Three ways to the flop, the action checked to David Benyamine who bet small and earned two callers. Wang Liu in the big blind was among them and then check-called another bet worth 13,400 by Benyamine on the turn.
The river was checked and Liu's chopped the pot, as Benyamine had the equally strong for the same aces and fours.
Sam Soverel raised it up from under the gun and was called by the button. The two players went heads-up to a flop of and they checked to the on the turn.
Soverel led out with a bet of 4,000 and his opponent called to see the on the river. Soverel fired out another bet of 12,000 this time and his opponent still called. Soverel turned over for a king-high flush and scooped the pot.
Eric Kurtzman was in position in a heads-up pot and raised to 22,000 when his opponent bet 11,000 on a board reading . The opponent called.
Both players checked on the river and the opponent tabled a set with , but it was no good against the straight of Kurtzman with .
A few tables over, Chance Kornuth got to the river in position against Chris Brewer on a board reading .
Kornuth stared his opponent down as he made a decision and then called when Brewer put out a bet of 6,000. Brewer tabled for a flush and raked in the pot.
On the heads-up turn of , Igor Zektser in the big blind and Ayaz Mahmood in the cutoff got their chips in with Mahmood at risk.
Ayaz Mahmood:
Igor Zektser:
Zektser was ahead with the bottom set while Mahmood had some outs with two pair and the open-ender. However, the river was not among them and Mahmood was eliminated. The empty seat was then filled by Eric Kurtzman, who had just re-entered.
Jeremy Ausmus opened to 1,800 from under the gun and picked up a call from the hijack. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Ausmus threw in a pot-sized bet of 5,100 and his opponent just called to see the on the river. Ausmus checked this time and his opponent bet 13,000. Ausmus deliberated for a minute before finally making the call. His opponent tabled for a set of kings and Ausmus conceded.
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Four ways to the flop with 10,000 each invested, it was Jan-Peter Jachtmann who bet 40,000. Joseph Cheong then jammed for 140,000 to force out the other two players and Jachtmann called.
Joseph Cheong:
Jan-Peter Jachtmann:
Cheong was in the lead with top set and remained there throughout the turn and river.