In one of the last hands before the break, there was 225,000 in the pot and a board reading when Ognjen Sekularac bet 100,000 from the big blind and Dani Stern called from the button. When the completed the board on the river, Sekularac checked and Stern moved all in.
Sekularac, who had 401,000 behind, tanked for nearly six minutes. "I was gonna shove myself," he finally said. "So sick, man." Eventually Sekularac folded and Stern won the pot.
After folding to a shove from Richard Lyndaker on a board of - Lyndaker showed - Rachid "SkaiWalkurrr" Ben Cherif opened for a raise in middle position. Igor Kurganov three-bet him on his direct left, and the action folded back to Ben Cherif, who moved all in. Kurganov snap-called.
Ben Cherif:
Kurganov:
Kurganov held as the board rolled out , and Ben Cherif was eliminated short of the money. Kurganov now has 910,000 chips.
Action folded to a short-stacked Matt Russell on the button and he moved all in for approximately 110,000. Chip leader Stephen Chidwick called from the big blind and Russell was in dire straits.
Russell:
Chidwick:
Chidwick was well out in front and stayed there on the flop. The turn made things interesting by giving Russell a flush draw, but he'd miss it when the appeared on the river.
Brandon Meyers, who was the first player to amass over one million chips, now has less than 20 big blinds.
We found him and Kevin Eyster heads up on a flop of . Meyers checked, Eyster fired out a bet of what looked like 18,000, and Meyers check-raised to 60,000. Eyster tank-called.
The turn was the , and Meyers moved all in for effectively 186,000. Eyster snap-called, showing for the nuts.
"Sick," we heard Meyers say, as he showed for a lesser straight.
Meyers could still win the hand with a queen on the river, but the bricked off, and Eyster doubled. Meyers, as stated earlier in this post, is down below 20 big blinds.