Ashwin Sarin opened the button to 7,000 and was three-bet to 24,000. Sarin wasn't done yet though and upped it again to the tune of his all-in. It was good enough to take it down and he adds a decent amount to his stack.
It folded around to Nick Palma on the button who raised to 7,000 and Jake Schwartz folded his small blind. With the action on Emin Babayev in the big blind he moved all-in for 72,000 and Palma called.
Emin Babayev:
Nick Palma:
Palma had Babayev dominated and was in great shape to score the knockout but there was a jack in the window for Babayev on the . "There's a river card for a reason" said Palma but the turn and river sealed the deal for Babayev who doubled up.
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A player in late position raised to 7,000 and Andreas Klatt moved all-in from the small blind for 56,000. It folded back to the player who called turning over but Klatt did one better showing .
The board ran out clean for Klatt and his pocket eights held up to earn him the double-up.
Larry Serebryany just moved all in for 32,000 under the gun and found a caller to his immediate left. Once everyone else had moved aside, the two players turned over their holdings.
Larry Serebryany:
Opponent:
On seeing how big a dog he was, Serebryany looked up and appealed to the Poker Gods, promising to do 100 push-ups if he could find a four on the board.
Someone must have been listening as the flop brought out , giving Serebryany quads and the hand was all but his. By the turn, it was locked up and the river was irrelevant.
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Michael Marder raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Nick Palma re-raised to 22,000 from the button. With the action on Dylan Linde in the small blind he moved all-in for 127,500 covering both players.
Marder went deep into the tank eyeing Palma stack and counting down his chips. He eventually folded and Palma instantly folded behind.
Chris Hunichen raised to 7,000 from late position and Phil Kessel moved all-in for 17,000 from the hi-jack. With the action on Daniel Vampan in the cutoff re-shoved all-in for 45,500. Hunichen quickly folded his face up and the hands were shown.
Daniel Vampan:
Phil Kessel:
The board ran out and Vampan's king kicker would play to send the NLH superstar to the rail.