Hand #1: Gleb Kovtunov raised and Jean-Francois Alexandre and Jeff Hakim called in the blinds. The players checked throughout the board and the river fell a . Kovtunov bet and only Alexandre called. Kovtunov showed and won the pot.
Hand #2: Will Givens raised and Steffen Logen called. The flop went and Logen called Givens'continuation for 950,000. The same action happened on the turn , this time for 1,300,000.
The river was the and Logen called once more, for 3,000,000. Givens showed for jack-high and lost the pot as Logen held for a pair of queens.
Hand #3: Logen completed his small blind before folding after David Goodman raised it to 1,400,000.
Hand #4: Linda Huard raised to 800,000 and Logen called on the button, followed by Joe Foresman.
The flop was and after a check, Huard continued for 1,400,000. It was enough to win the pot without more resistance.
Hand #5: Linda Huard raised to 800,000 from mid-position and got no action.
Hand #6: Huard raised to 800,000 under the gun and everyone folded.
Hand #7: Jean-Francois Alexandre raised to 800,000 from mid-position and Joe Foresman three-bet to 1,800,000 on the cutoff. Will Givens, in the small blind, four-bet to 6,800,000. Alexandre folded and Foresman tank-called. The dealer spread a flop of and Givens fired 3,000,000. Foresman called.
The turn brought the and Givens continued with another bet of 8,300,000 and Foresman called again. The river filled up the board and Givens moved all in for 18,025,000. Foresman went deep into the tank for a few minutes, and eventually let it go.
Hand #8: Steffen Logen raised to 1,000,000 and David Goodman moved all in. Logen who folded.
Hand #9: Linda Huard raised to 1,500,000 and no one called.
Hand #10: Mrityunjay Jha raised on the button to 1,150,000 and Jeff Hakim called in the big blind. Both checked on the flop . On the turn, Hakim tanked before betting for 2,000,000. Jha folded.
Hand #11: Joe Foresman raised to 1,200,000 and LOgen called in the big blind. On the flop , Logen check-folded after Foresman bet 1,700,000.
Hand #12: Joe Foresman opened under the gun to 1,200,000 and Linda Huard three-bet to 3,500,000. It came back to Foresman who decided to four-bet to 10,000,000. Huard thought about her move for a minute and five-bet all in for a total stack around 16,000,000. Foresman quickly called.
Linda Huard:
Joe Foresman:
Huard was in good shape for a double up, but the flop fell , giving a set of queens to Huard who stood up from her chair. The rest of the board didn't change anything with the and the and Huard got eliminated in 9th place for $35,128.
Hand #13: Steffen Logen raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Joe Foresman called from the big blind. The flop came and was checked through to the turn. Foresman checked again and Logen bet 1,500,000. Foresman check-called. The filled up the board and both players checked. Logen tabled to win the pot and Foresman showed .
Hand #14: Will Givens raised to 1,100,000 under the gun and Mrityunjay Jha called from one seat over. The dealer fanned a flop of and Givens fired a bet of 1,700,000 that was enough to claim the pot.
Hand #15: Jeff Hakim raised to 1,200,000 from mid-position and Givens called from the big blind. The flop fell and was checked through to the turn and to the river. Givens bet 1,700,000 and Hakim raised to 5,300,000. Given gave it some thought but let it go.
Hand #16: Givens raised to 1,300,000 from the small blind and Jha folded his big blind.
Hand #17: Foresman raised to 1,200,000 from the hijack and Gleb Kovtunov called from the cutoff along with Givens on the button, Jha in the small blind, and Jean-Francois Alexandre in the big blind. The flop was and action checked to Givens who bet 2,000,000. Foresman was the only caller. The turn brought the and both players checked to the river. Foresman bet 6,300,000 and Givens raised to 14,300,000. Foresman thought for a long while and eventually called. Givens showed for a flopped set of threes but that wasn't good enough as Foresman tabled for a rivered set of fours to win the pot.
Hand #18: Foresman raised to 1,200,000 and Hakim three-bet shoved from the big blind for 13,700,000. Foresman folded.
Hand #19: It folded to Jean-Francois Alexandre on the button who pushed all in for a stack around 12,000,000 and Jeff Hakim took a minute before announcing all in as well for a stack worth 15,600,000.
Jean-Francois Alexandre:
Jeff Hakim:
Alexandre had the dominated hand and the board didn't change anything to eliminate the last French-Canadian of the final table at the 8th place for $45,348.
Hand #20: Mrityunjay Jha limped in the cutoff and Steffen Logen completed his option. David Goodman decided to raise to 2,000,000 and only Jha called.
The flop came and Goodman continued for 2,500,000. Jha folded.
Hand #21: Will Givens raised to 1,100,000 under the gun and Joe Foresman called in the small blind. Givens made a continuation bet for 1,400,000 on the flop and Foresman folded.
Hand #22: Jha pushed all in under the gun for his remaining stack around 5,600,000 and the players folded.