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From the small blind, Dan Smith raised to 41,000. Timo Pfutzenreuter made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down . Smith led for 36,000, and Pfutzenreuter called.
The turn was the , and Smith bet 88,000. Pfutzenreuter called again.
The river was the , and Smith bet 182,000. Pfutzenreuter called, and Smith tabled the . Pfutzenreuter mucked, and Smith scooped the pot.
Brian Yoon raised to 32,000 from the cutoff seat, and Sam Trickett reraised all in for 130,000 out of the small blind. Yoon called with the . Trickett had the .
The board gave Yoon trip aces, and Trickett was eliminated.
Timo Pfutzenreuter raised to 32,000 from the cutoff seat, Josh Arieh called from the small blind, and Justin Kindred reraised all in for about 310,000 from the big blind. After Pfutzenreuter folded, Arieh called with the . Kindred had the .
The board gave Arieh the win and sent Kindred out the door in 10th place.
From early position, Nick Grippo raised to 32,000 and Josh Bergman reraised all in for around 310,000 effectively. Grippo snapped with the and was ahead of Bergman's .
The flop came down , and Grippo stayed in front. The turn was the , and the river delivered the . With that river, Bergman smashed a set of queens to win the pot and sent Grippo to the rail in ninth place.
Hand #1: Mustapha Kanit raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and Josh Arieh called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Arieh checked to Kanit, who bet 32,000. Arieh folded, giving the pot to Kanit.
Hand #2: Dan Smith opened to 36,000 from early position, Brian Yoon three-bet to 95,000 from the next seat over and Smith folded.
Hand #3: Dan Smith raised to 36,000 from under the gun, Mustapha Kanit three-bet to 95,000 from middle position and Smith folded.
Hand #4: Brian Yoon raised to 35,000 from under the gun and took down the pot.
Hand #5: Dan Smith limped from the small blind, Brian Yoon checked his option and the flop fell .
Smith bet 16,000, Yoon called and the turn fell. Smith check-called 40,000 from Yoon to see the river. Smith checked to Yoon who bet 75,000, and after a few moments, Smith opted to fold.
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Hand #6: Brian Yoon raised to 40,000 out of the small blind, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Josh Arieh raised to 33,000 in early position, Ardit Kurshumi three-bet to 82,000 on his direct left, and no one called.
Hand #8: Yoon raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Josh Bergman raised to 40,000 out of the small blind, Arieh three-bet to 96,000 in the big blind, and Bergman folded.
Hand #10: Yoon raised to 35,000 in middle position, Kanit three-bet to 93,000 in the hijack, and Bergman cold four-bet to 151,000 on the button. There was a little bit of confusion as to what the amount of the four-bet should be - Bergman put out less than a legal raise - and the amount was eventually determined.
Yoon quickly folded, Kanit five-bet to 285,000, and Bergman moved all in for 795,000. Kanit snap-called.
Bergman:
Kanit:
Bergman was once again trailing with queens against kings, but he flopped a set when the dealer fanned . He improved to quads with the case-queen () on the turn, and a meaningless completed the board.