Three ways to the flop, Chris Brewer and Ye Shen checked. Dan Shak bet 5,000 and Brewer was the only caller. The fell on the turn and Brewer checked once more. Shak now bet 20,000 and that won the pot without further resistance.
Dustin Dirksen was at risk for a mere 12,800 and was called by Ye Shen on the button and William Devitt. The two active players checked the flop and Devitt bet the turn for 9,000, which Shen called. Both checked the on the river and Dirksen was about to muck his for a pair of kings.
However, Devitt only had and Shen won the side pot with while Dirksen tripled up.
Peter Jetten was at risk for 23,300 and Thomas Kysar called. Stephen Chidwick then pushed all-in with a larger stack and Kysar tank-called for 128,300 total.
Peter Jetten:
Thomas Kysar:
Stephen Chidwick:
Thanks to a board of , Kysar prevailed to knock out Jetten on the second entry. Chidwick was knocked down below the full starting stack and the open seat was filled by Shota Nakanishi on the second entry for the tournament.
Eric Kurtzman lost the remainder of his stack and departed on his second entry as he had no further add-on chips behind. Erik Seidel was also eliminated and re-entered shortly after.
Last but not least, Shota Nakanishi got his first stack in with the before the flop. Thomas Kysar looked him up with the and remained ahead throughout the board as Nakanishi had to redeem an add-on chip.
On the river of a board , Thomas Kysar check-called for 15,000 when facing a bet worth Joao Vieira. The latter tabled the for a straight and that won the pot, as Kysar only had the .
Right after the hand the dealer high-carded all seats as Ben Yu entered the field and this required a new table to open with 25 players in the mix.
Seth Davies limped in and Chris Brewer raised it up to 6,500 on the button for Davies to call. The flop was checked by Davies and Brewer's bet of 5,000 was called by Davies. After the turn, Davies checked once more and Brewer's bet of 15,000 forced a fold.