We caught the action on a flop with approximately 110,000 in the pot. Jason Mercier had moved all in from the big blind for his last 41,800 and David Benyamine called from the under-the-gun position. Kevin Song then raise the size of the pot from the button and drove Benyamine from the hand.
Song:
Mercier:
Song had flopped a set and had Mercier in dire straights. A queen was Mercier's best bet, but neither the turn nor river were the lady he was looking for. With that, Mercier grabbed his backpack and made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
We're not sure of all the details, but we do know a massive hand just went down over in the corner of the room. We arrived on the flop to discover a three-way betting war created a nearly 900,000 pot with Todd Brunson and Matthew Ashton all in against Brandon Cantu.
Ashton:
Brunson:
Cantu:
To say it was an action flop would be an understatement. Brunson, who had the shortest stack, had flopped a wrap while Ashton, who was in for 307,000, had top set and a flush draw. Cantu, who had them both covered, was drawing to an open-ended straight and the nut flush draw.
A large crowd of players gathered around the table to sweat the action, but all the excitement came to a sudden halt when the dealer burned and turned the , giving Ashton a full house and the guaranteed win. After the meaningless was put out on the river, Brunson exited the tournament area and Cantu shipped the vast majority of his chips to Ashton, who is now the chip leader.
Roman Yitzhaki: /
Mike Wattel: / (FOLD)
Paul Volpe: /
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Yitzhaki bet and only Volpe called. Volpe called another bet on fifth, then led out sixth when Yitzhaki caught a queen. Yitzhaki folded.
Yitzhaki: / /
Justin Smith: / (FOLD)
Volpe: / /
On the very next hand, Smith brought it in, Volpe completed and both Yitzhaki and Smith called. The action checked to Volpe on fourth, and he bet. Both players called.
On fifth, Volpe led out and only Yitzhaki called. Both players knuckled on sixth, and Volpe check-called a bet on seventh. Yitzhaki opened up for a seventy-six, winning the pot.
We missed the action but we do know that Brandon Cantu just tripled in the same hand that eliminated George Lind. The board read and the following cards were laid out in front of each player.
George Lind:
Brandon Cantu:
David Oppenheim:
Cantu tripled with the nuts while Lind's set of queens fell to Oppenheim's queen-high straight in the side pot.
John Hennigan raised in the cutoff, Mike Leah defended his big blind, and both players drew two cards. Leah led out for a bet, Hennigan raised, and Leah called.
Leah drew one card, Hennigan stood pat, and Leah check-called a bet. Leah drew one last card, Hennigan stood pat again, and this time the Canadian check-folded to a bet from Hennigan.
John Hennigan opened with a raise to 12,000 from the hijack seat, and Rory Mathews called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Mathews checked. Hennigan fired 11,000, and Mathews folded. Hennigan showed just the .
In a three-bet pot, Erick Lindgren was pitted against Bryn Kenney out of position on the flop. Lindgren and Kenney both checked to see the land on the turn. Both checked again, and the river brought the . Lindgren bet 56,000, and Kenney called.
Lindgren rolled over the for a full house, and Kenney mucked his hand.
We caught the action on fourth street, where Thomas Jr. check-called a bet. He check-called another on fifth street, then check folded on fifth.
Benyamine claimed to have only looked at one of his downcards - the - and said the other card was two-sided, meaning he either had a pair of fours or a straight. He turned over the , giving him the former.
flop with approximately 110,000 in the pot. Jason Mercier had moved all in from the big blind for his last 41,800 and David Benyamine called from the under-the-gun position. Kevin Song then raise the size of the pot from the button and drove Benyamine from the hand.
turn nor 
river were the lady he was looking for. With that, Mercier grabbed his backpack and made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
flop to discover a three-way betting war created a nearly 900,000 pot with 
, giving Ashton a full house and the guaranteed win. After the meaningless 
was put out on the river, Brunson exited the tournament area and Cantu shipped the vast majority of his chips to Ashton, who is now the chip leader.
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and the following cards were laid out in front of each player.
land on the turn. Both checked again, and the river brought the 
. Lindgren bet 56,000, and Kenney called.
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- and said the other card was two-sided, meaning he either had a pair of fours or a straight. He turned over the 