Ben Lamb raised to 54,000 from the hijack seat, and David Peters reraised to 131,000 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Lamb, and he called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned out the flop, and both players checked to see the hit the turn. Lamb led with a bet of 165,000, and Peters called.
The completed the board on the river, and Lamb fired 410,000. Peters called.
Lamb tabled the , and Peters had the . Peters' hand won the pot and pushed him over 3.3 million in chips, but this hand could've been a lot worse for Lamb if he had gotten extra aggressive preflop.
Max Altergott raised to 57,000 from the button, and Connor Drinan called from the big blind. The flop came down , and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Again, both checked, and the river was the . Drinan bet 40,000, and Altergott raised to 140,000. Drinan gave it up, and Altergott won the pot.
On the very next hand, Altergott made it 55,000 to go from the cutoff seat and everyone folded.
Brian Rast opened for 50,000 from under the gun, and Brandon Steven called from the small blind. Jason Koon then three-bet all in from the big blind for 407,000, Rast folded, and Steven made the call.
Steven:
Koon:
The flop kept Koon in the lead, but then disaster struck when the dealer burned and turned the . The river failed to help Koon, and he was sent out the door in 18th place.
Fro the small blind, Andrew Robl moved all in against Dong Kim's big blind. Kim made the call to put himself at risk with the for 334,000. Rob had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Kim doubled up with a king-high straight thanks to the river.
In the last hand before the break, Erik Seidel raised to 45,000 under the gun and Ben Lamb three-bet to 125,000 from the hijack. David "Doc" Sands then four-bet to 260,000 from the button, the blinds both folded, and Seidel got out of the way. Lamb responded with a five-bet jam for 929,000 total, and Sands made the call.
Sands:
Lamb:
It was a bad spot for Sands, and he sent over more than half his stack after the board ran out a dry .