Paul Gibbons made it 125,000 under the gun and only Stephen Hesse called out of the big blind.
Hesse checked the J♣8♥8♦ flop and Gibbons bet the minimum of 60,000. Hesse stuck around with a call.
Two checks followed the 2♦ turn to see the A♥ come on the river. Hesse led out for 185,000, and Gibbons called. Hesse showed a bluff with 6♠4♦ and lost the pot to Gibbons' K♣J♦ for a pair of jacks.
Anthony Augustino opened to 120,000 from the hijack before Joshua Beckenstein made it 350,000 from the small blind. Augustino went into a lengthy tank, checking his cards multiple times before moving all in for 1,125,000.
"Only thing making me pause is the Hollywood," commented Beckenstein, who was expertly handling a fidget cube.
After getting Augsutino's chip count, Beckenstein called.
Anthony Augustino: Q♠Q♣
Joshua Beckenstein: K♦Q♥
Beckenstein went from three outs to seven after picking up a gutshot on the 10♣6♠9♦ flop. The 8♦ turn was clean for Augustino but Beckenstein made his straight on the J♣ river, putting a grimace on everyone's face.
Even Beckenstein felt he didn't deserve that one, shaking his head as he collected the pot.
Stefan Nemetz raised to 120,000 in the hijack with Q♣J♣ and Daniele Primerano three-bet to 475,000 in the small blind with A♠10♥. Nemetz called and they went to a flop of 9♠5♣3♠. Primerano led out with a bet of 340,000 and Nemetz floated once.
The turn brought the 4♠ and Primerano announced all in for 1,055,000 after picking up the nut flush draw. Nemetz quickly mucked his queen-high and Primerano raked in another pot.
With 7♦7♥, Esther Taylor raised to 130,000 from middle position. She was called by Murilo Milhomem on the button holding K♦Q♣, and William Camp calling out of the small blind A♥6♥.
Camp knuckled the action over to Taylor on the 9♥4♠A♠ flop, and she bet 185,000. Milhomem folded, but Camp called.
Two checks followed the 4♥ turn and the 3♦ came on the river. Camp bet 250,000, and Taylor went into the tank. Taylor thought better of it and folded, which meant Camp won the pot.
Sebastian Schulze looked down at A♠A♥ in the cutoff and made it 125,000 to go. Mounir Tajiou was in the big blind and three-bet 10♥8♣ to 410,000. Schulze shoved, and Tajiou had no choice but to let it go.
Shortly after, with around 850,000 in the pot on a 10♠4♠5♣5♠4♦ board, Chad Power shoved the river, which put Vladimir Nex to the test for his last 1,070,000. After thinking long and hard, Nex called.
Power then flipped A♦7♠ for a bluff, and Nex's 9♠9♦ was good for the double-up.
Kyosuke Nagami defended his big blind with a short stack behind against Joseph Henry and then got it in after the J♣10♠4♠ flop to get called rather quickly.
Kyosuke Nagami: J♠6♥
Joseph Henry: A♠J♥
The A♦ turn left Nagami drawing dead to the 2♣ river and he was unable to repeat his 21st place finish from one year ago, when he earned $350,000 for his efforts.
Murilo Milhomem raised to 200,000 from the small blind, and William Camp defended his big blind.
On the 4♠7♥3♣ flop, Milhomem decided to bet 175,000, and Camp made the call in position.
Two checks followed the 10♣ turn to see the 2♠ hit the river. Milhomem bet 400,000, which caused Camp to go deep into thought. In the end, Camp called with A♥2♥ for bottom pair, but had to muck when Milhomem revealed J♣7♦ for a pair of sevens.
Joey Padron opened to 120,000 in the hijack and Samuel Rosborough three-bet to 480,000 in the big blind. Padron called.
Rosborough checked on the flop of 5♠9♦9♣ and Padron checked back. Rosborough then bet 650,000 on the 6♠ turn and Padron laid it down.
At the same table, Micah Raskin explained to Nicholas Ramsey that diet soda is just a marketing scheme designed to trick people into thinking they are being healthy.
Michael Mizrachi raised to 125,000 in the hijack with K♣J♣ and Farid Jattin three-bet shoved all in for 1,130,000 in the cutoff. Stefan Nemetz picked up a monster in the small blind and just flat-called. Mizrachi let his hand go and the two remaining hands were tabled.
Farid Jattin: K♠9♠
Stefan Nemetz: A♦K♥
Jattin found himself in a dominated position and the flop of Q♦6♦5♦ just narrowed his outs even further. The 10♠ on the turn changed nothing as the J♠ on the river gave both players a staight but it was Nemeth with the better of the two.
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