With the blinds still at 2,000/4,000/500, Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 10,000 on the button. Isaac Hagerling called, and both players checked on a flop of . The turn was the , Hagerling led out for 15,000, and Timoshenko called.
The completed the board, Hagerling fired out another 40,000, and Timoshenko called. Hagerling showed for a pair of fours, which was no good against Timoshenko's for a pair of nines.
Dan Healey had the button, and raised to 12,000. Jason Koon called, and both players checked on a flop of . The turn was the , Koon led out for 16,000, and Healey raised to 40,000. Koon called.
Koon checked when the completed the board, Healey tossed out three green T25,000 chips, and Koon immediately called the 75,000-chip bet. Healey went to muck, prompting Koon to show for a pair of sevens.
Because the match started late, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Isaac Hagerling are still at 2,000/4,000/500. There hasn't been much action thus far, but in one hand Timoshenko raised to 10,000 on the button, and Hagerling three-bet to 35,000. Timoshenko called.
The flop fell , Hagerling led out for 35,000, and Timoshenko called. The turn was the , Hagerling checked, and Timoshenko fired out 70,000. Hagerling folded.
Max Steinberg raised to 12,000 on the button, Brandon Cantu three-bet to 36,000, and Steinberg made the call.
Cantu fired out 40,000 when the flop fell , Steinberg called, and both players checked on the turn () and the river (). Steinberg showed for king-high, and dragged in the pot.
Brandon Cantu checked to Max Steinberg on a board of . Steinberg bet 90,000, Cantu called, and the river brought the . Cantu check-called another 185,000, then mucked when Steinberg showed for top two pair.
It looked as if there would be a winner for the match between Brandon Cantu and Max Steinberg, but things turned out to be a little different than they appeared.
Cantu opened the pot by raising to 10,000 on the button. Steinberg defended from the big blind.
On the board Steinberg checked to Cantu who continued with a bet of 11,000. Steinberg thought about it briefly, then raised to 30,000. Cantu just called.
The turn was the and that card got the fireworks started.
Steinberg led at the pot with a bet of 52,000. Cantu thought for a while before reraising to 160,000. Now it was Steinberg's turn to go into the tank. He thought a good while before putting in another raise to 275,000. Cantu went into the tank. He asked for the dealer to put in the bet to see how much it was he would have to call. It ended up being 115,000 more. Cantu grabbed the chips off his stack and put them into the pot.
The river card was the . Steinberg grabbed all of his green T25,000 chips, coupled with a stack of pink T5,000 chips and put them in the pot, betting 330,000. Cantu asked for a count and after he found out how much it was me moved all in. Steinberg instantly called.
Cantu showed down his for a full house. Steinberg slowly turned over his , meaning that both players had the exact same full house.
"No f***ing way!" Cantu said after the hand.
The dealer chopped up the pot and both players took their chips back.
Isaac Hagerling shoved on the button and Nick Binger called all in from the big blind for about 55,000.
Hagerling:
Binger:
The flop fell to give Hagerling the lead and he locked it up when the landed on the turn. The inconsequential river officially punched Hagerling's ticket to the Round of Eight.
Hagerling is set to face Yevgeniy Timoshenko at 7:45 p.m. local time.