A number of bets were made before Antonio Esfandiari bumped it up to 280,000 preflop. Isaac Haxton wasn't done and jammed all in for a total of 668,500. Esfandiari required a timebank while he dwelled on his decision, eventually making a call to put Haxton at risk and create a monstrous pot.
Isaac Haxton:
Antonio Esfandiari:
A huge race was underway as a board fanned out. Haxton spiked an ace on the flop and dragged in the pot giving him a huge chip lead.
All the money went in on the flop of a board between Jason Koon holding the and Bryn Kenney with the . A sick cooler spelled the end for Kenney when the board ran out .
Koon now sits in second place while Kenney's day came to an unfortunate end.
With over 150,000 in the middle and a board reading , Rodger Johnson checked and Daniel Negreanu moved all in. Johnson went into the tank, a call being for his tournament life. Johnson used a timebank chip and would eventually fold before his clock ran out.
Negreanu showed his tablemates the as the dealer pushed him the pot.
With registration closed, the official numbers are in. Today's event received a total of 49 entries making it the largest event of the US Poker Open with a $1,225,000 prize pool.
The top seven spots will earn a prize with anyone making the money taking home at least $61,250. Awaiting the eventual champ is, of course, the trophy and a top prize of $416,500.
A crazy level has brought the field down to just 18 players as Rainer Kempe, Sean Winter, Andrew Leathem, and Kieth Tilston have joined the rest of the players on the rail.
From across the room, we saw both Ben Tollerene and Barry Woods leaving the table while a mountain of chips was being pushed towards Isaac Haxton.
The dealer informed us that all the money was piled in preflop with Haxton holding the against Tollerene's and Woods' . Haxton's pair held through a board knocking out both of his opponents and leaping into the chip lead.
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board fanned out. Haxton spiked an ace on the flop and dragged in the pot giving him a huge chip lead.
board between Jason Koon holding the 
, Rodger Johnson checked and Daniel Negreanu moved all in. Johnson went into the tank, a call being for his tournament life. Johnson used a timebank chip and would eventually fold before his clock ran out.
and Woods' 
