Brian Yoon just lost a couple of pots to drop him down around 40,000. That did not stop him from playing his style though as he opened to 1,400 from the cutoff.
The small blind then three-bet to 4,400 and Yoon quickly made the call. The flop fell and both players checked. The turn came the and the small blind opponent then led out for 3,500.
Yoon made the call and the river came the . Both players then checked and the small blind opponent tabled for a pair of queens. Yoon showed for a pair of aces and enough to take down a bounce-back pot.
Ben Yu took the final opportunity to register during the break and has found a double-up immediately.
Yu was all in with and called by an opponent with . Yu hit a king on the turn and held on the river to cement an immediate double-up just an hour after he finished in second place in Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller for $866,924.
There were two players all in for just under 12,000 and Saya Ono made the call. All three players then revealed their hands.
Saya Ono:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
The board ran out and Ono took down the pot with her queens. She now has surpassed the 100,000 mark as the tournament is headed toward the end of the night.
Daniel Corbett was on the button and up against an opponent in the hijack. On the board, Corbett was checked to, and he bet 7,400. His opponent made the call, and the river was the .
Corbett was checked to, and he moved all in for 21,950.
His opponent went into the tank and took some time to think before asking for a chip count.
"Will you show me if I fold this time?", he said, and Corbett remained unresponsive.
After a couple of minutes, Corbett called the clock, and his opponent was given 30 seconds to act, but before the tournament director could start the 10-second countdown, the player folded.
Corbett instantly breathed a sigh of relief and flipped over pocket fours for fifth pair, and he collected the pot.