Matthew Gonzales raised to 400,000 and Alex Epstein three-bet the pot to 1,200,000 from one seat over. Once the action folded back to Gonzales, he spent some time in the think tank and eventually made the call for nearly half of his stack to see the flop. Gonzales checked and Epstein bet 450,000 to force a fold from Gonzales, who dropped to seven big blinds.
Erik Seidel raised pot to 700,000. Robert Mizrachi three-bet to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. The blinds both folded and Seidel got the rest of his chips in.
Erik Seidel:
Robert Mizrachi:
The flop was with both players still holding aces. The turn was the giving Seidel a gutshot and the river was the and the two chopped it up
Stephen Chidwick raised to 750,000 at the new blind level and Matthew Gonzales re-raised all in for 1,100,000 from the next position.
Alex Epstein eyed the 12 and five big blind stacks of Wasim Korkis and Erik Seidel behind him, as well as spying the stack of Chidwick who had opened.
Korkis then called out of the small blind, Seidel folded and Chidwick called the extra 350,000.
With over 4.5m chips in the middle and Gonzales all-in, the flop came . Korkis checked and Chidwick bet 1,000,000. Epstein took his time, asked how much was in the pot, and raised to 2,800,000. Korkis folded and action was on Chidwick.
Chidwick tanked and then moved all in for 10,300,00. Epstein looked into the distance and folded.
Matthew Gonzales:
Stephen Chidwick:
Chidwick held the nut flush draw against the aces of Gonzales who would need to hold to stay alive. The turn was the giving Chidwick extra gutshot outs.
The river was the and Gonzales quadrupled his stack, with Chidwick moving ahead of Epstein at the top of the counts.
Alex Epstein raised to 650,000 in the cutoff and picked up a call by James Chen in the big blind. The flop brought and both players checked to the turn. Chen checked once more and Epstein bet 650,000, which Chen called.
On the river, both checked again and the cards were briefly shown as Chen raked in the pot.
Alex Epstein raised to 650,000 pre-flop and Wasim Korkis three-bet all in for 2,130,000. James Chen looked interested and asked for an exact count of Korkis' stack. Chen took a glimpse at Erik Seidel's four big blind stack to his immediate right, then back to Korkis' chips.
Eventually, Chen folded, as did Robert Mizrachi in the big blind. The action was back on Epstein who called.
Alex Epstein:
Wasim Korkis:
Korkis, cigarette in his mouth as has been his custom throughout the entire tournament took a swig of water as he waited for the flop which was giving Korkis the lead with two pair.
However, the on the turn gave Epstein a set. Korkis would need to fill up with either an ace or a four, but the river was the and he was eliminated in seventh place.
Robert Mizrachi limped the small blind and Stephen Chidwick raised the pot to 750,000 out of the big blind, which Mizrachi called. On the flop, Mizrachi opted to check and faced a continuation bet worth 500,000 by Chidwick. Mizrachi called and the appeared on the turn, which went check, check.
After the river, Mizrachi made it 1,350,000 to go and Chidwick released his cards into the muck.
Robert Mizrachi opened the action with a raise to 525,000 in the cutoff and found resistance in Stephen Chidwick, who three-bet to 1,300,000 on the button. That shut down all further action and the pot was sent to Chidwick.
In the next hand, Alex Epstein limped the small blind and James Chen checked from the big blind to see the flop free of charge. Epstein checked and Chen made it 300,000 to go, which Epstein called.
On the turn, the action went check, check, and the river completed the board. Epstein placed a bet of 350,000 and Chen surrendered.