Tonio Röder opened to 100,000 in early position and Pete Chen jammed in his stack of 555,000 from middle position. Action came back around to Röder who briefly thought about it and called.
Pete Chen:
Tonio Röder:
Chen was ahead but Röder was very live. Chen took out his phone and started recording what he hoped would be a double-up on his path to a deeper run as the dealer fanned the flop. Chen was still ahead but now needed to fade more outs.
The came on the turn to change nothing, but the spiked the river to give Röder a straight, sending Chen to the payout desk and leaving him with a video he may not want to watch again.
The board read with around 1,000,000 in the middle already. Eliot Hudon checked to Olivier Rebello who bet 285,000. Hudon check-raised to 600,000 and Rebello called.
The river was the and Hudon pushed all in for 740,000. Rebello asked for a count and then dipped into the tank for a few minutes. Stephen Gerber called the clock but the rest of the table agreed to let Rebello have some more time.
Rebello eventually made the call and Hudon turned over for the nut flush. Rebello showed his before his cards went into the muck.
Joshua Field raised to 105,000 from the early position and Jose Wong three-bet jammed for 590,000 from the middle position. The action folded back to Field who snap-called.
Jose Wong:
Joshua Field:
The board ran out for Wong to hold with the kings to double up with.
On the next hand, Thissa Desilva raised to 105,000 from the middle position and Jon Shoreman three-bet shoved for exactly 1,000,000. The action folded around again and Desilva snap-called.
Jon Shoreman:
Thissa Desilva:
The board ran out for Shoreman to turn the set to stay alive and double up.
Chris Dowling raised from the button and called the shove by Shai Arbel in the big blind for 1,115,000 in total.
Shai Arbel:
Chris Dowling:
Arbel was dominated and with one foot out of the door after the flop. The turn gave him some hope and he indeed got there with the river. Arbel vaulted out of his seat in disbelief and loudly said "what the fuck is wrong with this table? It is so broken, can we please break this table?"
Another player chimed in right after with the words "this is a bad table if you are a good player."
A series of preflop raises saw Francis Cruz four-bet jam for 1,640,000 from the button only to have Mitchell Halverson snap-call from the small blind.
Francis Cruz:
Mitchell Halverson:
It was a classic race with Cruz looking to connect with either of his two overs but neither came after the flop hit the felt.
The turn brought possible chop outs if a four or nine were to fall but luckily for Cruz, it was the that completed the board on the river and kept his Main Event hopes alive.
Stephen Song opened to 100,000 and Robert Cowen three-bet to 325,000. Nicholas Rigby flat-called and Benjamin Armstrong four-bet shoved for 1,170,000. Song folded and Cowen then jammed his stack of 1,390,000 and Rigby called for about a million more.
Benjamin Armstrong:
Robert Cowen:
Nicholas Rigby:
Armstrong had aces while Cowen had jacks and Rigby was in the mix with the three-deuce. Armstrong's aces were still ahead after the flop of but the on the turn catapulted Cowen ahead. Cowen nearly tripled when the peeled off on the river while Armstrong was eliminated.