John Hewitt opened from under the gun to 650,000 before action folded to Pius Heinz on the button. He reraised all in for 8.06 million. After the two blinds folded, Hewitt snap-called and tabled the . Heinz was all in and at risk with the dominated .
The flop came down and Hewitt stayed in front. Heinz did pick up a straight draw and a backdoor flush draw.
The turn was the and then the river landed with the , completing the straight for Heinz. With his straight to the jack, Heinz doubled up to 16.81 million. Hewitt was knocked back to 18.18 million.
Eoghan O'Dea abriu o pote no hijack com raise para 650,000 e a acção chegou em fold até Bryan Devonshire na big blind. Devonshire olhou para as suas cartas e anunciou estar al in (~3M). O'Dea fez call.
Samuel Holden min-raised to 600,000 from the hijack seat, Badih Bounahra three-bet to 1.7 million from the small blind, and the action folded back to Holden. He tanked, then four-bet shoved for 10.21 million. Bounahra sat back in his chair with his left hand covering his mouth while the tournament director counted Holden's stack.
Once the amount was confirmed, Bounahra re-sweated his cards, looked into the stands, then sweated them once more. He asked for the count again, the tournament director gave it to him, and he started counting his own stack. Bounahra was tossing and turning in his swirly chair like it was 4 a.m. and he couldn't sleep, then finally stood up, putting his hands on his hips.
After less than about a minute of standing, Bounahra sat back down and unhappily mucked his hand.
Samuel Holden min-raised to 600,000 on the button, Matt Giannetti defended his big, and the dealer fanned . Giannetti quickly checked, Holden continued for 800,000, and Giannetti called.
Both players checked the on the turn, and the river brought the . Giannetti led for 1.2 million, sending Holden deep into the tank. He sat quietly, assessing the situation, and after a little over a minute he folded.
Badih Bounahra raised to 775,000 from the hijack seat and Pius Heinz called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Heinz checked and Bounahra bet 1.1 million. Heinz made the call.
The turn was the and Heinz checked. Bounahra fired 2.5 million and Heinz gave it up.
Samuel Holden opened to 600,000 from under the gun, Ben "Benba" Lamb called from the small blind, and the dealer fanned . Lamb checked, Holden continued for 800,000, and Lamb called.
The turn was the , Lamb checked again, and Holden fired 1.6 million. Lamb called.
The completed the board, and Lamb quickly checked a third time. Under a menacing stare from Lamb, Holden slid 3.2 million into the middle. Lamb scratched his head, examined the massive pot, then began to stare at Holden once again.
Lamb opted to fold however, and Holden raked in the pot.
John Hewitt opened to 650,000 from the hijack seat, Pius Heinz called out of the small blind, and so too did Matt Giannetti in the big. The flop fell , Heinz and Giannetti checked, and Hewitt continued for 1.2 million. Both Heinz and Giannetti released, and Hewitt shipped the pot.
Action folded to Ben Lamb in the small blind and he raised to 750,000 and Samuel Holden folded in the big blind to give Lamb the blinds and antes.
On the next hand, Holden didn't make things as easy for Lamb. Action folded to Lamb on the button and he raised to 675,000. Holden three-bet from the big blind to 1.8 million and won the pot.