With the pot at already over 500,000, the board read J♠A♦2♥8♣, and Jie Xu bet out for 250,000 from the button. Daniel Lakerveld, who was under the gun, made the call.
The river brought the 2♠, and now Xu cranked up the pressure and moved all in for approximately 800,000. Lakerveld went into the tank before he released his hand, sending the pot to Xu with no showdown.
Yu Heng Wu raised all in under the gun with 475,000 chips. Luis Kamei, in the big blind with a bigger stack, was the lone caller.
Yu Heng Wu: A♠10♥
Luis Kamei: A♥K♠
The runout of Q♠K♦4♥9♥A♣ gave Wu a gutshot straight draw on the flop, but in the end Kamei had top two pair and the knockout.
Anthony Merlo was all in and at risk from the big blind for roughly 400,000 and was up against Marshal Keisling in the cutoff.
Anthony Merlo: K♦Q♣
Marshal Keisling: K♠9♣
The board ran out J♥Q♥6♣5♦A♦, pairing Merlo's queen and adding a much-needed boost to his stack.
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Sang Ho limped in from the small blind. James Rone raised to 150,000 from the big blind, and Rone made the call.
The players saw a 6♦10♠A♥ flop, Ho checked, Rone went all in for 380,000, and Ho quickly called and was ahead.
James Rone: K♦K♥
Sang Ho: A♠J♣
The turn 9♠ and river 5♦ were of no assistance to Rone, and his impressive run in Event #90 has come to an end.
Julien Duveau raised to 120,000 in the cutoff. Kenton Gray upped it to 470,000 from the button.
Matthieu Mary studied the hand for so long that the clocked was eventually requested. After the tournament director gave him 30 seconds to act, Mary finally tossed in a chip to go all in. Duveau folded.
Matthieu Mary: 7♠6♦
Kenton Gray: 9♥9♣
Clearly Mary needed some help from the start and even more after the flop came 9♦3♠4♦. giving Gray the top set with his pocket nines.
The help Mary needed came runner-runner with the 2♦A♦ putting four cards to a straight on the board to give Mary the win with diamonds and a stay-alive double-up.
Action folded around to Brian Ng on the button, who raised to 115,000, only for Matthew Raffoul to three-bet all in from the small blind, and he had Ng covered. Ng went into the tank for a short time and made the call.
Brian Ng: A♠Q♣
Matthew Raffoul: J♥9♥
Just the flop Ng wanted to see when the Q♥Q♦9♠ reeled off but then things started to get ugly when the 2♥ came on the turn and when the 6♥ peeled off on the river it completed the sick runout for Raffoul making him a flush to send Ng to the rail.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Seth Flure went all in under the gun looking for a triple-up. Yu Liu on the button and Hertsel Levy in the small blind all put in 285,000 to match Flure's total.
They checked down to a board of 4♠5♠7♠9♠2♠.
Seth Flure: Q♦J♥
Yu Liu: A♥8♥
Hertsel Levy: A♣9♥
Levy was the only one who connected to the board, hitting a pair of nines on the turn, but the river spade made a flush and none of the players had a spade, so the pot was split three ways.
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