Michael Wang bet 16,000 from under the gun on a flop of and was called by Jack Salter in the big blind.
Both players checked the turn as the river fell the . Salter used a time bank before sliding forward a tower of blue 5,000 chips for a bet totaling 125,000.
Wang used two of his own time banks as he considered the decision, eventually deciding to fold.
Before the break, Anthony Cierco moved all in for around 30,000 and Chino Rheem flat-called behind him. Giuliano Bendinelli then three-bet jammed a stack of about 250,000 and Rheem called.
Anthony Cierco:
Giuliano Bendinelli:
Chino Rheem:
The board ran out to give Bendinelli a straight to eliminate Cierco and double through Rheem, who was irritated with how the hand played out.
"I wanted him to re-shove," Rheem grumbled. "Back to square one!"
"Of course," said Bendinelli. "If I'm shoving eights, I'm shoving ace-jack and ace-queen."
Three-handed on a flop of , Gaelle Baumann bet 25,000 from early position and was called by David Dahan in the cutoff. In the big blind, Emmanuel Lopez made it 85,000 and both opponents called.
The turn came the and Lopez announced he was all in, having both Baumann and Dahan well covered. Baumann, with about 280,000 behind, tanked for a moment before folding, while Dahan quickly mucked.
Action folded around to Said Chegdane in the small blind who moved all in for his last 90,000. Maria Lampropulos asked for a count in the big blind, and after a moment of thought made the call.
Said Chegdane:
Maria Lampropulos:
Chegdane was well ahead with his better kicker and when the board ran out , it was the pair of queens for Chegdane that scored him the full double up.
Seth Davies and Torben Sorensen played a very memorable hand at Table 21 that ended in the two chopping with the nuts.
PokerNews picked up the action on with Davies in the cutoff and Torensen on the button. Davies checked the flop and Torensen fired a bet of 30,000. Davies called.
Davies checked again on the turn and Torensen sized up to 55,000. Davies, with his face concealed by a grey baseball cap pulled over his eyes, used a time bank and called.
The river put quads on the board and Davies again used a time bank as he sat stoically in his chair. Eventually, he announced "all in," only to get snapped off by Sorensen. Davies tabled for the stone nuts with quad sixes and an ace kicker. But holding the nuts wasn't enough to earn Davies the pot as his Danish opponent also held the nuts with .
"That's one of three rivers where I don't have a hard decision," Davies said after the hand.
"It's funny: One of you is bluffing on the turn and the other is bluff-catching. Then you both have the nuts on the river!" laughed Gergely Kulcsar from the one seat. "It's fun to watch you guys."
The action was picked up on a flop of in a pot of just over 70,000. Vasyl Pidhrusnyi checked from early position with only a single 5,000 chip behind. Byron Kaverman slid in 5,000 from the hijack and Pidhrusnyi went deep in the tank.
Pidhrusnyi tossed in all of his time bank cards to give himself several minutes, hoping to make the pay jump at 183. With one second left on the clock, Pidhrusnyi made the call.
Vasyl Pidhrusnyi:
Byron Kaverman:
The and completed the board and was no help to Pidhrusnyi as he exited in 185th place.