Nível 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Manoj Batavia
Michael Liang raised to 3,200,000 under the gun, Duc Nguyen flatted in the cutoff, and Manoj Batavia three-bet shoved all in from the small blind for 11,100,000, putting himself at risk. Liang and Nguyen both called.
Liang and Nguyen checked it all the way down on a board of 9♣5♦6♣Q♠Q♥. Liang tabled A♣6♦, Nguyen turned over 3♦3♥, and Batavia had 5♥5♣.
Batavia's full house, fives full of queens, secured him the much needed triple up.
Nível 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
In a sequence of seven hands in a row, none of them progressed beyond the flop.
In the first hand, Michael Liang raised to 2,600,000 from the button and Duc Nguyen called in the small blind. The flop came A♣2♥J♦. Liang continued for 2,000,000 and Nguyen folded.
Following a walk for Manoj Batavia, Rajesh Mehta jammed two consecutive times, from the button and from the cutoff and both times it got through.
Mehta also raised out of the big blind over a small blind limp from Nguyen who folded as he increased his stack through collecting the blinds.
Nível 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Manoj Batavia raised to 4,000,000 on the button and Michael Liang three-bet shoved all in from the big blind, putting Batavia to the test for all of his chips.
Batavia thought for a moment before giving up his hand.
Nível 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Mitch Garshofsky
Michael Liang raised to 2,400,000 under the gun, Rajesh Mehta three-bet shoved on the button for 22,800,000 and Mitch Garshofsky called from the big blind for less, putting himself at risk. Liang got out of the way.
Mitch Garshofsky: A♠K♣
Rajesh Mehta: A♥Q♥
The board ran out 3♣10♥7♦7♠J♥ and Garshofsky's ace-king held to secure him the much needed double up.
Nível 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
The last five hands of play
Hand 1:
Mitch Garshofsky limped the small blind and Michael Liang checked the big. The flop came 7♠2♦8♦. Garshofsky bet 1,200,000 and Liang called. The turn was the 6♠. Both checked to the river which came the K♣. They checked again. Garshofsky had the 10x6x pair of sixes which Liang had beat with the Qx7x.
-- Hand 2:
Manoj Batavia jammed from the cutoff and Duc Nguyen showed the Q♣J♣ in the big blind as he folded.
-- Hand 3:
Garshofsky opened to 1,400,000 from under the gun. Rajesh Mehta jammed from the small blind and Garshofsky quickly folded.
-- Hand 4:
Mehta opened for 1,400,000 from the button. Batavia jammed from the small blind. Mehta took a while to think and got the count of 18,300,000 from Batavia's stack. He eventually folded saying he thought they were flipping, but Batavia showed the KxKx. "Well we were not flipping!" said Mehta as he pat himself on the back for the fold.
-- Hand 5:
Mehta made it 1,400,000 from the cutoff. Batavia called on the button and Liang also called in the big blind. The flop came A♥4♥2♣. Mehta led for 3,900,000 and both opponents got out of the way.