Jesus Blanco opened to 225,000 from early position. Bryan Piccioli called in middle position, Marcel Luske called in the small blind, and Karen Sarkisyan called in the big blind. On the flop, Luske quickly moved all in for 1,060,000. Sarkisyan folded, Blanco folded, and Piccioli said, "Wow. I have a ten," and looked at Luske.
Luske started talking, telling Piccioli to call and double him up, and then double him up a couple more times. Piccioli told him that would hurt his stack too much.
As Luske kept talking, Piccioli said, "I'm confused. Are you trying to get me to call or fold?" Luske told him he wanted a call.
"I'm just gonna muck it," Piccioli decided, and Luske showed for the nut flush draw.
Scott Blumstein limped in from the small blind and Daniel Turner raised to 325,000 in the big blind, which Blumstein called. After a flop of , Blumstein checked and subsequently called a bet worth 350,000 by Turner before checking again the turn. Turner bet 800,000 and that shut down all further action.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.