Joseph Kuether raised from early position (under the gun plus one) to 34,000. Farzad Bonyadi reraised all in for 162,000 from the next seat and action folded back to Kuether. He thought for a minute or two and then made the call with the . Bonyadi held the .
The flop came down and gave Kuether an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the and the river the . Bonyadi was able to hold up and doubled his stack.
Out of the blue, two of the largest stacks left in the field got all of the money in preflop. Thomas Ross and Dmitry Gromov just played a 1.5 million chip pot with Ross holding the to Gromov's .
"Here she comes!" announced Ross as he waited for the flop to come out with the hopes of a queen there.
The dealer ran the flop out and just like Ross asked for, a queen was there. The turn was the and the river the , which meant Ross won the hand with a set of queens and the massive pot. He eliminated Gromov in 24th place and moved his stack to 2.24 million.
From the cutoff seat, Jonathan Little raised all in after action folded to him for 158,000. Greg Dyer called all in for 145,000 from the button and everyone else folded. Dyer tabled the and Little the .
The board ran out and Dyer hit a flush to double up. Little was left with just 13,000 in chips.
Jonathan Little moved all in from the hijack seat for 11,000 after posting the ante for 2,000. Maria Ho was in the small blind and raised all in for 123,000 herself. Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind and the three hands were tabled.
Little:
Ho:
Mortensen:
The board ran out and Little spiked a six to win the hand and triple up. Ho was able to best Mortensen in the side pot and win a nice pot herself.
Michael Hahn jammed just over his last 300,000 into the middle and Richard Lyndaker iso-shoved next to act for slightly more to force the blinds to fold.
Hahn: (suited)
Lyndaker:
Unfortunately for Hahn, he was unable to outdraw Lyndaker's pocket pair as he was sent to the rail in 23rd place while Lyndaker moves to roughly 690,000 in chips.
Mikhail Lakhitov opened under the gun to 35,000 and was instantly met with an all-in raise from Jonathan Durand next to speak for 279,000. Once the action folded back to Lakhitov, he instantly made the call.
Durand:
Lakhitov:
The flop gave Durand additional outs to a king or repeat queen, but when the and completed the board, he would be forced to exit in 22nd place for a $27,442 payday as Lakhitov soars to 970,000 in chips.
Brian Lemke and Richard Lyndaker saw the flop of with Lemke in the small blind and Lyndaker on the button. We're assuming Lyndaker had raised the button and Lemke made the call from the small blind, but the actual start of the hand was unknown.
On the flop, both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Lemke reached for chips and bet 50,000 with two green T25,000 chips. Lyndaker folded and Lemke showed the for a royal flush draw.
From the hijack, Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 36,000. Markus Gonsalves reraised from the cutoff seat to 79,000 and action folded back to Fohrenbach. Gonsalves had about 545,000 behind and Fohrenbach opted to four-bet to 149,000 with about 1.1 million behind. Gonsalves folded and Fohrenbach won the pot.
Greg Dyer raised all in for 285,000 from under the gun plus one. Sean LeFort reraised all in from the hijack seat for 300,000 and everyone else folded.
Dyer:
LeFort:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Dyer hit the rail in 21st place. LeFort moved to 600,000 in chips.
From under the gun plus one, Cary Katz raised to 40,000. Jesse Chinni was in the big blind and didn't seem to like Katz trying to take it from him. he three-bet to 108,000 and won the pot.
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. Bonyadi held the 
.
and gave Kuether an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Bonyadi was able to hold up and doubled his stack.
to Gromov's 
and just like Ross asked for, a queen was there. The turn was the 
and the river the 
and Little the 
and Dyer hit a flush to double up. Little was left with just 13,000 in chips.
(suited)
and 
completed the board, he would be forced to exit in 22nd place for a $27,442 payday as Lakhitov soars to 970,000 in chips.
fall on the turn. Lemke reached for chips and bet 50,000 with two green T25,000 chips. Lyndaker folded and Lemke showed the 
for a royal flush draw.
and Dyer hit the rail in 21st place. LeFort moved to 600,000 in chips.