Fedor Holz opened to 45,000 in early position, Bryn Kenney three-bet to 116,000 from the small blind, Holz four-bet to 225,000, Kenney five-bet shipped for effectivly 730,000-ish and Holz called all in.
Holz:
Kenney:
The board ran out , as Holz's flopped freeroll almost got there on the river. Fortunately for Kenney, it did not.
On a flop of , Steve O'Dwyer checked over to Sam Greenwood. The Canadian reached for chips and moved out a bet of 71,000. O'Dwyer called and the hit the felt on fourth street. O'Dwyer checked for a second time and Greenwood knocked the table back.
The river was the and O'Dwyer slid out a bet of 165,000. Greenwood called, tabled a winning for a pair of kings, and was awarded the pot. He now has 1.49 million while O'Dwyer's stack has fallen to 1.68 million.
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Sorel Mizzi was all in for 225,000 with against Zach Hyman's . The board ran out , giving Mizzi broadway to double through Hyman.
Shortly thereafter, Hyman got his stack of 226,000 in with against Steve O'Dwyer's . The board came down , giving Hyman a set of fives to double through O'Dwyer.
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.