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Stephen Chidwick opened to 110,000 and Richard Lee three-bet to 350,000. The action folded back to Chidwick, who four-bet to put Lee all-in for 740,000. Lee called off.
Richard Lee:
Stephen Chidwick:
Chidwick had Lee dominated and he maintained the lead as the board ran out , making Lee Chidwick's third casualty of the level.
Shai Arbel raised to 105,000 from the early position and Rameez Shahid three-bet jammed for 425,000. Nicolas Vayssieres four-bet to an illegal amount of 600,000 from the cutoff for the action to fold back to Arbel who got out of their way.
Rameez Shahid:
Nicolas Vayssieres:
The board ran out for Vayssieres to turn the straight to eliminate Shahid.
Samuel Gagnon opened to 125,000 in early position and was called by Zachary Mcdiarmid in the cutoff. The two players saw a flop of and Gagnon checked to Mcdiarmid in the cutoff who bet 175,000. Gagnon check-raised to 500,000 and Mcdiarmid called.
The paired the board on the turn and Gagnon shoved all in for 1,120,000. Mcdiarmid checked his cards and quickly called to put Gagnon at risk.
Gagnon showed for top pair and the nut flush draw but Mcdiarmid showed for a full house. The on the river was not enough for Gagnon to stay alive in the Main Event.
Roman Valerstein raised to 110,000 and was called by Alejandro "Papo MC" Lococo from one seat over. Jeremy Joseph then three-bet foe what appeared to be 450,000 and Valerstein folded. Lococo was sent into the tank and moved all-in to get beaten into the pot by Joseph.
Alejandro Lococo:
Jeremy Joseph:
On a board of , Lococo rivered an unlikely set and scored a massive double while a stunned Joseph sunk back into his chair.
In a cutoff versus button situation, Chance Kornuth called a three-bet to 255,000 from Yaniv Peretz. The flop was and Kornuth check-called 225,000 from Peretz.
On the turn, Kornuth decided to lead out for 270,000 and Peretz folded. Shortly after, the table got broken up much to Kornuth's dismay, who faced another table break in short succession.
Matija Dobric opened to 100,000 in the hijack and Oshri Lahmani defended the big blind.
The flop came and Lahmani check-called a 55,000 bet. On the turn, Lahmani check-called for 115,000, and both players checked the river.
Dobric showed to hit the river and beat the of Lahmani.
Lahmani was down to a short stack and jammed twice in a row soon after, with all other players folding to give him some more chips, but he still remains the short stack at the table.
Stephen Song opened to 100,000 and Robert Cowen three-bet to 325,000. Nicholas Rigby flat-called and Benjamin Armstrong four-bet shoved for 1,170,000. Song folded and Cowen then jammed his stack of 1,390,000 and Rigby called for about a million more.
Benjamin Armstrong:
Robert Cowen:
Nicholas Rigby:
Armstrong had aces while Cowen had jacks and Rigby was in the mix with the three-deuce. Armstrong's aces were still ahead after the flop of but the on the turn catapulted Cowen ahead. Cowen nearly tripled when the peeled off on the river while Armstrong was eliminated.
A series of preflop raises saw Francis Cruz four-bet jam for 1,640,000 from the button only to have Mitchell Halverson snap-call from the small blind.
Francis Cruz:
Mitchell Halverson:
It was a classic race with Cruz looking to connect with either of his two overs but neither came after the flop hit the felt.
The turn brought possible chop outs if a four or nine were to fall but luckily for Cruz, it was the that completed the board on the river and kept his Main Event hopes alive.