Action folded to middle position where a player led out for 25,000. The cutoff and button both called. Endale Wordofa, the small blind, who moved all-in with 230,000 behind. The original aggressor called from middle position, the rest got out of the way.
The two players had relatively equal stacks.
"You got aces, don't you?" Wordofa asked as the two tabled their hands. Wordofa was close, but not quite right.
Endale Wordofa:
Opponent:
Now with more than 450,000 in the middle, all that was left to do was deal the board. The runout came , giving Wordofa the runner-runner straight, busting his opponent's kings and doubling his stack.
Action was folded to the cutoff, who led for 25,000. Dominique Chouamier called from the small blind.
The table was heads up to the flop, which came . Both players checked.
The turn came . Chouamier fired for 30,000. The cutoff called.
The river came . Chouamier continued for 70,000. The cutoff deliberated for a few moments before moving all-in, with Chouamier covered. Chouamier called, tabling his hand of for a set of threes, and the pot of nearly 500,000.
After the under-the-gun player shoved with just above 100,000, Ramone Liriano made a quick call from that player's left. The rest of the table folded, giving the players a chance to table their hands and watch the runout.
Ramone Liriano:
Opponent:
Liriano successfully evaded the ace, as the board came . As the final cards were dealt, the tournament director began an announcement to dealers to stop dealing after this hand, as we were now on the bubble of cash, meaning Liriano's opponent just missed the money.
On the bubble, Boris Vaynberg found himself in a pot in the cutoff versus an early postion player. The board read and Vaynberg bet 200,000 into a pot of approximately 220,000, when his opponent checked to him.
His opponent thought for about 30 seconds, then called tabling . It was no match for Vaynberg's full house and the pot left his counterpart with about 40,000 chips, while he moved his stack onwards towards the million chip mark as players move into the money.