Ryan Laplante raised to 20,000 from middle position. Jagdeep Singh three-bet to 55,000, and behind him Slimane Mameche called all in for 25,000. Victor Choupeaux cold four-bet to 120,000 from the blinds, which got both Laplante and Singh out of the way.
Slimane Mameche:
Victor Choupeaux:
The board ran out and Mameche's kings held for a near quintuple up.
Ashly Butler raised to 28,000 from the cutoff. Ivan Deyra shoved around 100,000 from the button, Ryan Laplante reshoved from the blinds, covering both players. Butler tanked and folded, leaving himself with 80,000 behind.
Deyra:
Laplante:
"I folded ace-queen-jack-jack," said Butler.
The flop was absolutely devastating to Deyra: .
"That'll do it," remarked Laplante casually.
The on the turn and on the river were just for the statistics. Deyra was the last player to receive $6,718.
With a board of in front of them and a pot about 150,000 in size, Ryan Laplante bet enough to cover Shannon Shorr, making it 150,000. Shorr thought for a few moments before making the call.
Laplante tabled but wasn't good enough as Shorr turned over . Shorr had 132,000 behind and Laplante paid the double up.
Tomas Soderstrom raised to 18,000 in early position. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos shoved 86,000 in late position. Chris Moorman tanked in the big blind, asked for a count of Soderstrom's stack, then made the call. Soderstrom folded right away.
Kiriopoulos:
Moorman:
No help for Kiriopoulos on and he was out in 26th.