Carter Swidler defended his big blind from a cutoff open from Maurice Hawkins, and he check-called 30,000 on the flop. Both players checked the turn, and Swidler bet about 50,000 on the river. Hawkins called, and his was good.
With 100,000 in the pot and a flop of , Uwe Ritter led out for 38,000 and would get called by Shyam Srinivasan. Both players would check the turn and Ritter would check when the was dealt on the river.
Srinivasan put out a bet of 110,000 and Ritter would make the call. He would immediately muck his hand after seeing that Srinivasan had for a queen high straight.
The Argentinian is more of a cash game player than a tourney guy, and more likely to be found online than at live events, although he has collected several cashes and a Main Event final table finish on the Latin American Poker Tour over the last couple of years. When Pastor achieved Supernova Elite on the next-to-last day of 2014, he invited friends to share in the celebration. See the raucous video and learn a little more about the rising star at the PokerStars Blog.
Dylan Linde moved all in for 130,000 from the hijack with the and Ronaldo called from the cutoff with the . Once again the worst hand came from behind at the feature table as the board rolled out , keeping Linde alive.
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Juan Etcheverry opened for 35,000 and Noah Schwartz moved all in for 336,000 total. Etcheverry made the call and the two players revealed their hands:
Schwartz:
Etcheverry:
The first card in the window on the flop was the and a look of disdain came over Schwartz's face. That look would vanish quickly though as the dealer spread out a flop of . Etcheverry chewed on his apple as if it was no big deal and would pay off Schwartz after the turn and river came . Schwartz moved to 725,000 with that double up.