Thomas Syversen raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Sam Greenwood three-bet to 150,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Syversen who shoved for around 770,000. Greenwood glanced at Syversen and quickly made the call.
Thomas Syversen:
Sam Greenwood:
The board ran out for Greenwood to hold and even improve to two pair to eliminate Syversen from the Main Event.
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A player from the cutoff was all in for 287,000 and after the small blind thought for a long while and folded, Andy Hwang ended up calling from the big blind.
Andy Hwang:
Opponent:
The board ran out with Hwang fading all the outs to a counterfeit two pair as well. After the hand, the player in the small blind laughed, saying he had folded deuces.
Thomas Applegate called the shove of Daisuke Ogita, who was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar and immediately gasped an "oops" before turning over his . Applegate was way ahead with the and the board came to let Applegate double for 646,000.
Ogita was down to 94,000 and three-bet jammed the next hand, initial raiser Caleb Furth called with the . Ogita had two live cards in and flopped best on a board of to double.
Three players saw a flop of . Joshua Tam bet 56,000 from middle position after it was checked to him. Chang Luo raised to 128,000 on his immediate left then Carlos Garcia three-bet it to 310,000 from the small blind. Tam called the three-bet and Luo got out of the way.
The turn fell the . Carlos Garcia led out with a bet of 280,000. Tam paused for a moment and moved all in for his remaining 541,000 and breathed a sigh of relief as his chips were moved forward, seemingly at peace with his decision regardless of what would happen next. Garcia thought about it for about a minute before calling. Tam showed trips with the while Garcia had an overpair with the .
The came off on the river to which Tam gasped and exclaimed "Holy s***, I thought that was a nine!"
Tam calmed himself down as he collected the pot with a smile to more than double his stack.
Hossein Ensan already had all the T-1,000 chips racked up as he bought them as table chip leader for the upcoming race off. But another hand was to be played and he clashed with Todd Witteles, who ended up all in for 727,000.
Todd Witteles:
Hossein Ensan:
The board came and Witteles doubled, taking a chunk out of the big stack of Ensan.
Sulabh Choudhury raised to 50,000 on the button and Andy Hwang and William Romaine called from the blinds.
The flop came down . Hwang and Romaine checked, Choudhury bet 60,000, Hwang called, Romaine check-raised to 263,000., Choudhury called and Hwang folded.
The turn was and Romaine bet 525,000. Choudhury took a few moments before calling. The dealer then burned and turned the river and Romaine kept the pressure on, announcing he was all in.
Prior to the shove, there was around 1.8 million in the pot and Romaine appeared to have around 1.67 million in chips behind. Choudhury went into the tank, counting out his remaining stack of 1,565,000. After four minutes, a clock was called on him while the rest of the tournament had begun to go on their first break.
The countdown for the final five seconds was reached and ultimately expired with Choudhury holding his cards in the air, seemingly ready to muck them. He did muck them two seconds later after his hand was already dead and Romaine raked in the pot before heading to break.
The remaining 291 players are heading on their first 20-minute break of the day. The tournament staff will be coloring up the 1,000 chips during this time. They will return at approximately 2.25 p.m. with the blinds being increased to 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. There will be a hard stop at 3.15 p.m. for a 75-minute dinner break.
Take a look at what happened in the opening level on Day 5: