Kevin Hobbs raised to 250,000 in the hijack with and was called by Jon Van Fleet in the small blind with and Gal Yifrach in the big blind with . The flop came and Van Fleet led out for 275,000. Yifrach called with his straight and flush draw while Hobbs laid his hand down.
The turn was the and Van Fleet tossed in another bet of 675,000. Yifrach stuck around to see the on the river and Van Fleet chose to check this time. Yifrach took a shot with a bet of 1,275,000 but was faced with an all in from Van Fleet. Yifrach quickly mucked his eight-high and Van Fleet raked in the pot.
Viktor Blom opened to 225,000 from early position and Darren Elias three-bet to 700,000 in middle position. The action folded back to Blom who announced all in for 4,845,000 which was snap-called by Elias.
Viktor Blom:
Darren Elias:
Elias was in a dominating position heading to the flop of . The turn brought the giving Blom a flush draw and the river was the . Although Elias hit a set of kings, Blom made his flush and scored a massive double up through the Day 1 chip leader.
Shaan Siddiqui raised to 230,000 from early position and Victor Ramdin three-bet to 600,000 from late position. Siddiqui called the raise and the flop came down . Siddiqui check-called a bet of 600,000 from Ramdin.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river. The river came down the and Siddiqui led out for 900,000, which was quickly called by Ramdin. Siddiqui tabled jacks and Ramdin showed for the winning hand.
Jon Van Fleet opened to 250,000 from early position with and the action folded to Yuan Jiang in the big blind who stuck in his last 590,000 with . Van Fleet made the easy call and the cards were on their backs.
The board ran out and Jiang was unable to overcome a major deficit. Van Fleet raked in a small pot while Jiang was sent to the rail.
While the tournament staff move players around and get them into the correct seats, the clock has been paused and the players were sent on a 15-minute break.
The final 16 players have now gathered at two tables after doing a complete redraw for seats. Going forward, the feature table will be reported from the live stream on a 30-minute delay, and the outer table will be in sync with that as well. Here is how they line up.
Kevin Hobbs raised to 180,000 from early position and was called by David Eldridge in the cutoff, Ami Alibay in the small blind, and Victor Ramdin in the big blind. The flop came down and the action was checked to Hobbs who bet out 425,000. Eldridge called from the cutoff and Alibay then went all in for 1,790,000. Both Ramdin and Hobbs folded and Eldridge then called.
Ami Alibay:
David Eldridge:
The turn and river did not help Eldridge as Alibay secured the double up.
The action folded around to David Eldridge in the small blind who pushed forward a stack of T100,000 chips. Martin Jacobson was in the big blind and quickly made the call after looking at his cards.
David Eldridge:
Martin Jacobson:
The flop fell and Jacobson held the lead with a pair of aces, although Eldridge flopped a pair and the best flush draw. The turn was the giving Eldridge two pair and the river was the improving him to a full house.
Kristen Bicknell shoved for 1,155,000 from the small blind and was called by David Eldridge in the big blind. Both players flipped over their cards and Eldridge had the advantage going into the flop.
Kristen Bicknell:
David Eldridge:
Kristen moved ahead when the flop revealed . The turn and river did not change anything, as Bicknell doubled up.