The action folded to Richard Seymour in the small blind who just limped in. Fabian Gumz checked his option and the dealer fanned the flop of . Seymour led out with a min-bet and Gumz called to see the on the turn.
Seymour splashed in another bet of 8,000 on the turn and Gumz stuck around for the on the river. Seymour put together a third bet of 17,000 and Gumz finally dumped his cards to the muck.
Rayan Chamas raised to 8,000 on the button and Day 1 chip leader David Stamm called in the big blind.
Stamm checked the flop and Chamas continued for 12,000. Stamm then announced a raise to 48,000 and Chamas took some time before making the call.
Stamm moved all-in after the turn for 170,000 and Chamas asked for a count. After a few moments, Chamas showed the as he mucked his hand to the dealer, awarding the pot to Stamm.
Marcel Schwarz's early position raise was met with an all-in from Parker Talbot for his last 47,000 chips. Schwarz made the call, putting Talbot at risk.
Parker Talbot:
Marcel Schwarz:
"How do you have a pair?" asked Talbot as the hands were revealed. The flop of delivered a higher pair to the PokerStars Ambassador, with the turn and river cementing his double up.
Mauricio Sanchez raised to 9,000 in the hijack and was called by Dario Sammartino on the button and Tauan Naves in the big blind. The flop came and Sanchez continued with a bet of 11,000. Sammartino called and Naves got out of the way.
The turn brought the and Sanchez checked this time. Sammartino tossed in a bet of 16,000 and Sanchez laid his hand down after some deliberation.
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Pedro Garagnani opened to 10,500 in early position and Parker Talbot three-bet shoved all in for 86,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Garagnani who quickly called to put Talbot at risk.
Parker Talbot:
Pedro Garagnani:
Talbot was looking at three outs and the flop of provided no immediate help. The on the turn and the on the river meant Talbot was eliminated and Garagnani collected the bounty.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Simon Gilles led out with a bet of 42,000 from the big blind into a pot of just under 50,000. Joseph Cheong called from the cutoff and the hit the river.
Gilles counted out a bet of 72,000 on the river and Cheong instantly splashed in some chips to call. Gilles flipped over for just queen-high while Cheong held for trip aces.
Mauricio Sanchez raised from early position to 27,000 and called once Donald Lloyd moved his shorter stack all in.
Donald Lloyd:
Mauricio Sanchez:
Lloyd was in front to begin the hand, but the flop flipped the advantage in a big way. The turn changed nothing, while the river gave Sanchez quad kings and the bounty card.