Michael Rodrigues limped in from under the gun and both Michael Rocco and Wooram Cho limped behind from the cutoff and small blind respectively. Gergo Nagy checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came A♥10♠8♥ and action checked around to Rodrigues who bet 55,000. Rocco called while both Cho and Nagy folded.
On the Q♣ turn Rodrigues checked and Rocco bet 150,000. Rodrigues made the call.
The river was the A♠. Rodrigues checked, Rocco moved all in for 410,000 and Rodrigues snap-called.
Rodrigues tabled A♦K♠8♦7♣ for aces full of eights but Rocco showed down A♣J♣10♦9♥ for aces full of tens to scoop a titanic pot and make a serious dent in the stack of Rodrigues.
Michael Rodrigues opened to 105,000 from under the gun and Michael Rocco three-bet to 300,000 from the small blind. Rodrigues made the call, leaving approximately 75,000 behind.
The flop came 8♠5♥3♦. Rocco moved all in and Rodrigues called off to put himself at risk.
Michael Rodrigues: Q♦Q♣10♠9♠
Michael Rocco: A♠A♦8♦5♣
Rodrigues was in rough shape against the bigger pocket pair and would need to hit either a queen or running cards to pull ahead. He found no help on the 8♥ turn or 10♣ river and was sent to the rail courtesy of Rocco who scooped the pot.
Rehman Kassam check-jammed out of the big blind for approximately 600,000 against Gergo Nagy on a flop of 7♥J♥Q♦, who had Kassam covered to be put at risk.
Rehman Kassam: K♥Q♥5♦2♦
Gergo Nagy: A♣Q♣J♦8♣
The board ran out 8♠J♣ — leaving Nagy best with a full house and eliminating Kassam in 18th place.
With two players seeing a board reading 10♥9♠7♠, Filip Lovric was all in for a stack of just under 400,000 against Tong Li who very slghtly covered Lovric.
Filip Lovric: A♠A♦Q♦4♠
Tong Li: 9♣8♠7♥6♥
Li was ahead with the second-nut straight but Lovric still had outs in the form of the nut-flush draw. Those outs never materialized on the 5♥ turn or 2♣ river and Lovric was sent to the rail while Li secured a full double up.