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A short-stacked Zach Hyman raised all in for about 130,000 from the hijack and a short-stacked Mike McDonald isolated with a shove of his own from the small blind.
Hyman held against the pocket sevens of McDonald. A third seven hit the board and Hyman failed to catch up, securing the pot for McDonald.
On a board of , Christoph Vogelsang checked over to Scott Seiver. Seiver reached for chips and moved 180,000 into the center of the table. Vogelsang called and the hit the river. Both players quickly checked and Vogelsang rolled over for fours and deuces with an ace. Seiver mucked his cards and Vogelsang was pushed the pot.
With this win, Vogelsang's stack is up to about 1.5 million while Seiver's has dropped to around 780,000.
Sorel Mizzi (cutoff) was in the tank with 60,000 committed. He was facing a three-bet from Jason Koon in the small blind to about 250,000. After a few moments, Mizzi called to see a flop.
After asking how much Mizzi had behind (958,000), Koon continued for 255,000. Mizzi tanked for a bit before he raised all in. Koon called.
Mizzi:
Koon:
MIzzi was ahead with a set of queens and held up through the turn and river to score the sizable double up.
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Picking up the action after a flop of , Bryn Kenney checked from the small blind and Justin Bonomo bet 85,000 from the big blind. Christoph Vogelsang called in the hijack, as did Kenney, landing the turn.
Kenney checked to Bonomo who bet 150,000. Vogelsang folded, Kenney check-raised all in for about 500,000 effective and Bonomo called all in with for a queen-high flush. However, Kenney had him drawing dead with for king-high flush.
The meaningless river locked up the pot and the dinner-break chip lead for Kenney.