German high roller Niklas Heinecker just called a raise from the blinds after his fellow countryman Christoph Vogelsang had made it 50,000 from the cutoff.
The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn was the and Heinecker lead out for 70,000, Vogelsang called.
On the river the hit and Heinecker bet another 170,000. Vogelsang tanked for quite a while but eventually he called. Heineker tabled and he took down this pot.
Phil Galfond fired out what looked like 150,000 on a completed board of , and his neighbor Rono Lo called.
Galfond rolled over , which absolutely stunned Lo.
"HUH?!?!?" he blurted before turning over for trips.
"He can come to Macau too, right?" Phil Ivey asked Lo. "With the deuce-four?"
"Yeah," Lo said, nodding fervently as he dragged the pot. "Yeah."
The very next hand, Daniel Negreanu raised to 60,000 from the hijack seat, Erick Lindgren called in the cutoff, Galfond called on the button, and Lo called in the small blind.
The dealer spread , the action checked to Negreanu, and he bet 135,000. All three of his opponents called.
The turn was the , the action checked to Lindgren, and he moved all in for about 1.2 million. All three players folded, and Lindgren pulled in the pot.
"I folded queen-ten of hearts," Ivey announced before chuckling to himself.
Sam Trickett made it 60,000 to go from early position and Igor Kurganov three-bet the action to 165,000 from the next seat over. Action folded back around to Trickett and he cut out a four-bet to 270,000. Kurganov called.
The flop brought to the felt and Trickett continued out for 360,000. Kurganov spent right around four minutes in the tank before announcing an all in raise for what looked to be about 1.2 million total. Trickett instantly dropped forward calling chips and the hands were turned over.
Trickett:
Kurganov:
Kurganov led at the moment with his pocket queens and continued to hold the lead as the dropped down on the felt. Unfortunately for Kurganov, the completed the board on the river and gave Trickett a winning straight to the jack. Kurganov exited the tournament area and Trickett increased his already massive chip lead to about 10.5 million.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 60,000 and Talal Shakerchi called from his immediate left. Tom Hall was next to act and he three-bet to 250,000 from the button. The action folded back to Shakerchi and he made the call.
The flop came down and Shakerchi checked to Hall who quickly threw out a hefty bet of 600,000. Shakerchi folded and Hall raked in this pot.
"I really didn't like this flop," Hall said as he stacked his newly won chips.