From late position Chris Johnson shoved his last 140,000 into the middle and Mark Newhouse made the call from the big blind.
Johnson:
Newhouse:
Johnson would be up against virtually the same hand that crippled him earlier, and when the board was spread , he would be forced to head to the rail as Newhouse climbed to 1,520,000 in chips.
Maxx Coleman raised to 80,000 in early position, Robert Sichelstiel called in middle position, and Clement Tripodi defended his big blind. The flop fell , Tripodi checked, and Coleman continued for 140,000. Sichelstiel raised to 640,000, Tripodi folded, and Coleman moved all in for 1.785 million. Sichelstiel tanked for a bit, then made the call.
Coleman:
Sichelstiel:
Coleman had flopped top set, and was in great shape to double. The on the turn was a great card for Sichelstiel, giving him four chop outs and four more outs to eliminate Coleman. Coleman survived as the bricked off on the river, and Coleman raked in a massive pot to push his stack to 3.9 million chips.
Action folded around to Jaime Kaplan in the cutoff, and he pushed all in for 580,000. Then Simon Lam raised all in for 895,000, and the blinds both folded. Kaplan turned over , and Lam was ahead with his . The flop came , no help to either player. The turn was the , and the river completed the board with the , putting two pair on board and counterfeiting Lam's pocket sixes. Kaplan won the pot with his eight kicker.
Catching the action on the flop we found James Alexander betting out 400,000 only to have Grayson Ramage move all in for 1,130,000. Alexander called and the cards were tabled.
Alexander:
Ramage:
With Ramage trailing with his overpair, the on the turn gave him a total of eight outs to stay alive, but when the landed on the river, Ramage would be heading to the payout cage as Alexander climbed to 3,800,000 in chips.
JC Tran opened the action to 85,000 from under the gun, and Oliver Price was next to act. He reraised to 195,000, and Danard Petit was the next player up. Undeterred by the two early position raises, Petit tossed out a four bet to 510,000. It got back to Tran, who tank folded, and Price quickly tossed his hand away, giving Petit the pot.
Jaime Kaplan raised to 80,000 from middle position, and Simon Ravnsbaek three-bet all in for 790,000. Carlos Mortensen thought for a minute, then pushed forward a call from the big blind. Kaplan also thought for a minute, but decided to fold. The players turned up their cards:
Ravnsbaek:
Mortensen:
Both players held pocket kings, and they would split the pot unless one of them made a flush. The flop came , giving Ravnbaek a flush draw, but the turn was the and the river the . The flush did not materialize for Ravnsbaek, and the players split the pot.
Ryan Riess raised to 80,000 from early position and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the next seat over. Victor Cianelli three-bet all in for 615,000 from the hijack, Riess called, and Timoshenko tanked for about two minues before folding.
Riess:
Cianelli:
The board ran out , giving Riess a set and eliminating Cianelli in 78th place.
Rachid Ben Cherif, best know as "SkaiWalkurrr" online, raised to 90,000 in the cutoff. Andrea Dato three-bet to 235,000 on the button, Cherif moved all in for 1.475 million, and Dato snapped it off.
Ben Cherif:
Dato:
There was an ace on the flop, giving the Dutchman the lead, and his hand held up as the turn and river came , respectively. Ben Cherif was fortunate enough to double up to 3.05 million chips, while Dato fell to 1.75 million.