After a flop, Daniel Alaei bet 4,500 from the big blind. Michael Stonehill called, the landed on the turn and Alaei bet 12,000. Stonehill called to see the river where Alaei bet 26,000. Stonehill shoved for 59,700 and Alaei called with for two pair.
Stonehill, though, tabled for a straight to win the pot and take the chip lead.
A massive hand just went down at Table 361 to take us from three players to a winner.
It began when Marcus Mizzi limped from the button and a short-stacked Mike Pickett moved all in for his last 20,000 from the small blind. Chris Bell, who was the big stack, then three-bet to 100,000 from the big. Mizzi responded by snap-calling off for roughly 75,000 and it was a three-way all in.
Mizzi:
Pickett:
Bell:
"I'm all in," Mizzi said to his brother, Sorel. By the time he turned back around the flop had come out to give Bell a hammerlock on the hand with middle set. The turn left both Mizzi and Pickett drawing dead, and both made their way to the payout desk after the was run out on the river for good measure.
Bell will return to the final table tomorrow with 346,000.
After Alex Bolotin opened with a raise from the button, Narendra Banwari three-bet to 3,500 from the small blind. Eric Froehlich folded the big, and then Bolotin moved all in. Banwari snap-called off for 90,000.
Banwari:
Bolotin:
The board ran out a clean and Banwari scored the big double.
After a flop, Dylan Linde was in position and called 13,200 from Jake Cody. The hit the turn and Cody bet 26,500. Linde raised all in for 141,300 and sent Cody into the tank for well more than six minutes, extending into the break. Cody ultimately called with , trailing Linde's .
The river was no help to Cody, giving Linde a commanding chip lead.
In the first hand after coming back from the break, Jake Cody moved all in from the button for 13,800 and Dylan Linde called from the big blind.
Cody:
Linde:
Cody was well out in front, and his position got even stronger when the flop gave him a flush draw. Neither the turn nor river influenced the hand, and Cody's ace high secured him a double.
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Tamer Kamel was all in for about 78,000 from the big blind with against Jack Duong's on the button.
The flop fell to give Kamel the lead with a pair of aces, but the fell on the turn to lock up the pot for Duong. The river improved Duong's hand to a full house, eliminating Kamel and giving Duong a sizable heads-up chip lead vs. Sorel Mizzi.