Facing a cutoff raise to 4,600, Hunter Frey three-bet the small blind to 12,700.
Once the big blind folded, the cutoff moved all in for an additional 29,600, and after deliberating for a few moments, Frey folded as he slipped to 155,000 in chips.
As Frey's chips were being pushed to his opponent, he flashed the to show that he had shipped on Frey with just king-high.
Dan Shak opened to 6,000 on the button and was met with an all-in re-raise to 37,000 from the small blind. Shak called surprisingly quickly and saw that he was in good shape heading to the flop.
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Unfortunately for Shak, a nine came out right in the window on the flop. The turn and river were no help to Shak, whose stack now sits just above 35,000.
The under-the-gun player open-limped and directly to his left, Ana Marquez raised to 7,000. The big blind and limper both called to see a flop, which came the .
The big blind donked for 7,700, which got the limper to fold, but ran into an all-in re-raise from Marquez for 43,000. Her opponent asked for a count, but quickly gave up his cards upon learning the amount, chipping Marquez up to 62,000.
It was folded around to the hijack who raised to 5,000. Alexander Kravchenko was next to act and shipped all in for 37,000. The small blind re-shipped all in for 35,000 and the initial raiser got out of the way. Kravchenko turned over and would need some help against the small blind’s . The board brought no help however as it ran out and Kravchenko was busto.
After his opponent shoved all-in, Jeff Warren made a call that he later described as "a no-brainer." Warren held and found himself dominating the of the other player.
A board of made it official and Warren eliminated his opponent in the process.
After pushing his short stack of approximately 10,000 chips into the middle, Mehrdad Yousefzadeh watched as three opponents made the call, each looking to take him out of contention.
The flop came down and the three players followed tournament custom by checking it down, trying to increase the chance that one of their holdings would be enough to oust Yousefzadeh. The on the turn prompted another round of checks and we were off to the river.
When the arrived on the river, one player bet into the dry side pot, signifying that he had made a hand strong enough to try and earn added value. Another player made the call and flipped up , but found himself beat by .
Almost as an afterthought, Yousefzadeh finally revealed his holding: for a flopped set of deuces. Yousefzadeh quadrupled up on this hand as the rail whistled in approval. Yousefzadeh turned to the observers with a smile and said "I had the best hand all the way" while organizing his newly replenished stack of chips.
With a raise to 4,200 ahead of him, David Chicotsky three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind only to have the big blind jam all in for 70,000. The original raiser folded, but Chicotsky made the call for his 30,000 total.
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Big Blind:
The board ran out to see Chicotsky exit to the rail.
On a board of , a player in middle position checked, prompting a 12,000 bet from Joseph Kuether. His opponent tanked hard but then announced, "All-in!" and slashed his stack of approximately 40,000 into the pot. Kuether didn't waste much time mucking his hand.