A short-stacked Chance Kornuth open-shipped under the gun for 495,000 and Brian Yoon, who only had 20,000 more than that, moved all in from the cutoff. Nick Maimone called from the small blind to put both players at risk and the cards were turned up.
Kornuth:
Yoon:
Maimone:
"Good flip for you guys," Maimone said when the flop delivered both his opponents draws. The turn was gin for Yoon, who made a straight, and both Kornuth and Maimone were drawing dead headed to the river.
Yoon tripled on the hand while Kornuth fell in seventh place for $192,780.
Dario Sammartino just raised before the flop and won the blinds and antes, and on the very next hand he made it 115,000 again. This time Nick Maimone called from the big blind and the flop came down .
Maimone check-called 75,000 and on the turn the hit.
Both players checked and turn, and the river.
"King-high," Maimone announced, after which Sammartino raked in the pot after showing for ace-high.
In one of the last hands of the level, Brian Yoon raised to 110,000 under the gun and Nick Maimone called from the cutoff. Josh Beckley then three-bet to 365,000 from the button, Dario Sammartino four-bet jammed for 955,000 from the small blind, and both Yoon and Maimone folded.
Beckley gave it some thought but settled upon a fold.
The action folded to Andrey Zaichenko in the small blind and he moved all in for 830,000 chips. Nick Maimone, in the big blind, looked at his cards and immediately he made the call.
Zaichenko:
Maimone:
The board ran out and Zaichenko was sent to the rail in sixth place.
Sean Winter raised to 130,000 from the cutoff, Nick Maimone called from the small blind, and the both players checked the flop. After the dealer burned and turned the , Maimone checked, Winter bet 155,000, and Maimone check-raised to 400,000.
Winter took his time before making the call and the completed the board on the river. Maimone led out for 520,000, and Winter responded by moving all in for 580,000 more. Maimone didn't seem thrilled, but he called with the for a turned set. He didn't seem surprised to see Winter roll over a better hand, but he didn't seem to expect the for the rivered gutshot.
Josh Beckley raised to 130,000 and Sean Winter called from the big blind. The flop came down and Winter check-called a bet of 155,000.
On the turn the hit and now Winter check-called 220,000.
The river brought the and Winter checked a third time. Beckley opted to check behind, and Winter tossed his cards high up in the air showing for a full house. Beckley mucked and Winter took down this pot.
Nick Maimone opened for 140,000 under the gun and action folded to Brian Yoon, who moved all in from the big blind for 1.035 million. Maimone thought about it for roughly a minute and then spiked in a call.
Yoon:
Maimone:
"Jack, queen, or king," Maimone told his rail after the flop delivered him a gutshot to Broadway. The turn was one of his cards, and suddenly Yoon was looking for a five on the river to stay alive.
Unfortunately for him, it wasn't in the cards as the blanked. Yoon will take home $347,760 for his fifth-place finish.