With a total of 205 entries, the prize pool has come to $4.868.750. A first-place prize of $1,289,074 is reserved for the winner, with 31 players making the money. Here's the breakdown:
Dario Sammartino raised to 10,000 under the gun and was called by Josh Beckley in the next position and Vitaly Lunkin in the small blind.
The flop came , and Lunkin bet out 30,000. Sammartino raised to 80,000, and Beckley got out of the way. Lunkin then moved all in for 90,500, and Sammartino called to put him at risk.
Lunkin:
Sammartino:
Lunkin's top set was ahead, and it held up on the turn and the river for the double-up.
With the board reading , the small blind checked, and Majid Yahyaei bet 13,000 from the big blind. Martin Kozlov called on the button, and the small blind called. The river was the , and the small blind checked again. Yahyaei bet 25,000, Kozlov called, and the small blind folded.
Yahyaei showed for the nut straight to win the pot.
Chance Kornuth raised to 8,000, and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.
The flop came , and both players checked to the on the turn. Kenney led out for 23,000, and Kornuth called. The landed on the river, and Kenney checked this time. Kornuth bet 40,000, and Kenney laid his hand down.
"I would have raised the turn if I knew I was going to get there on the river," Kornuth said to Kenney as they both had a laugh.
Roberto Romanello raised to 8,000 from middle position, and Jason Gray called from the big blind.
The flop came , and Gray checked to Romanello, who bet 8,000. Gray check-raised to 43,500, and Romanello called. The turn was the , and Gray shoved all in for his remaining 53,500. Romanello tossed in a chip to call.
Gray tabled , and Romanello showed . Romanello bricked the on the river, and Gray found a double-up.
Ka Kwan Lau raised to 8,000 from middle position and was called by Joseph Di Rosa Rojas on the button. The flop came and both players checked to the turn card. Lau checked again and Rojas bet 14,000. Lau called to see the land on the river. Lau checked for the third time and Rojas bet 29,000. Lau check-raised to 90,000 and Rojas let his hand go.
In the next hand, Lau raised again to 8,000 and was called by the button and James Obst in the small blind. the flop came and Lau continued his story with a bet of 19,000. Both the button and Obst called and the came on the turn.
Obst checked again and Lau bet 26,000. Both players called and the was on the river. All three players checked this time. Obst turned over for a jack-high straight, good enough to take down the pot.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann was heads-up against Frank Parisi on a board of and he made a pot-sized bet of 127,500, sending Parisi into the tank. Eventually, a player called the clock, and with only two seconds remaining in the countdown, Parisi sent his cards into the muck and Jachtmann took the pot.