Daniel Negreanu opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and Sean Winter three-bet to 11,000 from the small blind. Sean Perry folded his big blind and Negreanu called to see a flop of .
Winter led out for 6,500 and Negreanu stuck around to see the on the turn. Both players checked to the on the river and Winter fanned a bet of 50,000. Negreanu thought for his allotted 30 seconds before folding before having to use his time extension.
Benjamin Pollak and Sam Soverel were both seen leaving Table 5 in short order. Erik Seidel and Brandon Adams look to be the beneficiaries of the eliminations as their chip stacks continue to grow. Anthony Ruberto has taken one of those empty seats as both players were seen entering on their second bullet.
Not long after Anthony Ruberto took his seat to the left of Bryn Kenney, he was faced with a raise of 3,000 from Kenny on the button. Ruberto called from the small blind and the two players went heads-up to the flop of .
Ruberto check-called a bet of 3,000 from Kenney on the flop as well as another bet of 9,000 on the turn. The river brought the and Ruberto checked for the third time. Kenney fired in a bet of 25,000 and Ruberto looked him up. Kenney tabled for two pair and Ruberto was forced to muck his cards.
The flop read with around 17,000 in the middle and two players remaining in the hand. The action was checked to Alex Condon on the button who bet 12,000 and Ben Yu check-raised all in for 79,500 from the hijack. Condon took his time, using up one of his time extension before making the call.
Ben Yu:
Alex Condon:
Condon was out front with a pair of queens against Yu's flush draw. However, the on the turn gave Yu a flush and a lock on the hand. The completed the board and Yu doubled up, leaving Condon with under 10,000 chips.
There was a three-way all in following Ben Yu's double up and Alex Condon was inevitably in the middle of it having just six big blinds. However, there was a large side pot between Tom Marchese and Andy Park.
Alex Condon:
Tom Marchese:
Andy Park:
The flop came and Condon hit one of the best flops he could ask for, despite being dominated by both of his opponents. The turn brought the and it was Condon's turn to turn a flush to wrap up the main pot.
There was still a side pot to fight for, with Andy Park being the player at risk for around 80,000 chips. The dealer burned and turned the on the river and Marchese spiked a two-outer to crack Park's aces.
Lauren Roberts got the last of her 20,000 chips in the middle from the cutoff and was called by Anthony Zinno on the button. Roberts was in rough shape with against Zinno's .
The board ran out and Zinno's ace-high held on to eliminate Roberts.
"Rebuy!" Roberts announced as she took a drink of her water and headed to the registration desk.
Benjamin Pollak raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 20,000 out of the big blind. Pollak counted out his remaining chips and then shipped all in for 78,000. Mateos promptly called and the cards were on their backs.
Benjamin Pollak:
Adrian Mateos:
Pollak held the dominating hand but the flop fell giving Mateos a pair of queens and the lead in the hand. Pollak held the lone heart, giving him the only flush draw. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river gave Pollak a flush as he earned the double up.