On a full board of , and with a pot approaching 300,000, James Broom checked to Najeem Ajez who bet a hefty 275,000.
His opponent eventually folded, and Ajez appeared to want to show before folding. The pair had a brief back-and-forth about what he had, with Broom seeming to make out that he had folded trip fours.
Toby Lewis opened for 25,000 under the gun and got two callers. Eddie Puia checked the and Lewis bet 35,000. Tobias Hausen mucked but Puia stuck around. Two checks followed the and the river was a . Puia checked and Lewis bet 145,000.
Puia went deep into the tank, taking several minutes into the break. Finally, he came to a decision of sorts.
"You know what I'm gonna do?" he said. "I'm gonna flip a coin."
He flipped a chip and apparently it landed on the call side because he announced an immediate call. Lewis tabled for a straight and took the big pot.
Espen Solaas limped in from the small blind and Mike Del Vecchio checked his option. On the flop, Solaas bet 18,000, Del Vecchio raised to 54,000 and Solaas called.
The dealer slapped the on the turn and Del Vecchio bet 68,000. Solaas wasn't going anywhere and called another street.
The river brought the and Solaas checked once more. Del Vecchio cut out a bet of 108,000 and Solaas called after a minute.
Caught with his hand in the cookie jar, Del Vecchio tabled the optional for seven-high. Solaas showed for a pair of nines and Del Vecchio nodded.
[Removed:415] defended his big blind to a raise by Bobby Zhang and the duo checked through the flop. On the turn, Doria check-shoved for 279,000 and Zhang reluctantly called with the for top pair and a flush draw. Doria had turned two pair with and held up with the blank river.
Kim Au won a nice pot off Ben Richardson when calling a bet of 125,000 on the river. Richardson had the and Au won the pot with . Au dropped the profit in the last hand of the level against Kahle Burns, though.
Stefan Huber three-bet an open raise by Saijes Mundadan from 28,000 to 80,000 and checked his option in the big blind on the flop. Huber then check-raised all in against a bet of 58,000 by Mundadan and forced a fold.
Joshua Abady raised from the button and Mike Del Vecchio defended his big blind. On the flop, Del Vecchio checked and called a bet worth 30,000 by Abady before checking again the turn. Abady bet 65,000 with some 150,000 behind and Del Vecchio check-raised to 325,000.
Abady sighed and said "normally I should snap call," gave it some brief consideration and called it off. "Do you have a flush?" Abady asked and Del Vecchio nodded.
Joshua Abady:
Mike Del Vecchio:
The river was a blank and that was it for Abady in 33rd place. "I am happy," Abady said with a smile before adding "Why could I not have the ace of diamonds, I could have folded. You know you are paying for all the drinks when you win," to which Del Vecchio replied with "deal."
Holding , Takao Shimizu caught a nice flop when the dealer fanned out . The board completed with the and and after building a pot on earlier streets, Shimizu bet 150,000 on the river. Puia paid it off and had to part with those chips.