Scott Montgomery was in the small blind and Jason Renshaw in the big blind. They got it all in preflop for Renshaw's remaining stack of roughly 500,000. Montgomery showed ![]()
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, and Montgomery added to his monster stack.
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Amauri Grutka and Mark Mazza got it all in preflop, with Mazza holding ![]()
and Grutka tabling ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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, ending Grutka's day and putting Mazza over two million in chips.
Scott Baumstein raised to 105,000 from the hijack and Will Failla moved all in for 440,000 from the cutoff.
Baumstein asked, "Do you want a call? You're not gonna like this." He laughed. Eventually, he called.
Failla was at risk with ![]()
and ahead of Baumstein's ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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and Failla extended his lead to a pair of jacks. The turn was the
and Baumstein picked up some outs to improve. The river was the
and Failla held on.
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Just 57 players remain after six levels of play and Stoyan Obreshkov leads the way with 6,500,000.
Players are on a 60-minute dinner break.
Here is a look at some of the top stacks around the room:
Clayton Schmeisser was in late position and moved all in for roughly 425,000. Alexander Farahi was in the cutoff and called as did Robert Koss in the small blind who was very short stacked.
Farahi: ![]()
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Koss: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Farahi hit trips while his opponents couldn't make more than a pair and were both eliminated.
Alex Benjamen raised to 85,000 from middle position and the player on the button called. Victor Figueroa was in the small blind and moved all in for 485,000. Benjamen asked the button how much he had behind and eventually moved all in for about two million. The button folded.
Figueroa was at risk and well ahead with ![]()
and Benjamen tabled a dominated ![]()
. "I have a good feeling about this hand," said Benjamen.
The flop came ![]()
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and Figueroa was still ahead with ace high. "Jack!" yelled Benjamen. Sure enough, the
hit the turn and Benjamen made a straight. The dealer put out the
on the river and Benjamen said, "I told you I was gonna win this one." Figueroa simply smiled and headed to the payout desk.