Ankush Mandavia opened under the gun and faced a jam from the button for around 120,000 and a big blind shove for about 90,000. He called with both players covered.
Button:
Big Blind:
Ankush Mandavia:
The board ran out and Mandavia spiked a jack to eliminate both players.
Chance Kornuth was in a heads-up hand and fired for about 135,000 on a board of with around 150,000 already in the pot. His opponent tanked and eventually called.
Kornuth turned over for two-pair and his opponent mucked.
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The action folded to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind who shoved all in for 51,000. Erik Seidel was in the big blind and made a hesitant call with up against the of Negreanu.
The board ran out and the players chopped the pot with two pair and a queen kicker.
In the next hand, there was a raise to 13,000 and Negreanu moved all-in for 55,000 this time. His opponent called and was in a dominating position.
Negreanu turned over but was in bad shape against the of his opponent. However, the board of favored Negreanu who scored a double up to stay alive.
Picking up the action on the flop with the board reading , the action was on Jacob Daniels on the button who bet 17,000 into a pot of around 30,000. Eric Worre was in the big blind and check-raised to 50,000 which Daniels called.
The on the turn paired the board and Worre counted out a bet of 80,000. Daniels still tagged along to see the on the river.
Worre paused for a minute before shoving his stack of 216,000 into the middle. Daniels asked for a count and thought for a moment as well. He eventually made the call and Worre flipped over , knowing his pocket fives were no good at the time. Daniels tabled for kings and nines to scoop a huge pot and climb into seven figures.
Joe McKeehen re-shoved when an opponent on the button went all-in for around 136,000 and the other player in the hand got out of the way.
Opponent:
Joe McKeehen:
The flop of was safe for McKeehen but the on the turn gave his opponent a set; the on the river didn't change things. McKeehen was visibly shaken after the hand.
Daniel Negreanu was still sitting on a shorter stack of just over 10 big blinds and he moved all in for just over 100,000 in early position. Chipleader, Jacob Daniels, was waiting in the cutoff and made the call when the action folded around.
Daniel Negreanu:
Jacob Daniels:
"Small cards!" Negreanu cheered as the dealer spread the flop of . Negreanu remained in the lead with his pair of jacks but the on the turn gave Daniels a pair of queens. The on the river changed nothing and Negreanu sent his chips to the big stack of Daniels.
Mikita Badziakouski had just lost a big hand where he made a crying call on a queen-high board and mucked when his opponent showed pocket jacks. A few hands later, he was all-in for 63,000 in a heads-up pot.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Badziakouski secured a double with top pair.
The tournament clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining in level 8 and each table will complete their final four hands of the night before the players bag up their chips.