Ankush Mandavia was under the gun and raised to 11,000. J.C. Tran was in early position and three-bet to 29,000. Mandavia called.
The flop was and Mandavia checked. Tran bet 22,000 and Mandavia called.
The turn was the and Mandavia checked again. Tran thought for a bit and continued his line by betting 37,000. Without much hesitation, Mandavia moved all in for roughly 108,000. Tran peeked back at his cards and sent them into the muck.
J.C. Tran raised to 12,000 from the button, Stephen Chidwick three-bet shoved from the small blind for 76,500, and Tran tanked for a bit before he called.
Tran:
Chidwick:
The board ran out , no help to Chidwick, securing the elimination for Tran.
Ben Yu was in early position and moved all in for his remaining 58,500. Action folded to Javier Gomez in the big blind and he requested a count. After sizing up Yu's stack, he threw a chip in the middle, signifying a call.
Ben Yu showed and Gomez tabled .
The flop was , putting Yu in a world of trouble. The turn was the and Yu showed no emotion, despite being down to two outs. The river was the , giving Yu a set and vaulting his stack over the 100,000-chip mark.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 11,500 from middle position, Ben Yu three-bet shoved from the small blind for 116,500, and Negreanu called after a few moments.
Negreanu:
Yu:
The board came down , safe for Negreanu's pair to hold up and eliminate Yu.
Shortly thereafter, the team of Taylor von Kriegenbergh - Ronnie Bardah was eliminated and the field is now redrawing to the final two tables.
With about 90,000 in the pot and the board reading, , Dietrich Fast was in the cutoff and checked. Daniel Negreanu was on the button and bet 66,000. Fast called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river, which was the .
Fast took about two minutes of time before betting 175,000. This sent Negreanu into the tank. Negreanu probed his opponent trying to get a read, even letting the table know that he would need need a minute to think. After deliberating the different combinations of hands that he thought Fast had, Negreanu folded, sending Fast a very healthy pot.
J.C. Tran raised from middle position, Pablo Fernandez three-bet from the next seat over, Ankush Mandavia four-bet shoved for 229,000 from the small blind, Tran folded, and Fernandez called.
Fernandez:
Mandavia:
The board ran out , no help to Fernandez, locking up the double for Mandavia.
The following hand, Fernandez was all in for his remaining 7,000 from middle position with , racing with Matthew Lapossie's in the big blind.
The board came down , giving Lapossie a pair of aces to eliminate the team of Sergi Reixach and Pablo Fernandez.
Eric Wasserson was under the gun and raised to 15,000. Dietrich Fast defended his big blind.
The flop was and Fast checked. Wasserson bet 16,000 and Fast quickly called.
The turn was the and Fast check-called Wasserson's bet of 36,000.
The river was the and Fast checked again. Wasserson fired out a bet of 85,000 sending Fast into the tank. Fast eventually called and Wasserson tabled . Fast's cards went into the muck.
Wasserson played about three hands for their team and then ran back to his PLO tournament.