Tim Andrew limped from early position, Michal Maryska raised the pot from the cutoff to 1.08 million, and Sandeep Pulusani three-bet shoved for 2.45 million from the big blind. Andrew folded, and after asking for a count, Maryska called to put Pulusani at risk.
Michal Maryska:
Sandeep Pulusani:
Pulusani had the advantage with his aces and Maryska needed to improve in order to stack him. The board ran out and Pulusani took the pot to double with aces up.
Pete Arroyos limped from the first position and Mark Darner completed in the small blind. Randy Holland then potted out of the big and Arroyos snap-called. Darner escaped and Holland shoved his last 1,530,000 when the hit the felt. Arroyos called.
Holland:
Arroyos:
The turn gave Arroyos a full house and the river card was the last one Holland would see in the tournament as he departed in 16th place while the rest of the table celebrated a pay jump.
Action folded to Magnus Martin on the button and he raised. Derrick Herron three-bet from the small blind and the two players got stacks in the middle in a flurry of activity.
Magnus Martin:
Derrick Herron:
Herron was ahead with his aces and Martin needed help from the deck to survive. The board ran out and Herron took the pot with an ace-high flush to end Martin's run in this event.
Robert Cicchelli made it 675,000 in the hijack and Raymond Walton came along from the small blind.
Walton shoved his remaining 935,000 on the flop and Cicchelli snapped him off.
"I call. I flopped top set," Cicchelli said, turning up . Walton, however, wasn't dead with for a gutter and a flush draw. He filled right on the turn and the was a safe card for Walton's flush.
With about 750,000 in the pot and the board reading , Sandeep Pulusani bet 310,000 from the small blind, Michael Mizrachi raised to 900,000 from the big blind, and Srinivas Balasubramanian reraised to 4.1 million from the button. Pulusani folded, and after some consideration, Mizrachi called.
The hit the river and Mizrachi quickly checked. Balasubramanian bet 4 million, and after some time in the tank, Mizrachi called. Balasubramanian quickly rolled over for a set of eights, which was best against Mizrachi's , so he took the pot to leave the four-time bracelet winner with less than 2 big blinds.
In the next hand, Mizrachi's last 360,000 went in the middle preflop against Pulusani and Tim Andrew. Both live players checked all the way down the board and Mizrachi flipped over to triple up with sevens full.