Jonas Mackoff opened to 225,000 in middle position and got a call from Damian Salas on the button. Scott Blumstein made it 700,000 to go, and only Salas continued. On the flop, Blumstein tanked over a minute before he bet 660,000, and that was enough to earn him the pot.
Jack Sinclair raised to 225,000 and was called by Wesley Pantling on the button and Michael Krasienko in the big blind. The flop came and a bet of 300,000 by Sinclair won the pot.
One table over, Daniel Turner raised to 250,000 and Alexandre Reard moved all in. "That's like 1.3 million? Can you count it please?" Turner asked. Reard's all in was for 1,325,000 and Turner folded.
Back to Sinclair's table, he defended his big blind against a raise to 225,000 by Richard Dubini and Richard Gryko also came along from the button. On the flop, Sinclair checked and Dubini bet 300,000. Only Gryko called and the turn went check-check. After the river, Dubini bet 1 million and Gryko folded.
Cosmin Joldis raised to 225,000 in late position and was called by Marcel Luske in the cutoff and Karen Sarkisyan on the button. The flop came and it checked around. On the turn, Joldis and Luske checked, and Sarkisyan bet 450,000.
After a long pause, Joldis check-raised to 1,250,000. Luske got out of the way and Sarkisyan thought for a little while and then called.
The river was the . After several seconds, Joldis moved all in with Sarkisyan covered. Sarkisyan called rather quickly and the cards were on their backs.
Joldis:
Sarkisyan:
Joldis was good with his pair of tens until the seven on the river gave Sarkisyan a set. Sarkisyan's stack was counted at 4,235,000 and Joldis matched it. The hand put Sarkisyan up close to 12 million chips and left Joldis with around 16 big blinds.
Frank Crivello raised to 250,000 from middle position and Florian Lohnert three-bet to 850,000 from the small blind. Crivello called and the flop came .
Lohnert led out for 950,000 and Crivello tanked for a couple moments. When he announced all in, Lohnert quickly called and the cards were tabled. Lohnert showed and Crivello held .
"I thought you had ace-king," Crivello said, explaining why he moved all in.
The turn was the and the river brought the , giving Lohnert a full double-up at the hands of Crivello.
With 650,000 already in the pot and the turn reading , Jack Sinclair bet 350,000 in the small blind and Wen Zhou raised to 700,000 in the big blind. Sinclair clicked it back to 1,400,000 and Zhou quickly moved all in, picking up a snap-call by Sinclair.
Even before the cards were tabled, Zhou shook his head and knew he was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar.
Sinclair:
Zhou:
A meaningless on the river saw Sinclair double up for massive 7,050,000 and Zhou was sent all the way back to 12 big blinds.
Cosmin Joldis moved all in for his last 1,365,000 from under the gun and action was on Randy Pisane in middle position. After about a minute, Pisane came in with a raise to 2,600,000 and everyone else folded.
Joldis was at risk and flipping with , up against Pisane's .
The flop came and Joldis remained in the lead with two queens, while taking away some of Pisane's outs since he held the only heart. The turn was the and Joldis said, "Five!" Sure enough, the river was the and Joldis locked up a double.
Justas Vaiciulionis raised to 260,000 and action folded around to Connor Drinan who was in the big blind.
"Are you committed?" Drinan asked. "I feel like you looked at my stack and thought: What raise can I commit to?"
Vaiciulionis shook his head. Eventually, Drinan moved all in and Vaiciulionis quickly called.
Drinan:
Vaiciulionis:
"Did you see how quick everyone else folded?" Drinan asked Vaiciulionis. "That means they didn't have any aces or kings to three-bet your ass. That means I'm like a 70/30."
Unfortunately for Drinan, the flop of left him drawing very thin. He needed a jack, three, two, or queen just to stay alive on the turn. But the turn was the and that left him drawing dead. The river was the meaningless and that meant Drinan was eliminated from the tournament in 56th place while Vaiciulionis moved over 4 million chips.
On a board reading , Jake Bazeley checked from the big blind and Randy Pisane checked behind from late position.
The river was the and Bazeley led out for 850,000. Pisane thought for a bit, and then raised to 2,725,000. Bazeley was in the tank for awhile, trying to get a read off his opponent. He also couldn't believe that Pisane could have the best hand every time.
"Do you always have it? Do you always make a set?" Bazeley was asking, but no response was given. Bazeley eventually folded his hand as he flashed half of the table a in his hand.