With 30 unique players and 5 reentries, a prize pool of $3,500,000 was created by the 35 entries. This means that 5 players will be in the money with a min-cash worth $245,000. But they will all have their sights set on that first-place prize of $1,400,000.
This is what the 22 remaining players are all still battling for:
Phil Ivey was all-in from the cutoff for 124,000 and Sergio Aido made the call from the small blind.
Phil Ivey:
Sergio Aido:
The board ran out for Ivey to flop top pair to double up.
On the next hand, Stephen Chidwick had raised from the early position and Aido shoved for around 130,000 from the button. Artur Martirosian four-bet jammed for 241,000 in the small blind for Chidwick to call both.
Sergio Aido:
Artur Martirosian:
Stephen Chidwick:
The board ran out for both Aido and Martirosian to river top pair but for Martirosian to knock Aido out with the king-kicker while earning a full double through Chidwick.
Over on the other table, Iakov Onuchin was eliminated too.
Michael Addamo had checked his big blind and Cary Katz bet 25,000 which Addamo called.
The turn was the and Addamo checked again. This time, Katz bet 56,000. Addamo glanced over to Katz's stack which was one chip of 100,000.
"Do you need a count?" Katz joked before Addamo made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Addamo checked for the final time. Katz picked up his last chips and flicked it in for the shove. Addamo tanked for a while.
"You have king-ten," Katz said. "I called your hand out, surely I must have you beat..." Katz continued.
Addamo tanked for a bit longer, using two time bank cards, and then made the call.
Katz tabled the for two pair. Addamo peeked at his own cards again before confirming with the dealer that he needed to show them. She confirmed it and Addamo showed the .
"ahh, I thought it was king-ten!" Katz commented before adding: "When recreational players talk, they must always have it."
Chris Brewer had raised to 12,000 from the middle position and David Coleman three-bet jammed for 39,000 from the hijack. Bryn Kenny four-bet jammed for 179,000 from the cutoff for the action to fold back to Brewer who made the call.
David Coleman:
Bryn Kenney:
Chris Brewer:
The flop came for Coleman to hit a set.
The turn was the for Coleman to stay ahead to triple up but the river completed the board with the for Kenney to hit the higher set to bust Coleman and earn a full double through Brewer.