Rick Salomon raised to 175,000 from the button and Connor Drinan called from the big blind. The flop saw both players check, which led to the on the turn. Drinan bet 215,000, Salomon called, and the completed the board on the river.
Drinan checked, Salomon bet 425,000, and Drinan released his hand. Saloman then showed the for a missed flush.
Paul Newey was in the cutoff and opened the action with a raise to 160,000. Doug Polk made it 435,000 from the next seat over and action trickled around to Phil Ivey in the big blind. After about 15 seconds, Ivey reached into his stack and casually flung out 1.1 million in chips. His four-bet was enough to make Newey release his cards immediately.
Polk thought for a moment before kicking his cards in as well. Ivey took down the pot and now has about 8.5 million in chips.
On the first of these two hands that Phil Galfond was involved in, action folded to him in the small blind. He limped in, and then Tony Gregg checked his option in the big blind to see the flop. Galfond checked, Gregg bet 100,000, and Galfond folded.
On the next hand, Gabe Kaplan made it 180,000 to go from the hijack seat, and Galfond called on the button. Christoph Vogelsang called from the big blind, and the flop came down . After Vogelsang and Kaplan checked, Galfond bet 220,000. Vogelsang called, and Kaplan folded.
The turn paired the board when the landed, and Vogelsang checked over to Galfond. Galfond checked behind, then the dealer placed the out on the river. Both players checked.
Vogelsang showed the for two pair, aces and eights, and Galfond mucked.
Sam Trickett raised to 160,000, Rick Salomon called from the hijack, and Connor Drinan came along from the button to make it three-way action to the flop. Two checks saw Drinan bet 260,000, Trickett folded, and Salomon check-raised to 760,000.
Drinan made the call and the appeared on the turn. Salomon wasted little time in betting a million, Drinan called, and the completed the board on the river. Salomon checked, Drinan did the same, and the former tabled the for trips nines. It was good as Drinan mucked.
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 165,000 in the cutoff, Tom Hall called on the button, and Gabe Kaplan three-bet to 450,000 out of the big blind. Vogelsang snap-folded, and Hall quickly called.
The dealer fanned , and Kaplan flipped out 650,000. Hall tanked for a bit then folded.
Phil Ivey raised to 200,000 and Doug Polk called from the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked. On the turn the hit and Polk checked to Ivey who bet 250,000 this time around. Polk made the call and on the river the hit.
Polk checked to Ivey who tanked for a bit before deciding the check behind.
Ivey showed and he raked in this pot. Despite losing this pot Polk still sits on around 3.5 million chips.
Tony Gregg was the first player to act, and he put in a raise. Tom Hall called in middle position, Phil Galfond defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Galfond checked, Gregg continued for 260,000, and only Galfond called.
Both players checked on the turn (), and Galfond led out for 135,000 on the river (). Gregg called, then mucked when Galfond revealed for a pair of aces.
After Noah Schwartz raised the button and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind, the flop came out and "The Magician" bet 205,000. Schwartz took his time before making the call, and then the dealer burned and turned the .
Esfandiari bet 405,000, Schwartz moved all in for 2.4 million, and Esfandiari snap-called.
Esfandiari:
Schwartz:
Schwartz held top pair, but he was drawing dead as Esfandiari had flopped the nuts. The meaningless was put out on the river to make it official, and then Schwartz grabbed his bag and exited the feature table area.
Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 200,000 from under the gun and it folded over to Doug Polk who made it 725,000 to go from the button. The blinds folded and action came back to Reinkemeier who cut out a four-bet to 1.1 million. Polk flatted and the two took a flop.
The dealer fanned and Reinkemeier continued out for 750,000. Polk quickly released and Reinkemeier pulled in the chips.
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