Rajesh Vohra limped from middle position and Michael Duek limped from the hijack. Sasha Liu then moved all in for her last 31,000 on the button and Syed Shah made it a bit over 100,000 to go from the small blind. Both Vohra and Duek let their hands go and a showdown was held.
Sasha Liu: K♥Q♠8♣7♥
Syed Shah: A♣A♠Q♣10♠
Liu would need some help, but the J♥6♥9♣3♣J♣ runout left Shah best with the nut flush and Liu was sent to the rail.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
With the tournament approaching the bubble, David Strickland limped in from the hijack. Benny Glaser then raised to 27,000 on the button, which Strickland called.
Strickland checked in flow on the 6♠4♠6♣ flop, and Glaser put 50,000 into the middle, which was more than Strickland's remaining stack.
"I might be ahead at the moment", Strickland said, but chose to fold his hand. He then let Glaser know that he had folded an overpair.
Michael Hahn and Farid Jattin were heads-up on a flop of 7♦8♥5♦ when Jattin bet 30,000 from the hijack. Hahn then raised to 105,000 in the small blind.
Jattin came back with a reraise to 235,000, and Hahn then reraised to 750,000. Jattin took about 30 seconds, but he eventually gave up his hand.
Gus Hansen limped from under the gun and Robert Valden made it 24,000 to go from the small blind. Martin Zamani called in the big blind and Hansen called as well for an inflated three-way pot.
Valden moved all in for his last 56,000 on the K♦Q♦7♥ flop and Zamani raised, which was for enough to put Hansen all in for 86,000.
Hansen tanked a while, but eventually decided to go with his hand for a three-way showdown.
Robert Valden: K♥K♠Q♠5♣
Gus Hansen: A♠J♠J♣10♠
Martin Zamani: A♣7♣6♦5♦
Valden held the best of it with his set of kings, and the 6♣8♥ runout kept him best for the triple up. Zamani improved to two pair on the turn to claim the side pot and Hansen was eliminated.
Farid Jattin raised to 26,000 on the button and Michael Duek called in the big blind. Matt Vengrin then moved all in for 98,000 in the cutoff and Jattin folded, while Duek quickly called.
Matt Vengrin: A♠K♠8♣7♥
Michael Duek: A♥Q♥9♦4♠
Duek hit two pair on the 9♣6♣4♥ flop to take the lead, and the Q♣ turn imnproved him to nines and fours. The K♦ river wasn't enough to save Vengri, and he was sent to the rail.
Michael Morton raised to 21,000 in the cutoff, which Ryan Roussel called on the button before Joshua Palmer came along in the big blind as well.
When the action checked to Morton on a Q♠A♥10♦ flop, he continued for 33,000. Roussel wasted no time at all in folding, but Palmer took a little longer to consider what to do. Ultimately, he chose to fold as well.
Michael Duek had a raise of 75,000 in front of him from middle position before Raj Vohra moved all in for 215,000 in early position. Duek called to put him at risk.
Raj Vohra: A♦A♠J♠7♣
Michael Duek: A♣A♥K♣6♦
Both players showed two aces and were poised to chop the pot. The flop came 8♦5♦4♣, while the 9♥ turn gave Vohra some outs with a straight draw. "Ten," he pleaded, and he got his wish as the 10♥ fell on the river to give him his straight and the double up.
Kristen Foxen opeend to 21,000 from the hijack and called a three-bet of 66,000 from James Cavanaugh, who was in the big blind.
Both players checked down on the 8♥10♣Q♥ flop, 7♠ turn, and 6♠ river.
"At least bluff it for me on the river," a disappointed Cavanaugh said as he turned over A♦A♥9♣7♥ for a straight. "Nice check."
"I had a good hand too I think," Foxen said in reply before sending her cards into the muck.
"Too good to bluff," Cavanaugh said.
Melad Marji raised to 21,000 on the button, which only Josh Arieh called in the small blind.
Arieh check-called a continuation bet of 36,000 on a 7♥2♣9♠ flop, before the 8♥ turn checked through.
When Arieh checked for a third time on the 9♥ river, Marji slid a bet of 101,000 into the middle. Arieh spent several minutes in the tank before he elected to fold.
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