Ian Matakis opened to 80,000 in middle position and Michael Stembera three-bet to 225,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Matakis, who called.
Matakis checked on the flop of and Stembera continued with a bet of 175,000. Matakis called.
Matakis checked again on the turn and opted to folded when Stembera fired again for 425,000.
Isaac Kempton opened the button to 80,000 and Tony Tran three-bet to 340,000 from the big blind. Kempton moved all in, and Tran called for his 2,145,000 chips.
Tony Tran:
Isaac Kempton:
The board ran out and Tran improved to two pair to secure the double.
Vanessa Kade opened to 80,000 from the cutoff and Michael Stembera flat-called on the button, and Alex Livingston came along from the big blind.
Livingston checked dark on the flop of and Kade also checked, while Stembera fired a bet of 110,000. Livingston check-raised to 425,000 and only Stembera called.
The turn brought the and Livingston bet 625,000, which got a quick fold from Stembera to send yet another pot in Livingston's direction.
"You guys player poker over here?" Sean Perry asked as he eyed Livingston's growing stack from the other table. "Holy shit! You ARE playing poker."
Debbie Lee opened to 80,000 in early position and Alex Livingston three-bet from the cutoff. Shankar Pillai in the big blind then four-bet shoved a stack of around 560,000 and Lee five-bet jammed for about 2,045,000. Livingston called with both players covered.
Shankar Pillai:
Debbie Lee:
Alex Livingston:
Livingston's aces were still ahead after the flop of and the runout didn't change things to send two players out in one of the first hands of the day.
Pillai had the shorter stack and therefore finished in 16th place for $94,272, while Lee earned a 15th-place finish and a pay jump to $108,602.