Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Just as the level was coming to an end, Maria Konnikova moved all from under the gun in with just 18,000 chips remaining.
Timothy Miles raised from middle position to 30,000. Adi Rajkovic reraised to 72,000. Miles folded.
Maria Konnikova: K♥Q♣
Adi Rajkovic: A♠10♣
Konnikova's event ended in a runout of 2♣9♣3♠9♠3♥, with Rajkovic's ace giving him a better hand to go with the two pair on the board.
Tyler Kolness raised from early position, and Tristan Forge took a lengthy time to decide from the big blind, sitting on a fairly short stack. The table called the clock, and Forge raised to 49,000, leaving behind 30,000. Kolness called to see a flop.
On the flop K♥K♠2♠, Forge took the lead and bet 10,000, Kolness raised to 30,000, and Forge quickly called.
Tristan Forge: A♦J♣
Tyler Kolness: 6♥6♠
Forge then went runner-runner as the turn was the A♣, and the river was the A♥. Forge caught a full house for the win.
Tyler Kolness open-shoved from under the gun for 83,000, Joseph Skinner called for 23,000 in the hijack, and Tristan Forge reshoved on the button.
Joseph Skinner: 10♣10♦
Tyler Kolness: K♦J♠
Tristan Forge: A♦J♣
There was a boat on the board of 2♦2♥5♦2♠5♠, giving Skinner the triple up with a full house, deuces full of tens. Kolness and Forge chopped the side pot.
Tanner Pray raised to 20,000 under the gun. Action folded to Ravi Raghavan, who raised all in from the hijack for 114,000 chips.
Pray was the only called.
Ravi Raghavan: A♣Q♥
Tanner Pray: K♣K♠
Raghavan didn't just get a much-needed ace on the flop, he got two of them, and the trips held in the full runout A♠A♥2♣7♥8♣.
After going down to a single 5,000 chip, Mattias Hansen was forced all in from the big blind, not being able to afford the ante.
James Goldblatt was the only caller from early position, and the pair went to showdown.
Mattias Hansen: 8♠6♥
James Goldblatt: A♠3♠
The 10♥6♣9♠ flop gave Hansen bottom pair and a straight draw. The 7♣ turn brought in the straight for Hansen, locking him up a double up as the K♠ completed the board.
In the next hand action folded around to Hansen, who was now in the small blind and he jammed for 15,000. Tristan Wade called from the cutoff and Hansen went to showdown in another flip for his tournament life.
Mattias Hansen: 7♣7♠
Tristan Wade: A♠Q♦
The J♣2♠3♦ flop saw Hansen hold with his sevens. A 10♣ turn and 6♦ river were safe enough to see him get another double up, also picking up the big blind and ante.
In a battle of the blinds, Junfeng Wang was in the small blind, and Yuanzhi Cao was in the big blind. The pot was about 49,000. The dealer had dealt out Q♦10♠8♥J♣9♠ with a visible straight. Wang checked to Cao, who bet 60,000, and Wang reraised to 125,000. Cao took his time and eventually called to see that the board played.
Wang turned over Q♥5♥, and Cao turned over 9♥4♦; both players played the board for a chopped pot.