Justin Liberto raised to 26,000 from the small blind and Anderson Almonte shoved for a bit over 200,000 from the big blind. Liberto quickly tossed in a single chip to indicate a call and hands were revealed.
Anderson Almonte: 5♥5♣
Justin Liberto: 8♣8♦
Almonte would need some help with his lower pair, but the 3♠Q♥7♦J♣6♦ runout changed nothing — leaving Liberto best with his eights to end Almonte's Main Event run.
Four players were on a pot of around 70,000 and a flop of Q♠2♥3♣. After action was passed to him by Ilya Nikiforov in the small blind and Michael Miravi under the gun, Bradley Pollard in late position fired 20,000.
In cutoff, Carmino Argiero raised to 50,000. Nikiforov got out of the escalating heat, but Miravi cranked it up with a three-bet of 125,000.
Pollard, not letting go of his hand, four-bet all-in for 187,000 sending Argiero to the tank. Rubbing his cards on the felt and staring directly at the board, Argiero went into deep thought considering his options. Finally, he folded after which Miravi snap-called.
Bradley Pollard: 3♥3♠
Michael Miravi: Q♦Q♣
With the hands tabled, Argiero cheered at was apparently a good fold. He claimed he had pocket deuces for the bottom set. Pollard had middle set while Miravi had top set.
The runout of A♠4♠ didn't help Pollard at all, sending him to hit the rails.
Heads-up, Antonio Galiana bet 17,000 on the 8♥6♣2♥ flop with a pot of around 50,000 after receiving the action. Jonathan Wang, in the small blind, stayed on to see another card.
Wang checked the K♠ turn. Galiana fired 40,000. Wang looked at his stack and conceded his hand and the pot to Galiana.
There were roughly 200,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 9♠3♦10♠, Sergio Veloso who was in the big blind checked to Chad Awerbuch who bet 84,000 from the cutoff, Veloso check-called.
Both players checked on the 3♣ turn and the J♦ river, Awerbuch tabled 10♣9♣ for two pair but could not beat the A♣A♠ that belonged to Veloso.
Awerbuch was frustrated with Veloso as he took sometime to turn his winning hand over, Veloso apologised.
Julien Mariani opened to 16,000 from middle position and Juliet Hegedus called from the button.
The flop came 3♠6♠10♥. Mariani bet 14,000 and Hegedus called.
Mariani check-called a 30,000 bet from Hegedus on the 4♠ turn before check-calling an 80,000 bet from Hegedus on the A♣ river. Hegedus had a missed gutshot with 8♦7♦ while Mariani had top pair with A♠Q♥ to take the pot.
Romain Locquet and Sam Jakubowicz built a pot of around 160,000 as they went heads-up to the turn on a board of 9♥A♣8♠6♦. Locquet then bet 105,000 from the big blind and Jakubowicz called in early position.
The river was the 3♠ and Locquet bet another 275,000. Jakubowicz took a minute before calling, and Locquet turned over A♦3♦ for a rivered two pair to win the big pot as he approached 2,000,000.
With two players seeing a board of 9♠3♠Q♣2♠ and 100,000 in the middle, Corey Wick checked from the hijack and Stephen Chidwick bet 75,000 from the cutoff. Wick called.
Chidwick continued for 230,000 when checked to on the 4♥ river. Wick shoved for just 12,000 more and Chidwick snap-called.
Wick had top pair with Q♥J♠ but Chidwick had the nut-flush with A♠4♠ to eliminate Wick and take down the sizable pot.
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