Andres Jeckeln raised to 40,000 from middle position, the player in the small blind reraised all in for 153,000 and Jeckeln called with , trailing his opponent's .
The board came down , giving Jeckeln's opponent eights full of jacks to double up.
Paul Volpe and Daniel Alaei were heads up on the river on the board. Volpe checked and Alaei bet 200,000 into a main pot of over 300,000.
Volpe check-raised all in for 934,000 sending Alaei deep into the tank. Alaei stared across the table at Volpe and after nearly two minutes he released his hand and Volpe took the pot.
Ema Zajmovic opened to 45,000 from middle position and found a call from the player on the button, along with Kyle Julius in the small blind.
With the action on the big blind, he cut out a three-bet to 205,000, and when it was back on Zajmovic, she moved all in for roughly 850,000. The button, and Julius folded, and the big blind called.
Zajmovic:
Opponent:
The dealer spread a board, and Zajmovic and her opponent chopped it up.
The TV crews swarmed around the table with a big pot brewing between Chino Rheem and Henrik Hecklen. The board read and Rheem checked to Hecklen who tossed in a bet of 330,000.
Rheem was in the tank but still chatting up a storm. "One more second guys, I promise. I'm just really hoping he shows be ace-ten. That's all I can beat." Hecklen sat silently waiting for Rheem to make a decision.
After a few more seconds, Rheem banged his chips into the pot and Hecklen showed him the bad news. "Flush," he said as he turned over to scoop a healthy pot from Rheem.
With on the board, Andreas Kniep checked from under the gun and Adam Levy jammed for 350,000, a little over the size of the pot. Kniep thought a bit and folded, conceding the pot to "Roothlus."
A player in middle position opened for 50,000 and Brian Altman called from the big blind after the player on the button came along. Action checked to the button on the flop and the player there bet 100,000. Altman called. Both checked the and the completed the board. Altman bet 215,000 and won the pot in short order.
With roughly 120,000 in the pot, Jack Duong checked on a flop of and his one opponent checked it back.
The turn was the and this time Duong led out with a bet of 50,000. His opponent called.
The river was the and Duong led out again, betting 75,000. His opponent tanked for almost a minute but ultimately decided to fold so Duong scooped the pot.
A player raised under the gun to 55,000 before Aram Zobian three-bet to 160,000 on the button. The player dropped into the tank as the bet was for a large portion of his remaining stack.
"What do you have?" Zobian asked. "Like ace-jack?"
The player said nothing but continued thinking. He did call after some thought.
The flop came down and the player under the gun checked. Zobian moved all in and the player doubled checked his hand and quickly folded.
"Did you have ace-jack?" the player asked.
"I had nines," Zobian said.
"No way," Jak Schwartz said. "Show it."
"I don't want to show it because the blogger is right here, but I swear I had two nines," Zobian said. "Nine of clubs, nine of diamonds."
Regardless, Zobian scooped the pot and moved over two million chips.
Following the river of a board with about 215,000 in the middle, Barry Hutter checked from the small blind. Ralph Perry bet 200,000 from the hijack and Hutter mulled it over for a bit before he called.
Perry mucked and Hutter collected the pot without showing.