Lautaro Guerra bet 55,000 from the small blind on and Ryan Laplante called in middle position. On the river, Guerra jammed for about 180,000 and Laplante folded without much thought.
Three-way to the flop, small blind Mack Lee checked and so did Bogdan Capitan in a middle position. Scotty Nguyen was on the button and he fired 45,000. Lee folded but Capitan wanted to see the turn so he matched the price.
The landed on the felt, filling a flush draw. Capitan took the betting lead and made it 137,000 to go. Nguyen cut out calling chips and started shuffling them. After a minute or two, he decided to save them and threw his cards away.
We came upon a massive pot where three players committed significant chips. Jerry Wong had 160,000 in front of him on the button after the flop, only to see Robert Mizrachi jam for 385,000 in the small blind. Layne Flack shipped in himself from the cutoff for 248,000. Wong shrugged and decided it was enough action to get him to muck.
Layne Flack:
Robert Mizrachi:
It was top set versus a wrap and the turn gave Flack even more outs with a wheel draw. The river gave him the straight and a disgusted Mizrachi grabbed his cards in frustration before mucking them. He had 135,000 left but busted out moments later.
Robert Paddock's tournament life was on the edge of a cliff just a few moments ago, but he cracked aces with kings and survived. Now he's doubled again to climb through the standings.
Paddock opened to 27,000, Andjelko Andrejevic made it 96,000 and the rest of the chips went in as Paddock shoved for 226,000 and Andrejevic called off.
Andrejevic:
Paddock:
The dealer spread out the board of and Paddock was confused when someone at the table said, "nice hand".
"Did you win?" he asked Andrejevic. The answer was negative.
"I thought you flopped a straight," Paddock said. But Andrejevic finished with kings up and Paddock's aces up scooped the big pot.