Ben Volpe raised to 13,000 in the cutoff, Benjamin Pollak called in position, and the flop fell . Volpe checked, Pollak fired out 16,000, Volpe check-raised to 36,000, and Pollak moved all in for 116,000. Volpe quickly called.
Volpe:
Pollak:
The on the turn gave Pollak eight outs to chop to go along with his two outs to win, but the on the river missed him completely. The Frenchman was eliminated in 21st place, earning $22,483, while Volpe is up to 287,000 chips.
Ashton Griffin raised to 15,000 on the button, Layne Flack defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Flack check-called a bet of 22,000, then check-called another 45,000 on the turn ().
The river was the , Flack check-called one last bet worth 95,000, and "Back-to-Back" Flack showed for tens and sevens.
Griffin mucked, dipping to 411,000 chips, and Flack climbed up to 510,000.
George Danzer opened the cutoff and Sam Greenwood shoved from the big blind for 97,000 total. "Ok, I'm gonna call" said Danzer, apparently not super happy with his hand and the situation.
Danzer showed , which was the best hand against Greenwood's .
Both flopped a pair on , and the on the turn and on the river were both blanks.
Sam Greenwood exited in 23rd place, which netted him $22,483.
Matt Waxman raised to 12,000 on the button, Ashton Griffin three-bet to 30,000 out of the small blind, and Waxman called. The flop fell , Griffin led out for 45,000, and Waxman moved all in for 105,000. Griffin called.
Waxman:
Griffin:
Griffin's hand held up as the turn and river came , respectively, and Waxman was eliminated.
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According to Hiren "Sunny" Patel, Wade Townsend open-shoved on the button for 117,000, and Patel called in the big blind with . He won a race against Townsend's , and got all of his chips back from the big bluff Townsend ran earlier.
Brigitte Lau has just departed and that means there are no more women left in the tournament.
She got her chips in with from the small blind on a -flop. Het opponent was Joe Cada who made the call holding .
The on the turn was a great card for Lau who added a flush draw to her open-ended outs. The on the river was a blank though, the pair it gave her wasn't enough to best Cada's over pair.
Her husband, Chamath Palihapitiya, was sweating her on the rail, and tweeted the following:
Dario Sammartino opened the hijack for 11,000 and Max Silver three-bet to 29,000 from the button. Leonid Markin made the call from the big blind and action was back on Sammartino. The Italian player made it 100,000 and Silver quickly released. Markin made the call though, and they were off to the flop.
and Markin checked. Sammartino bet out about 85,000, but before we could count how much it exactly was, Markin had already shoved all in. Sammartino double checked his cards and then called immediately.
Markin didn't want to show his cards; "I have nothing". Sammartino wasn't showing his cards yet either, prompting Ashton Griffin to press the two to table them anyway. Markin eventually showed for no pair and no draw. Sammartino had by far the best of it with .
The on the turn was a blank and left Markin drawing dead. While he still had chips left, he left the tournament area before the on the river was even dealt. He knew he had chips left (145,000), he just needed to blow off some steam.