David Berman started the day with 21,600 and is now at 340,000. He described the events that led up to his chip-up.
Berman was up to around 90,000 before the last break and got all his chips in preflop. A player in middle position had raised to 5,200, the button made it 18,000, and Berman made it 41,200 in the small blind. The big blind folded, and the initial raiser five-bet shoved with both opponents covered. The player on the button tank-folded and said he had kings. Berman called, and he was behind with jacks against his opponent's aces.
The flop came 
. Berman saw a jack in the window and yelled, "Yes!" Then he saw the ace behind it, and his excitement disappeared. The turn changed nothing, but Berman hit the case jack on the river to more than double up after being one card away from elimination.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
, and all three players checked. The 
landed on the turn. Mortensen checked, Morgan bet 13,000, and Sanchez called before Mortensen check-raised to 45,000. Morgan folded, and Sanchez called. The river brough the 
, and Mortensen bet 88,000. After nearly four minutes of deliberation, Sanchez called and tabled his 
to defeat Mortensen's 
.
appeared on the river. Meyers slowed down and checked, which prompted his opponent to move all in. Meyers asked for a count but folded when it was deemed to be for 53,500.
board, and he and his opponent in the cutoff both checked. Greenblatt also checked the 
river, and his opponent bet 7,000 into a pot of around 35,000. Greenblatt put in a raise to 45,000. After tanking for a bit, the cutoff called, and Greenblatt turned over 
was sent into the muck face-up.
, and both players checked to the 
turn. Galfond checked again, and his opponent bet 42,000. Galfond weighed his options and elected to give up on the hand.
turn, he got a sweat when paint hit the river, but it was the blank 