Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day.
Angelo Mancini raised from the cutoff to 24,000; Boshuang Gao called from the button; She Wong called from the small blind, and Rania Nasreddine joined the crew from the big blind. The flop brought some action with 9♠7♥8♣, as Wong moved all in for 238,000.
Nasreddine flat called, Mancini folded, and Gao also moved all in for 20,000 more. Nasreddine was pot committed and called.
She Wong: 10♣7♣
Boshuang Gao: J♦10♠
Rania Nasreddine: 9♥6♥
Gao held the best hand going to the turn with the made nut straight, Nasreddine held top pair with a useless straight draw, and Wong held middle pair with a straight draw to a chop. The turn 5♥ gave Nasreddine more outs for the flush, but the river J♠ gave both Wong the same straight as Gao, and they chopped Nasreddine's chips.
Despite busting the tournament, the players who were most recently eliminated managed to all lock up a pay jump and took home $4,250.
Heads up to the 7♥7♠8♣ flop with about 60,000 in the pot, Jason Dewitt, in the big blind, check-raised Chris Hunichen's 20,000 middle-position bet to 51,000. Hunichen made the call.
On the 6♦ turn, Dewitt led out for 70,000, and Hunichen flat-called once more for the dealer to peel off the 5♣ as the river.
Dewitt fired out a river bet of 70,000, which sent Hunichen into the tank for a short while before he tossed in the call, only to toss his hand into the muck on seeing Dewitt table 10♦7♣ for flopped trips.
Quang Vu moved all in from under the gun for his last 49,000, Evan Sandberg called from the hijack, and Ankit Ahuja was in the big blind and came along for the discount as well.
The flop came out with 10♥Q♠6♥, Ahuja checked, and Sandberg bet 25,000. Ahuja folded.
Quang Vu: K♥J♠
Evan Sandberg: K♠Q♦
The turn 5♦ and the river K♦ gave Sandberg two pair, knocking out Vu.
David Rees opened to 30,000 on the button and Santtu Leinonen moved all in for his remaining 245,000 from the big blind. Rees asked for a count before calling him off and putting his opponent at risk of elimination.
Santtu Leinonen: 6♠6♣
David Rees: A♠7♥
Leinonen was looking to hold with his pocket sixes, and the 9♥2♣K♣ flop kept him ahead. The J♣ turn was also safe for Leinonen, but his tournament life came to an end after the dealer peeled the A♥ river.
Rees continued to build his dominating stack, coming in as the start-of-day chip leader.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Tjan Tepeh raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and was looked up by Joshua Manus in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠3♣7♥, and Manus check-called Tepeh's 15,000 continuation-bet. The action went check, check, on the Q♣ turn, and the dealer peeled off the 8♣ as the river.
Manus led out for 25,000, and Tepeh quickly made the call, then just as quickly mucked his cards on seeing Manus table A♦3♦ for two pair.