Giuseppe Pantaleo and Cannon Lim had gotten to the river of a hefty pot with the board reading . Lim was in the big blind, while Pantaleo was under the gun. Lim bet 450,000, a bet worth more than half of Pantaleo's stack, and the German thought for about a minute before calling.
Lim rolled over for the nut straight, and Pantaleo shook his head as he mucked his cards.
"I'm lucky that I didn't go broke there," Pantaleo said as he tossed his cards to the dealer.
Even though he didn't go broke, Pantaleo was knocked down to just 375,000, with the blinds coming through him next.
Jordan Cordynice moved all in, and his neighbor, Alexander Haber, re-shoved. No more parties were interested, and the cards were on their backs.
Cordynice:
Haber:
The board ran out . Haber gave a yelp of delight and clapped his hands as his opponent’s chips were pushed to him, and Cordynice was escorted to the payout desk, his tournament at an end.
Linglin Zeng moved all in preflop for her final 350,000, and it folded all the way around to Ricardo Ramos in the big blind. He tanked for about 90 seconds before tossing in a chip for the call.
Zeng:
Ramos:
The flop didn't bring much help for Zeng, but the on the turn meant a king would work for her now, as well as a queen or a ten. However, the came on the river instead, sealing the win for Ramos, who bumped his stack up to 1.5 million.
Matt Berkey raised to 125,000, and Eugene Todd three bet to 350,000 on the button. Berkey called, and they went heads-up to the flop. Berkey check-called a bet of 180,000 from Todd, and both players tapped the felt on the turn. The river brought the , and Berkey fired out 400,000. Todd thought for a bit before tossing his hand into the muck, and Berkey took in the pot.
Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 120,000, Samuel Vonkennel three-bet jammed from the big blind, and Pantaleo called to put Vonkennel at risk.
Pantaleo:
Vonkennel:
Vonkennel was racing for his tournament life, and Pantaleo needed to improve in order to win the pot. The board ran out , and Vonkennel's pocket fours held for the double-up.
Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 110,000 from under the gun, Jerry Robinson called from the button, and Cannon Lim called from the big blind after a bit of thought.
Action checked all the way down on every street as the board ran out , and Lim took the pot with for a pair of aces to bolster his short stack and put him over the 1,000,000-chip mark.