflop against Christian Tomren, who he had drawing extremely slim.
Yamaguchi Yota: A♠Q♥
Christian Tomren: K♦Q♠
The A♥2♥7♠ flop all but locked it up for Yota, with the K♠ turn being nothing but a needle, as the 8♠ river gave the check mark to Yota.
It was a blind versus blind situation, and both players were all in, awaiting the board. Jesse Duddy was the small blind with the dominant stack, and Matthew Klopf was in the big blind with 540,000.
Matthew Klopf: A♣10♣
Jesse Duddy: A♠J♥
The board arrived with 7♣5♠5♣K♥K♠, and it was a chopped pot with two pair and an ace kicker.
One of the other players at the table stated, "You are a river ninja,” to Klopf, who denied this adamantly.
Adron Countryman fired first, going all in from middle position. Gregory Teboul, seated next to him in the hijack, went all in as well, with less, his last 1,030,000 chips. No one else called.
Gregory Teboul: A♠Q♥
Adron Countryman: 3♦3♣
A promising flop turned disastrous for Countryman and got worse on the river as by the end of the runout 8♦10♠5♥Q♦A♣, Teboul had top two pair and the win.
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Daniel Hayden raised to 125,000 from the button, John Vanarnam called from the small blind, and Jason Li called from the big blind. The flop came out with 3♦Q♥8♠, and everyone checked.
On the turn, Vanarnam checked, and Li took the lead and bet 150,000. Hayden called, and Vanarnam folded.
On the river 10♦ Li bet again for 525,000, and Hayden took some time and announced, "All in", for 1,215,000.
Li took his time and announced, "So frustrating", as he folded.
Action was picked up on the flop of 2♣2♦J♣, and Tanner Martinelli was under-the-gun and checked to Ryan Pringle, who was on the button, and placed a bet of 50,000 into the pot of about 325,000. Martinelli made the call.
Both players checked the turn 6♥.
On the river 3♣, Martinelli took a stab and bet out 175,000 and received a call from Pringle.
Martinelli tabled 10♠10♣ for two pair, and Pringle mucked.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Edward Flattery found himself forced all in from the big blind, with exactly 60,000 in his stack. James Casement then opened up the action with a raise to 120,000 from middle position. Damian Grant defended his big blind.
The flop 3♦6♦4♦ checked through, leaving the dealer to put out the 3♠ turn. Here, Casement bet out for 50,000. Damian Grant reminded him that the minimum bet was 60,000, and laughed while saying "It doesn't matter, I fold."
Edward Flattery: 9♥2♠
James Casement: A♦10♦
"I have outs!" joked Flattery, having run into the flopped nuts of Casement. The K♦ on the river was not one of them.
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