Adrian Moreno raised to 215,000 from the small blind and [Removed:172] called in the big blind. The flop came and Moreno continued for 400,000, which Kramer called. On the turn, Moreno checked and Kramer bet 500,000 with around 1,300,000 behind.
That was good enough to force a fold from Moreno, who dropped to 23 big blinds.
Vlad Darie raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Adrian Moreno, as well as [Removed:172] in the small blind, both called. The flop fell and Kramer checked to Darie who continued for 350,000. Moreno raised to 850,000 and Kramer folded.
Darie moved all in and Moreno quickly called for the remainder of his stack.
Moreno:
Darie:
The turn gave Moreno trips, but Darie got there thanks to the on the river to eliminate Moreno in 19th place for $26,070.
Under the gun, Toby Price pushed his short stack toward the middle.
Alexandru Papazian was closing the action from the big blind and he found a hand worth calling the approximate 600,000-chip shove.
Price:
Papazian:
Price was alive, but the flop significantly decreased his chances. Price needed runner-runner to survive but that possibility was already denied on the turn. The river completed the board while Price was already asking the tournament staff about his final position.
Ray Qartomy raised to 220,000 and Michael Tureniec called from the small blind. Jose Reyes moved all in for his last 970,000 in the big blind and Qartomy reluctantly folded while Tureniec called.
Reyes:
Tureniec:
"I folded because I know how you play," Qartomy said, and the board came to see Reyes dodge both overcards and the flush draw in order to double.
Harry Lodge raised to 250,000 and Vlad Darie called in the small blind. [Removed:172] came along from the big blind as well. On the flop, all three players checked. The fell on the turn and Darie bet 550,000 to force two folds.
Over on Table 5, Eric Baldwin made it 250,000 to go from under the gun and Alexandru Papazian called in the big blind. The flop went check, check, and Papazian's bet of 420,000 on the turn won the pot uncontested.
Guillaume Diaz raised to 260,000 from the cutoff and Ray Qartomy three-bet for 400,000 on top from the button. The action folded to Diaz and he moved all in. Qartomy snap-called without asking for a count.
Diaz:
Qartomy:
"Oh my god, he has aces," the Winamax rail said when the cards were tabled. Once the flop fell , they started celebrating and asking for a deuce. Both the turn and the river were blanks and Diaz' rail kept chanting while their favorite doubled for 3,265,000. Qartomy snapped a picture of the cards with his phone and was left with just over three big blinds.