Maurice Hawkins was in the hijack and raised to 11,000. Natasha Mercier was in the cutoff and immediately pushed all in for what appeared to be roughly 85,000. Hawkins snap-called and he showed pocket fours against Mercier's pocket eights.
Fredrick Arni was in the small blind and raised to 10,000. Niall Farrell three-bet to 30,000 in the big blind and Arni called.
The flop was and Arni announced all in for roughly 260,000. Farrell went into the tank, talking to his opponent and trying to get his read. The clock was called on Farrell by Arni and with about 15 seconds left to act, Farrell called.
Arni tabled for two pair and before Farrell showed his hand he said, "Yup, I'm the biggest idiot ever." He then showed .
The board ran out and Farrell couldn't improve, sending him to the rail and all of his chips to Arni.
On the same table Faraz Jaka has more than tripled his starting stack on the day and now sits at over 550,000 in chips.
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Moritz Dietrich was in the cutoff and raised to 9,000. Kevin Grabel was in the small blind and three-bet to 30,000. Dietrich called.
The flop was and Grabel check-called Dietrich's bet of 22,000. The turn was the and both players checked to the river which was the . Grabel checked and Dietrich bet 55,000. After taking a minute to think, Grabel called.
Dietrich tabled for a pair of nines and Grabel showed for two pair after spiking the ace on the river.