Christopher Bonita was all in and at risk pre-flop with , Sean Giesbrecht had that beat with and also possessed the superior stack as well. The board ran out and Bonita cashed out.
With a board reading to the turn and a pot of close to 200,000, Chris Hunichen moved all in for 171,000 and Vinny Pahuja flipped in a chip, signalling a call.
Hunichen:
Pahuja:
Hunichen had turned the nuts with a straight and had Pahuja drawing dead. The river had no affect on the hand and Hunichen was shipped the massive pot
Only five minutes after the previous double up, Vinny Pahuja managed to double up again through Frank Patti. Chris Hunichen opened to 17,000 and Patti three-bet to 37,000. Pahuja then shoved for 190,000 and BigHuni quickly folded. Patti announced call:
Patti:
Pahuja:
There was no help at all on the board and both are now almost even stacked.
Only one hand later, Chris Haugo check-raised all in out of the big blind on a flop and enforced a fold from Sean Giesbrecht.
The action folded to Nghiahiep Nguyen and he moved all in from the small blind. One seat over, Rick Fitzgerald made the call and turned over . Nguyen had only but that should be enough on the board.
Jorge Vergara got value from John Fontana on the river of a board when he raised from 30,000 to 100,000 and Fontana called with . Vergara showed and is on his way to becoming the first chip millionaire here in the tournament.