Hand #13: Dario Sammartino raised to 900,000 from the button and Johnathan Dempsey shoved in the big blind for 9,800,000 which Sammartino called.
Johnathan Dempsey:
Dario Sammartino:
The flop came to keep Sammartino ahead.
The turn was the for Dempsey to pick up a gutshot to a straight but he bricked the river as the completed the board. Dempsey was sent to the rail in 24th place just a few minutes after returning from the 60-minute break for $324,650.
Hand #18: Nick Marchington raised to 900,000 on the button and Michael Niwinski came along from the big blind to see the flop. Niwinski checked and called a bet of 700,000, the appeared on the turn. Niwinski checked and a bet of 2,600,000 by Marchington did the trick to force a fold.
Hand #19: Marchington made it 900,000 to go from the cutoff and Warwick Mirzikinian three-bet to 2,400,000 on the button. Marchington called and they headed to a flop of , which Marchington checked. Mirzikinian continued for 3,200,000 and picked up a call.
On the turn, both players elected to check and the fell on the river. Marchington now bet 2,500,000 and Mirzikinian called and was shown the by Marchington, who scooped the pot larger than the three bottom stacks at the main feature have at their disposal.
Hand #20: Henry Lu raised to 900,000 and Hossein Ensan called in the big blind. The flop brought and Ensan check-called a continuation bet of 1,000,000 by Lu. After the turn, Ensan checked once more and faced a second barrel of 2,500,000 by Lu.
Ensan made the call and the river paired up the board. A bet of 3,900,000 by Ensan ensured the pot, as Lu folded near-instantly.
Hand #16 Duey Duong raised to 900,000 from early position and won the blinds and ante.
Hand #17: Zhen Cai raised to 800,000 in early position and won the blinds and ante.
Hand #18: Preben Stokkan opened the cutoff to 300,000 and Milos Skrbic three-bet the button to 3,000,000. Stokkan folded.
Hand #19: Duey Duong limped the small blind and Zhen Cai checked his option in the big blind. The flop landed and Duong bet 500,000 and Cai called.
The turn fell the and Duong bet 1,200,000 and Cai folded.
Hand #20: Alex Livingston raised to 900,000 from early position and Austin Lewis three-bet to 3,100,000 from the cutoff. Livingston folded.
Hand #21: Milos Skrbic raised to 800,000 from middle position and Timothy Su called in the big blind. The flop landed and Su check-called a bet of 950,000. The turn fell the and Su check-folded to a bet of 2,200,000 from Skrbic.
Main Feature Hand #21: Michael Niwinski raised to 900,000 in the cutoff and Hossein Ensan filled up from the small blind. Marcelo Cudos moved all in for 7,900,000 in total out of the big blind and Niwinski folded, Ensan quickly called.
Marcelo Cudos:
Hossein Ensan:
The flop left Cudos on thin ice, and the turn and river brought no miracle. Cudos was eliminated in 23rd place and takes home $324,650 for his efforts.
Hand #14: Robert Heidorn limped second to act and [Removed:140] followed suit in middle position. Mihai Manole checked the big blind and the flop came . Heidorn bet 400,000 and won the pot.
Hand #15: Heidorn opened for 950,000 and Enrico Rudelitz shoved on his left for 5,750,000. Action folded back to Heidorn and he gave it up.
Hand #16: Rudelitz raised to 900,000 under the gun and Paul Dhaliwal called in the small blind. They checked down to the river on until Rudelitz bet 900,000 and won.
Hand #17: Garry Gates raised to 850,000 in middle position and Rudelitz called out of the big blind. Rudelitz checked the flop and folded to a bet of 900,000.
Hand #18: Gates opened again for 850,000 and swept up the blinds and antes.
Hand #19: Dario Sammartino got a walk.
Hand #20: Rau opened for 900,000 on the button and Sammartino three-bet to 2.8 million. Rau thought briefly then folded.
Hand #22: Henry Lu raised to 900,000 under the gun and Warwick Mirzikinian called from middle position. Kevin Maahs then three-bet all in for 6.15 million from the big blind, Lu called, and Mirzikinian got out of the way.
Maahs:
Lu:
The flop was safe for Maahs as were both the turn and river. Maahs more than doubled to 13.6 million while Lu dropped to 19.3 million.
Hand #23: Lu received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #24: Mirzikinian raised to 800,000 under the gun and won the pot.
Hand #25: Mirzikinian received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #26: Lu raised to 900,000 and Nick Marchington called from the button. The flop came down and Lu bet 650,000. Marchington called and the dealer burned and turned the . Lu checked, Marchington did the same, and the completed the board on the river.
Lu opted to bet again this time making it 1.8 million to go. Marchington wasn't having it and released his hand.
Hand #22: Austin Lewis raised to 800,000 from middle position and Timothy Su called in the small blind.
The board checked through to the river were Su led out for 2,700,000 and Lewis folded.
Hand #23: Timothy Su raised the button to 800,000 and Preben Stokkan defended his big blind. The flop landed and Stokkan check-folded to a bet of 600,000.
Hand #24: Nicholas Danias shoved all in from the hijack for 4,225,000 and won the blinds and ante.
Hand #25: Milos Skrbic raised to 1,500,000 from the small blind and Austin Lewis folded the big.
Hand #26: Nicholas Danias shoved all in for 5,225,000 from early position and won the blinds and ante.
Hand #27: Preben Stokkan raised to 900,000 in the hijack and won the blinds and ante.
Outer Table Hand #28: Alex Livingston shoved all in from early position for 7,500,000 and Austin Lewis called in the cutoff.
From the big blind, Nicholas Danias called all in for 5,825,000 total.
Danias:
Livingston:
Lewis:
Both Danias and Livingston were at risk, and Lewis - the covering stack - had both players pipped with his pocket pair.
The flop landed to give each player a sweat. Danias had picked up a gusthot to the last remaining ten in the deck, while both Lewis and Livingston had straight draws. Livingston also picked up a flush draw to go with his double gutshot.
The turn of the changed little, but it would be the on the river that would see Livingston score a near-triple with his Broadway straight.
Danias' rivered top pair wasn't enough, and he was eliminated in 22nd place for a $324,650 payday.
Hand #27: Warwick Mirzikinian opened to 900,000 on the button and Michael Niwinski three-bet to 2,700,000 from the small blind. Christopher Barton four-bet to 7,000,000 in the big blind to quickly force out Mirzikinian, while Niwinski needed more time to consider his options.
Niwinski moved all in for 11,050,000 and Barton called the remaining few chips to set up the following showdown.
Michael Niwinski:
Christopher Barton:
Niwinski was ahead but the flop gave Barton a flush draw. The turn gave both players a gutshot, and the river blanked to let Niwinski double.
Hand #28: Warwick Mirzikinian raised to 900,000 from the cutoff and scooped the blinds and big blind ante.
Hand #29: Mirzikinian made it 900,000 to go from the hijack and claimed the second pot in a row without resistance.
Hand #29: Milos Skrbic raised to 800,000 in middle position and Timothy Su called in the big blind. The flop landed and Su check-folded to a bet of 1,000,000.
Hand #30: Zhen Cai raised to 1,250,000 from the cutoff and Alex Livingston called in the big blind.
The flop landed and both players checked. The turn fell the and Livingston bet out 1,100,000 and Cai folded.