Shaun Deeb and another player got all the chips in before the flop and Deeb had the larger of the two stacks.
Deeb:
Opponent:
Deeb's opponent had the preflop advantage in the race and needed his pocket pair to hold up in order to survive. When the flop came Deeb took the lead, and neither the turn nor river were any help to his opponent, so Deeb took the pot to send him to the rail.
It's not often you stun an entire table into silence, especially when one of the players at said table is lively Brit Niall Farrell. Alas, Jose Reyes managed the seemingly insurmountable.
With around 4,000,000 in the middle and the board reading . Reyes' opponent moved in for 2,600,000, putting Reyes to what looked like an agonising decision. After taking a moment or two to think the hand through, Reyes eventually made the call.
His opponent turned over for queen high, standing up and passing his tournament receipt to the dealer. Reyes couldn't hide the smug expression as he revealed for bottom pair no kicker.
"Wow!" was about the only word anyone could manage, as Reyes dragged in a huge pot, bringing his stack up to eight figures.
The action was folded around to Ryan Riess on the button who shipped all in for his last 1.2 million. He was quickly called by David Laka Calzada in the big blind and the cards were tabled
David Laka Calzada:
Ryan Riess:
The board came and Calzada hit a king on the turn to eliminate the former WSOP Main Event champion.
There was a substantial pot already brewing and the board read when we got to the table. Charlie Godwin was in the small blind and had already committed 150,000 chips on the river. Her opponent had shoved from the big blind and after some consideration, Godwin called with the larger of the two stacks. The big blind tabled and had already started standing up to make his exit before Godwin flipped over to take the pot.
Kevin Rivest was in the cutoff and went heads-up to the flop with his opponent in the hijack. His opponent bet 175,000 into a pot of around 300,000 and Rivest raised to 475,000. His opponent called and the peeled off on the turn.
The action was checked to Rivest who fired another 1.025 million, which his opponent called. The river brought the and the action was checked to Rivest again. He eyed up his opponent's stack and then made a bet of 4.5 million. His opponent only had around 3.4 million remaining, thus putting his tournament life on the line should he call. He thought for over three minutes before finally electing to fold.
There was roughly 2,000,000 in the middle with heads-up action on an board. Carlos Lopes was put to a decision for 675,000 chips on the turn, which he called after a short dwell before the rolled off on the river.
His opponent put it all in on the river, for Lopes' effective stack of 1,565,000. It didn't take Lopes long to make the call and was quickly shown for king-high. Lopes tabled and pulled in a huge pot, more-than-doubling his stack.