On a board we saw Jeremy Ausmus check from the big blind to Ben Volpe in the hijack. Volpe bet out 17,000 and Ausmus made the call. Both players checked the on the turn, and the dealer burned and put the out on the river.
Ausmus checked again, and Volpe bet 34,000. Ausmus now slid 100,000 forward and Volpe thought about it for a little bit before reluctantly calling. He had to muck though after Ausmus tabled for a rivered flush.
After losing the vast majority of his stack, Ben Volpe open-shoved on the button with , and Lee Markholt looked him up in the small blind with .
The dealer fanned giving Markholt a pair of kings and both players identical straight draws, and the turn was the . Volpe could no longer win the pot, and only an ace or queen on the river would keep him alive via a chop.
It was not to be as the bricked off on the river, and Volpe was eliminated.
Igor Kurganov opened the button and both the small blind (Max Silver) as the big blind (George Danzer) made the call.
The two European players checked to the German/Russian player on . Kurganov made a 27,000 continuation bet and Silver called. Danzer now shoved all in for 139,000 more and Kurganov quickly released. Silver did the math, and called.
Silver:
Danzer:
The on the turn was a blank, and so was the on the river. Danzer's flopped straight dodged the clubs Silver was looking for, and the German player doubled up in the last hand before the break.
Lee Markholt raised to 16,000 in the cutoff, JC Tran called on the button, and 2014 WSOP bracelet winner Brock Parker moved all in for 133,000 out of the small blind. The action folded back to Markholt, who folded as well, and Tran made a fairly quick call.
Tran:
Parker:
The flop fell , giving Parker the nuts, and the hand was over when the turn brought the . The on the river was but a formality, and Parker doubled to 292,000 chips.
JC Tran raised to 16,000 on the button, Jeremy Ausmus defended his big blind, and the two former November Niners checked on a flop of . The turn was the , Ausmus led out for 20,000, and Tran called.
The river was the , Ausmus checked, and Tran took the opportunity to fire out 42,000. Ausmus considered the bet for a minute or so, then folded.
Martin Jacobson opened for 17,000 from the cutoff and Igor Kurganov three-bet to 45,000 right next to him on the button. Both blinds folded, and action was back on Jacobson. The Swede made it 95,000 and called the shove from Kurganov that followed. Jacobson was at risk with his entire 329,000 stack in the middle, Kurganov had him covered by just 175,000.
Jacobson:
Kurganov:
The board wouldn't improve Kurganov's hand and in fact gave Jacobson a full house: . Jacobson doubled, leaving Kurganov with just 22 big blinds in the process.