A tidal pot between Tamer Alkamli and Justin Bond, changed the flow of chips.
On a board of with 600,000 in the middle already, Bond had just called a flop bet from Alkamli.
When a turn came in, Bond check-jammed a bet of 420,000 from Alkamli. With Bond covering Alkamli, he put him all in for 1,430,000 total. After at good few minutes of thought, Alkamli ultimately called.
Tamer Alkamli:
Justin Bond:
Bond needed help but the river wasn't it, sending a huge pot Alkamli's way.
It folded to Taylor Black in the small blind who accidentally raised to 245,000 from the small blind. Anthony Hu tanked before calling and both checked all the way throughout a board .
Black tabled and the pot was sent to Hu who showed for a pair of jacks.
Christopher Frank opened on the button and Patrick Sekinger shoved in the small blind for 1,300,000. Shawn Daniels reshoved in the big blind and Frank got out of the way:
Patrick Sekinger:
Shawn Daniels:
Sekinger had to win the flip to stay in the tournament, which he did thanks to a board and he is now approaching a stack worth 3,000,000.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio was on the winning side of another pot. This time he was heads-up against Tamer Alkamli at the river on the board of . Blind on blind, Alkamli lead into D'Ambrosio for 190,000.
The pot was at least 200,000 at that point and D'Ambrosio called the bet and flipped his over after Alkamli showed his for a bluff.
A few hands later D'Ambrosio was once again in the mix, this time against Justin Bond.
On the turn, D'Ambrosio had bet 160,000 into around a 300,000 chip pot from the hijack versus Bond on the button, who called on a board of
''I like the way you put that in'', D'Ambrosio said to Bond in a friendly way, referring to the way Bond called his bet.
On the river, both players checked their option and D'Ambrosio showed down for the winner, as Bond mucked his holding.
According to the table, Joey Weissman opened and Ting-Yi Tsai shoved for less than 20 big blinds on the button, holding . Jonathan Pastore reshoved with and Weissman got out of the way.
The board ran out and Pastore's pair of jacks held to give him the pot and eliminate Tsai.
On the other table, Roger Taieb managed to get a lucky double up with against to now hold a stack worth 1,560,000.
Preflop action saw small blind, Stephen Song all in against big blind Jesse Lonis who had around 700,000 in chips. Song had Lonis covered and the cards were on their backs.
Jesse Lonis:
Stephen Song:
The board ran out and with no help for Lonis' fours, his time in the tournament came to an end shortly into Level 23.
After Jimmy D'Ambrosio had bet 160,000 on the turn from the big blind of , Paraskevas Tsokaridis called from under-the-gun. The button was in the pot until he let his hand go and they went to a river.
The river lead to both players checking and the charming D'Ambrosio showed down the , which was good enough to spike the win.
''To be fair, I kinda knew it was coming'' said D'Ambrosio to Tsokaridis as they both smiled.