Christoph Vogelsang checked to Tom Hall on a flop of , and Hall checked behind. The turn was the , Vogelsang checked again, and Hall fired out 400,000. Vogelsang called.
The completed the board, and Vogelsang knuckled a third and final time. Hall announced all in, and Vogelsang called as fast as possible, turning over .
Hall was forced to show his bluff - - then shipped 2.155 million over to his German opponent.
Daniel Colman raised to 220,000 and Daniel Negreanu called from the small blind. Paul Newey called from the big as well and the flop came down .
Negreanu and Newey checked and Colman bet 250,000. Negreanu check-raised to 650,000 and Newey folded right away. On the turn the hit and Negreanu fired out 775,000. Colman tanked for a bit before making the call and the river brought the .
Negreanu bet 1,250,000 on the river with 1,020,000 left behind and Colman shot his cards towards the muck.
Cary Katz raised to 225,000 from the under-the-gun position only to have Connor Drinan three-bet to 580,000 from the big blind. Katz responded with a four-bet to 2 million. Drinan then moved all in and Katz called off for 5.79 million.
Katz:
Drinan:
The flop gave Katz a freeroll to hearts, and the turn made it a very real possibility.
"Oh my god," someone at the table said as the crowd moaned realizing one more heart would give Katz the massive pot.
The river then shot shockwaves through the crowd. Sam Trickett and Antonio Esfandiari could not believe what happened and walked away from the tabled shaking their heads, while Katz and Drinan remained seated as the floorman and dealer sorted out the stacks.
It was the worst bad beat in the world's biggest tournament and Drinan, who qualified for the tournament via a $25,000 satellite, was the unfortunate victim. The stacks were verified, and as it turned out Drinan had started the hand with slightly fewer chips.
"I'll never complain about having aces cracked again," Katz said after Drinan had exited the stage.
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Scott Seiver opened for 220,000 from the button, Antonio Esfandiari defended the big blind, and then both players checked the flop. When the appeared on the turn, Esfandiari bet 315,000, Seiver called, and the completed the board on the river.
Esfandiari bet (the announcer failed to say the amount), and Seiver call. Esfandiari tabled the for a straight and Seiver simply mucked.
There was about a million in the middle on a completed board of . Brandon Steven checked, Gabe Kaplan bet 700,000, and Steven check-raised to 1.85 million. Kaplan folded.
The next hand Kaplan checked to Christoph Vogelsang on a flop of , and he bet 200,000. Kaplan check-raised to 500,000, Vogelsang called, then Kaplan check-folded to a bet of 250,000 on the turn ().
Daniel Colman raised to 250,000 from the button and found a call from Tobias Reinkemeier in the big blind. The two took a suited and connected flop of . Both players checked and the rolled off on the turn.
Reinkemeier fired fourth street for 350,000 and Colman stuck around to see the river. The rolled off and both players quickly checked. Colman tabled for two pair but was ultimately bested by Reinkemeier's for a better two pair. Reinkemeier picked up the pot and now has about 7.2 million in chips.
Sam Trickett raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Cary Katz defended his big blind to see a flop of , which they both checked. When the appeared on the turn, Katz check-called a bet of 300,000 before betting 400,000 on the river.
Trickett made a quick call and Katz sheepishly showed the for a missed flush draw. Trickett then tabled the for top pair and the win.
After Cary Katz raised from the cutoff, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 400,000 from the small blind. Sam Trickett, his heads-up opponent from this event in 2012, called from the big, Katz came along, and all three of them saw a flop of .
Esfandiari checked, Trickett bet 375,000, and Katz called. Esfandiari came along as well and it was still three-way action to the turn. Esfandiari checked for a second time, and Trickett bet a hefty 1.25 million. Katz took his time before folding, Esfandiari called, and the completed the board on the river.
Esfandiari checked for a third time, and Trickett thought long and hard before checking behind. Esfandiari tabled with , and it was good as Trickett mucked.
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, and Hall checked behind. The turn was the 
, Vogelsang checked again, and Hall fired out 400,000. Vogelsang called.
completed the board, and Vogelsang knuckled a third and final time. Hall announced all in, and Vogelsang called as fast as possible, turning over 
.
- then shipped 2.155 million over to his German opponent.
.
hit and Negreanu fired out 775,000. Colman tanked for a bit before making the call and the river brought the 
.
flop gave Katz a freeroll to hearts, and the 
turn made it a very real possibility.
river then shot shockwaves through the crowd. Sam Trickett and Antonio Esfandiari could not believe what happened and walked away from the tabled shaking their heads, while Katz and Drinan remained seated as the floorman and dealer sorted out the stacks.
flop. When the 
appeared on the turn, Esfandiari bet 315,000, Seiver called, and the 
completed the board on the river.
for a straight and Seiver simply mucked.
. Brandon Steven checked, Gabe Kaplan bet 700,000, and Steven check-raised to 1.85 million. Kaplan folded.
, and he bet 200,000. Kaplan check-raised to 500,000, Vogelsang called, then Kaplan check-folded to a bet of 250,000 on the turn (
. Both players checked and the 
