Eugene Todd moved all in for his final 500,000 from under the gun, and action folded around to Matt Berkey, who made it 1,000,000 to go on the button. The blinds folded, and they were off to the races.
Todd:
Berkey:
Todd jumped out to the lead on the {10h] flop, but Berkey took it right back with the on the turn. Todd could only hope to chop it with a river eight. A jack came instead, and Berkey scored the bounty to jump his stack to over four million.
Valentyn Shabelnyk moved all in for 1,160,000 from under the gun, and Jeremy Dresch called from middle position to put him at risk.
Shabelnyk:
Dresch:
Dresch had a commanding lead with his pocket queens, and he was still best after the board ran out , so he took the pot to end Shabelnyk's run in this event.
Action folded around to [Removed:297] on the button. He made it 130,000, to go, and Huihan Wu moved all in for his last 530,000 in the small blind. Eugene Todd was in the big blind, and he thought about it for over a minute before moving all in over the top. Wenigwieser quickly folded, and the cards were tabled.
Wu:
Todd:
Todd wasn't happy to see that he was dominated, and he wasn't able to catch up as the board ran down .
Giuseppe Pantaleo got his last 500,000 chips in the middle from the small blind against Kyle Shappelle, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Pantaleo:
Shappelle:
Shappelle had a commanding lead preflop and retained it when the flop fell . He was still ahead on the turn, but the river paired Pantaleo's king to give him the pot for the double-up.