Andrew Hinrichsen was under the gun and raised to 250,000, a bet that was called by Konstantinos Mamaliadis on the button and Kyle Johnson in the big blind. Action checked to Mamaliadis on the flop and he bet 325,000, which only Hinrichsen called.
Both players proceeded to check down the turn and river and Hinrichsen, who was perhaps trapping, showed for a set. Mamaliadis showed before sending his cards to the muck.
Jerry Van Strydonck raised to 250,000 from middle position, prompting a reraise by Gregory Kaplan from the cutoff seat. It folded back and Van Strydonck pushed all in for 1.93 million total, and Kaplan called.
Van Strydonck showed and Kaplan . The board ran out , and Van Strydonck doubles to 4.16 million. Kaplan drops back to 6.62 million.
Lars Bonding raised to 250,000 from the hijack seat and Martin Staszko called from the button. Everyone else folded and the flop came down . Bonding checked and Staszko fired 330,000. Bonding called.
Fourth street was the and paired the board. Bonding checked to Staszko again. Staszko fired 580,000 and after a minute of thought, Bonding made the call. The pot was now over 2.6 million.
The river card was the and Bonding checked again. Staszko didn't slow down and fired another bullet for 1.16 million. Bonding didn't take long to call.
Staszko tabled the for a flopped set that turned into a full house on fourth street. He was able to get three streets of value and is over eight million now. Bonding slipped to under seven million.
Andrey Pateychuk raised to 240,000 from middle position and received calls from Jerry Van Strydonck on the button and Greg Kaplan in the big blind. After the flop came down and Kaplan checked, Pateychuk bet 420,000, Van Strydonck called, and Kaplan got out of the way.
The turn brought about checks from both players, leading to the river. Pateychuk fired out a healthy 720,000, which prompted a fold from Van Strydonck.
Some three-way action at Table 336 involving Phil Collins, Philipp Gruissem, and Bounahra Badih .
Collins got things started with a raise to 275,000 from under the gun, then Gruissem reraised to 685,000 from middle position. It folded to Badih who pushed all in with the 715,000 he had left from the button, and the blinds got out. Collins also let go of his hand, but Gruissem called Badih's shove.
Gruissem:
Badih:
The flop came and turn , and Badih was down to his last card. But the river brought the , putting a second pair on board and turning Gruissem's deuces to dust. Badih doubles to 1.66 million, while Gruissem now has 2.35 million.
From under the gun, John Hewitt raised to 255,000. Ryan Lenaghan called on the button, Matt Giannetti called from the small blind and Lars Bonding called from the big blind. With four players in action, the flop came down . Action checked around to see the land on the turn. After Giannetti checked from the small blind, Bonding fired 565,000. Everyone folded and Bonding won the pot.
Kenny Shih opened to 260,000 from middle position, and Sam Barnhart called on the button. The flop came down , and both players knuckled. The turn was the , and Shih led for 325,000. Barnhart called, and both players again checked after the completed the board.
Shih tabled for a pair of jacks, Barnhart flashed before mucking, and Shih raked in another pot.
From middle position, John Hewitt raised to 255,000. Ryan Lenaghan made the call from the big blind and the flop came down . Lenaghan checked and Hewitt fired 375,000. Lenaghan folded and Hewitt won the pot.
On a flop of , chip leader Khoa Nguyen checked from the under-the-gun position and allowed Philipp Gruissem to bet 250,000 from the cutoff. Nguyen made the call and then turned around and led out for 375,000 when the hit fourth street. This time is was Gruissem who called, which led to both players checking the river.
Gruissem showed for ace-king high, but it was no good against Nguyen's .
Lars Bonding raised to 250,000 from the hijack seat before play folded over to David "Doc" Sands in the big blind. He reraised all in for 2.575 million in chips. Bonding gave it up and Sands increased his stack to over three million.