With around 35,000 in the pot and the board reading , Matt Berkey checked from the small blind and Julian Stuer bet 26,000. Berkey called and the fell on the river.
Berkey checked again and Stuer continued with a bet of 62,000. Berkey thought for a couple minutes and eventually placed out a call. Stuer tabled for a set of nines and Berkey tossed his cards away.
Andy Park limped in from the cutoff and Juha Helppi raised to 23,500 from the small blind. Claas Segebrecht was in the big blind and called for his last 18,500. Park went into the tank and took a sip of his coffee before deciding to call.
The flop came and Helppi decided to check. Park paused for a moment and bet 25,000. Helppi thought about his next move and decided to put in a check-raise to 50,000. Park grabbed his coffee again and took several slow sips before deciding to fold.
"Ace-queen of hearts one time?!" laughed Segebrecht as he tabled . Unfortunately for him. Helppi tabled for two pairs and he needed to hit one of the two remaining fours in the deck to survive. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Segebrecht to the rail.
Helppi now has a mountain of chips in front of him and appears to have the top stack for the moment.
Steve Karp and Jeff Hakim got all of their money in the middle on the money bubble. It was a classic race scenario with Karp holding against the of Hakim.
The board ran out . Although Hakim hit his king on the river, it also made a straight for Karp. Hakim was eliminated on the money bubble and the remaining 94 players will be guaranteed a payday of $7,414.
There are 96 players remaining, just two eliminations away from the money, and they are all heading on a 60-minute dinner break. The action will start up again at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.
The money bubble is just two eliminations away, and a big pot was brewing on table 719 just before the dinner break.
With about 100,000 in the middle, on a board reading , Jack Salter checked from the big blind and Juha Helppi bet 52,000 from the cutoff. Salter paused for a minute before moving all in, having Helppi covered by a lot. Helppi had 226,000 total, and had a big decision to make with the money bubble looming.
Helppi went into the tank for several minutes, clearly agonized by the decision. A crowd started to form as players headed on a dinner break. Salter remained still the entire time until Helppi finally called.
Salter gave Helppi a thumbs up and rapped the table, showing for two pair eights and fives. Helppi tabled for a straight to the eight and raked in the massive pot.
Salter asked, "If I made it 150,000 would you have folded?" Helppi replied, "It would've been much easier to fold if you made it 150,000."
The action was complete and the cards were being turned over as Chad Layne was all in for his remaining 40,000. Julian Stuer was his opponent who tabled against the of Layne. The board ran out and Stuer hit an ace to send Layne to the rail.
In the next hand, Stuer raised preflop and was called by the button and Matt Berkey in the big blind. The flop came and Berkey led out for 15,000. Stuer called and the button folded, leading to the on the turn. Berkey checked this time and Stuer fired out a bet of 12,000. Berkey called and the fell on the river. Both players checked and Berkey tabled to win the hand.
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for a set of nines and Berkey tossed his cards away.
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