Cong Pham opened to 2,000 in the cutoff and he was called by Allan Le on the button and Veselin Karakitukov in the small blind. On the flop, Karakitukov checked and Pham continued for 3,500. Le bumped it up to 11,800 and that was called by both os his opponents.
On the turn, Karakitukov and Pham checked, which prompted a bet of 38,000 by Le. That was all it took in order to force two folds and award the pot to Le.
Among others, Phil Galfond has entered recently and the field has grown to more than 150 entries. The first two events Galfond entered during the 2019 World Series of Poker, he has reached the final table and will aim to keep that streak alive.
Andrew Nguyen opened to 1,800 in early position and Anton Morgenstern called from the hijack. Sam Snead called in the cutoff before Chris Hunichen three-bet to 5,400 from the button.
Nguyen called, and Morgenstern elected to four-bet to 23,600 total. Snead folded, but both Hunichen and Nguyen called.
The flop landed and Nguyen bet his last 72,000. Morgenstern isolated for his 140,000 and Hunichen folded.
Nguyen:
Morgenstern:
The turn of the changed nothing, but when the river fell the to give Nguyen trip nines, he secured the double through Morgenstern.
[Removed:321] Abedi raised to 1,500 and was called by Robert Mizrachi from one seat over, Esther Taylor also stuck around on the button. On the flop, Abedi made it 3,000 to go and Mizrachi called, big stack Taylor folded. The followed on the turn and Abedi ended up check-folding to Mizrachi's bet in a battle of shorter stacks on their table.
Roger Teska raised to 1,800 from middle position before Kahle Burns three-bet to 5,300 from the cutoff. Julien Martini called in the small blind, as did Teska.
The board checked through to the river where Teska bet 7,000. Burns called, and Martini check-folded.
Teska tabled his for the ace-high flush, and Burns mucked.
After he was moved tables, Demis Hassabis has been able to build his stack consistently and just dragged in another pot in showdown against Kyle Bowker. The board showed and Bowker checked out of the small blind, faced a bet of 15,000 by Hassabis in late position.
Bowker called and Hassabis rolled over for the king-high flush. That was good enough to win the pot, as Bowker sigh-mucked his cards.