Antonio Esfandiari opened for 175,000 from the hijack only to have Sam Trickett three-bet to 475,000 from the cutoff. Rick Salomon flatted from the button, both blinds folded, and Esfandiari called to make it three-way action to the flop. Esfandiari checked, Trickett bet 550,000, and Salomon folded. Esfandiari ended up doing the same and Trickett took down the pot.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 175,000 and Connor Drinan called from the small blind. Both players ended up checking the flop, and then the dealer burned and turned the . Drinan checked, Esfandiari bet 215,000, and Drinan called to see the river.
Both players checked, and Drinan tabled the [10c1s] for aces up. It was good as Esfandiari mucked.
Action folded all of the way around the table to John Juanda in the small blind. He moved all in for his last roughly 800,000 and Phil Ivey instantly called from the big blind.
Ivey:
Juanda:
The board ran out , keeping Ivey in the lead with ace-high. Juanda was eliminated from play and Ivey's stack now sits at about 8.1 million.
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5:30 p.m.
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5:30 p.m.
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Antonio Esfandiari opened for 175,000 under the gun and Connor Drinan called from the cutoff. Bill Klein then three-bet all in for 1.765 million from the small blind, Esfandiari called, and Drinan got out of the way.
Esfandiari:
Klein:
Klein had some major kicker issues, and they didn't get resolved on the flop. The turn left Klein in need of either an eight or five on the river, but neither came as the blanked. Klein and Esfandiari shook hands, and then the former made the rounds with the remaining players before taking his leave from the 2014 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
Gabe Kaplan and Isaac Haxton checked to Erik Seidel on a flop of , and he tossed out two lavender T250,000 chips. Gabe Kaplan moved all in for around three million, Haxton folded, and Seidel snap-called.
Seidel:
Kaplan:
Both players had flopped a set, but Kaplan held the superior three of a kind.
"The good thing is there are no more fives in the deck," Kristoph Vogelsang told Seidel. "So you can't get re-sucked out on when you hit a deuce."
Seidel gave a laugh.
Both the turn and the river had no sides, but the and the were no help to Seidel, who was eliminated.
Erick Lindgren was down to just 715,000 when he just moved all in from cutoff, the hand over John Juanda had busted. There was a dead button and Phil Ivey folded his small blind after which Tobias Reinkemeier called quickly from the big blind.
On the very next hand after busting out Erick Lindgren the action folded to Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind. The German pro called and Daniel Negreanu, in the big blind, raised it up to 230,000.
Reinkemeier gave it some thought and called. The flop came down and both players checked. On the turn the hit and Reinkemeier checked again. Negreanu bet 175,000 and his opponent called.
The river was the and both players checked again. Reinkemeier showed and he raked in another pot.
Cary Katz raised to 160,000 from the hijack and Sam Trickett called from the button. Rick Salomon came along from the small blind and three players saw a flop of . Salomon and Katz both checked, Trickett bet 250,000, and only Salomon called.
The turn saw Salomon check once again, and Trickett kept the pressure on with a bet of 500,000. Salomon made the call and then checked the river. Trickett bet approximately 900,000 and it did the trick as Salomon folded.
flop. Esfandiari checked, Trickett bet 550,000, and Salomon folded. Esfandiari ended up doing the same and Trickett took down the pot.
flop, and then the dealer burned and turned the 
. Drinan checked, Esfandiari bet 215,000, and Drinan called to see the 
river.
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flop, and Christoph Vogelsang checked behind.
land on the river. Steven led for 240,000, and Vogelsang folded.
, keeping Ivey in the lead with ace-high. Juanda was eliminated from play and Ivey's stack now sits at about 8.1 million.
flop. The 
blanked. Klein and Esfandiari shook hands, and then the former made the rounds with the remaining players before taking his leave from the 2014 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
were no help to Seidel, who was eliminated.
and both players checked. On the turn the 
hit and Reinkemeier checked again. Negreanu bet 175,000 and his opponent called.
river. Trickett bet approximately 900,000 and it did the trick as Salomon folded.