Nicholas Blumenthal raised from the cutoff seat to 23,000. Markus Gonsalves reraised from the small blind to make it 58,000 to go. Blumenthal called when action got back to him.
The flop came down and Gonsalves fired 55,000. Blumenthal made the call to see the fall on the turn. Gonsalves checked now and Blumenthal bet 85,000. With 406,000 behind, Gonsalves made the call to see the river.
The river was the and completed the board. Gonsalves had 321,000 left in his stack and checked to Blumenthal, who had the power of position. Blumenthal bet all in, having Gonsalves covered. Gonsalves tanked for a couple of minutes and then gave it up, allowing Blumenthal to scoop the pot and move to second in chips.
Markus Gonsalves found himself all in for just over 300,000 against Brian Lemke.
Gonsalves:
Lemke:
The board rolled out to see Gonsalves snag top pair with a better kicker to double through to 650,000 as Lemke slips to 790,000 in chips whilst relinquishing the chip lead.
Action folded to Sergey Rybachenko in the small blind and he limped in. 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen raised to 27,000 from the big blind and Rybachenko called to see the flop heads up.
The flop came down and Rybachenko checked to Mortensen. The former Main Event winner fired 30,000 and Rybachenko made the call.
Fourth street was the and Rybachenko checked again. Mortensen bet 54,000 this time. Rybachenko check-raised all in and had Mortensen covered. Mortensen quickly called and tabled the for the nut Broadway straight. Rybachenko held the and could only chop if a king fell on the river.
The river completed the board with the , but that didn't help Rybachenko at all. Mortensen was all in for 272,000 total on the turn and Rybachenko sent over the chips, dropping back to 290,000 in the process. Mortensen moved to 667,000.
Konstantin Bucherl opened the pot to 26,000 only to have Tim West move all in for roughly 150,000. With the action on Sergey Rybachenko in the cutoff, he pushed for 280,000 only to have Joseph Kuether announce he was all in from the small blind for 330,000. Bucheral folded after facing the heavy action.
West:
Rybachenko:
Kuether:
In an amazing preflop cooler, the final board of would ensure the exit of both West and Rybachenko as Kuether climbs to 780,000 in chips.
On the turn of the board of , Jesse Chinni checked and Brian Lemke bet 76,000. Chinni made the call and the river completed the board with the . Chinni checked and Lemke fired 123,000. Chinni called.
Lemke tabled the and Chinni mucked his hand. Scooping this pot put Chinni down to 205,000 and moved Lemke back over one million.