Jake Schindler opened to 17,000 from the cutoff and Brent Hanks moved all in for 75,000 on the button. Justin Bonomo flatted from the small blind and Schindler got out of the way. Hanks tabled but ran into the of Bonomo.
The flop fell and things looked grim for Hanks. The hit the turn and Hanks picked up a flush draw to go with his one overcard. The river brought the and Hanks made his flush to double up.
Just a few hands later, Hanks opened to 18,000 from under the gun and Bonomo called from the cutoff. Keith Tilston three-bet to 70,000 out of the small blind and Hanks four-bet shoved all in for 181,000. Both Bonomo and Tilston mucked their cards as Hanks picked up some more chips.
Dan Shak opened to 15,000 from the cutoff and Brian Rast moved all in for 73,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Shak quickly made the call. Shak held against Rast's . The flop came and Shak instantly jumped out front with a pair of kings. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing as Rast was eliminated.
On the next table over, Bryn Kenney limped in from the small blind and Erik Seidel raised to 28,000 in the big blind. Kenney shoved all in for his short stack of 125,000 and Seidel looked him up. Kenney was in a dominating position with against the of Seidel. The board ran out and Seidel was drawing dead by the turn.
The flop read with around 40,000 and the middle and Keith Tilston was heads-up with Bryn Kenney in the blinds. Tilston checked-called a bet of 24,000 from Kenney on the flop and the landed on the turn.
Tilston checked again and Kenney pushed in a bet of 71,000. Tilston still called and the completed the board. Tilston checked for the third time and Kenney announced a bet of 187,000. Tilston thought for a moment and then check-raised all in for around 280,000. Kenney's eyes popped out of his head and he used up one of his time extensions before making the tough lay down.
Bryn Kenney raised from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Chidwick led out for 20,000 and Kenney just called. The river brought the and Chidwick fired another 40,000. Kenney announced all in and Chidwick instantly mucked his cards, leaving himself with under 10 big blinds.
Meanwhile, Lauren Roberts was caught leaving her seat after she held a sizeable stack after the registration period. Daniel Negreanu was the one with heaps in front of him, sitting on top of the leaderboard with over 700,000 chips now.
With registration officially closed, the prizepool and payouts have been posted. There were a total of 44 entries making up a prizepool of $1,100,000 to play for. There will be seven players making the money with a min-cash worth $55,000 and the winner taking home $374,000.
Justin Young raised to 15,000 in the cutoff and Keith Tilston three-bet to 45,000 out of the small blind. Rainer Kempe asked for a count in the big blind but elected to fold. With the action back on Young, he shoved all in for 225,500. It was met by a quick call from Tilston and the cards were tabled.
Justin Young:
Keith Tilston:
The flop and turn looked good for Tilston as the board read with one card to come. Young was halfway out of his seat when the landed on the river. Young scored a big double up to keep his tournament hopes alive.