Ben Yu raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Bernhard Muhire moved all in from the small blind. Ioannis Angelou Konstas in the big blind gave it some consideration and counted his stack, which amounted to 920,000. The Greek then called all in and Yu asked for a brief count before folding.
Another limped pot emerged in a battle of the blinds between Guillaume Diaz and Ray Qartomy. The former bet the flop for 100,000 and Qartomy called. On the turn, Diaz checked and called a bet of 200,000 before checking again the river.
Qartomy bet 500,000 and Diaz tanked for more than four minutes without any of his opponents calling the clock. Eventually, the Frenchman mucked with the words "nice hand" and Qartomy flashed the . Diaz nodded and said, "Ten-seven is good."
Under the gun, Bernard Muhire made it 220,000. Big stack Eric Baldwin moved all in from the button, covering all opponents behind him. Both blinds folded but Muhire called.
Muhire:
Baldwin:
Muhire was in good shape to make a double but the board favored Baldwin who spiked a crucial ace on the river.
With 500,000 in the middle and the flop showing , Ray Qartomy bet 175,000 from the small blind. Vivian Im in the big blind raised to 400,000 and Qartomy moved all in. Im, who had 1,760,000 behind, asked for a count on the all-in and Qartomy was at risk for 2,665,000, having Im covered.
Im took more than two minutes to make up her mind and folded.
Ioanis Angelou Konstas raised to 200,000 from the button and big blind Toby Price pulled out a huge three-bet of what looked to be 1,600,000.
Konstas was puzzled. "Will you show me if I fold?" he begged.
"Not sure," Price replied.
Konstas figured out a way to see Konstas cards, pushing all in for 2,005,000. Price had to make an easy call, considering the amount he'd already put in. He called immediately.
Konstas:
Price:
Konstas saw one of the hands he'd wished for and Price's ace-ten couldn't catch up on the board.
Konstas let out, "Yes!" in joy while Price dropped to last six big blinds.
Within two hands, the stack of Ian O'Hara has melted to zero and the chips went to Randy Pfeifer and Vlad Darie.
Hand #1:
Picking up the action on the turn, Pfeifer checked out of the big blind and O'Hara bet 300 from the cutoff. Pfeifer check-raised to 700,000 and O'Hara called. On the river, Pfeifer bet 1,125,000 and O'Hara reluctantly called, then mucked when he was shown for trips jacks by Pfeifer.
Hand #2:
Down to 23 big blinds, O'Hara faced a raise by table neighbor Vlad Darie and three-bet all in with pocket nines. Darie called with and flopped a jack, making the nine on the river a cruel formality.
O'Hara, who started the day in the lead, had to settle for a disappointing 20th place and payday of $26,070.