After losing 11 players in the first two levels, the remaining 18 players in the $1,500 Big O are heading on their first break of the day.
After losing 11 players in the first two levels, the remaining 18 players in the $1,500 Big O are heading on their first break of the day.
Three-ways to the flop with the board reading A♥Q♠7♠, Anthony Reategui potted for 780,000 from the small blind and Dimitrios Melissourgos called in the hijack. On the button, Daniel Mata tossed in his final 240,000.
On the 5♥ turn, Melissourgos got the rest of his stack into the middle for 2,100,000 total, including the flop bet, and he was at risk against Reategui.
Daniel Mata: A♣Q♦J♦7♣3♣
Dimitrios Melissourgos: A♦7♦4♥3♥2♦
Anthony Reategui: A♠Q♥9♣8♦2♣
The river was the 3♦, giving Melissourgos the wheel to scoop the entire pot.
Action was on a board of 10♠5♦4♥4♦ with 1,800,000 in the middle already.
Thomas Koral bet 400,000 and was called by Volodymyr Kondratenko.
The river was the K♦. Koral bet 1,000,000. Kondratenko went deep into the tank, standing up to ponder his decision, before calling.
Koral tabled A♠10♦9♦4♣2♠ for a full house, and Kondratenko mucked.
Casey Hayes opened to 200,000 and Christopher Alcindor three-bet to 640,000. Hayes called and the flop came A♥9♣7♦
Alcindor bet, Hayes raised and Alcindor shoved all in.
Christopher Alcindor: A♠A♣J♠3♣2♣
Casey Hayes: A♦K♣9♥4♣3♦
Alcindor had top set and was drawing to the nut low, and made it when the 6♦ rolled off on the turn. However, the 8♦ completed Hayes' flush and that was good enough to chop the pot.
Action picked up on the 10♥7♦3♦ flop in a single-raised pot between Shawn Rice on the button and Keith Olsby in the big blind. After a series of raises, Olsby was at risk for his final 1,055,000, which includes the preflop bet.
Keith Olsby: A♠K♦10♣7♣6♦
Shawn Rice: A♣K♥7♠7♥5♣
Olsby was in bad shape with top two against the middle set of Rice, who also held the superior low draw.
In incredible fashion, the board ran out K♣10♦, as the low bricked and Olsby went runner-runner to make a better full house with his king-ten.
Senovio Ramirez opened under the gun before Christopher Alcindor three-bet to 580,000 on his left. With the action back on Ramirez, he jammed for 1,075,000 and Alcindor called.
Senovio Ramirez: A♦A♣Q♣10♦6♣
Christopher Alcindor: A♥K♥K♣4♠3♣
Ramirez was ahead with aces but he had inferior low potential as the 9♦9♣4♥ flop offered little help to Alcindor. The board ran out J♣2♠, leaving the aces best for the full double.
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