Justin Young in early position and Alex Foxen on the button went back and forth with raises preflop until all of Foxen's 1,400,000 chips were in the middle and at risk.
Alex Foxen:
Justin Young:
The flop brought Foxen life giving him a set of jacks. The on the turn was safe, but the on the river gave Young the end of night chip lead and eliminated Foxen just before the end of the day.
After Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger moved all in from the button for 570,000, Daniel Negreanu moved in over the top for about 100,000 more. Jake Schindler folded his big blind and Negreanu was in line for a bounty.
Andrew Lichtenberger:
Daniel Negreanu:
The dealer spread a board of , finishing off Lichtenberger's second and final entry of the day.
Action was picked up on a four-way flop of with 225,000 in the middle.
Chino Rheem checked in the small blind, Dario Sammartino checked his big blind, and Daniel Negreanu bet 75,000 from early position.
After that, Ali Imsirovic called in late position and Rheem and Sammartino also called.
On the turn, after Rheem checked, Sammartino took the betting lead, putting forward 160,000. Negreanu and Imsirovic folded, but Rheem called.
The river brought the and after Rheem checked, Sammartino bet 365,000.
Rheem went into the tank grabbing a time bank card to his right and flicking it in before eventually making a call just before a minute had expired.
Sammartino showed for winning trip fours. Rheem mucked his cards, but then realized it wasn't actually his time bank he had tossed in, it was his neighbor to his right, Dan Shak's. In fact, Rheem had no time banks left.
The floor was called over to determine whether Rheem's river call stood, because his action came after the 30 seconds allowed without actually having a time bank of his own.
The floor ruled that the mistake was just that, but the action had to stand and Rheem's chips would go to Sammartino.
Rheem understood the ruling and graciously accepted the decision.
Chino Rheem raised to 40,000 on the button and Shaun Deeb moved all in from the big blind.
Rheem said, "I feel like gambling" and dropped in a call.
Shaun Deeb:
Chino Rheem:
The dealer brought Rheem closer to another bounty as he spread a flop of , pairing Rheem's king. The turn and river couldn't save Deeb and he was sent to the rail after passing his bounty card to Rheem.
Action was heads up with on the board when Alex Foxen bet 35,000 from the cutoff. Phil Ivey check-raised to 115,000 from the big blind and Foxen called to see on the turn.
Ivey bet 200,000 and Foxen gave it some thought and mucked his hand to give up the pot.
Ivey has been steadily growing his stack and is now among the biggest stacks in the room.
Brian Rast opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, who promptly shoved for 400,000. Rast did not appear to be happy at the development but did end up making the call.
Daniel Negreanu:
Brian Rast:
Negreanu was at risk but had Rast dominated and the Canadian could be heard to say "Rast is bounty hunting me." The board ran out and Negreanu made a pair of queens with the better kicker to leave Rast with crumbs.
Chino Rheem has been steadily growing his stack into the chip lead and he quickly extended it after the break in a hand with Shaun Deeb.
Action was discovered on the river with a 600,000+ chip pot built with the board reading . Rheem moved all in from the big blind for Deeb's final 325,000 chips and his $25,000 bounty.
In middle position, Deeb pondered his decision for over two minutes before annoyedly tossing his cards to the muck and awarding another sizable pot to Rheem.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 12,000 from middle position and Bill Klein called from the big blind.
The flop was and Klein checked. Lichtenberger continued for 20,000 and Klein called.
On the turn, Klein checked and Lichtenberger bet 55,000. Klein check-raised to 175,000 and Lichtenberger called.
After the landed on the river, Klein glanced over Lichtenberger's stack, then his own before announcing all-in.
Using a time bank card before deciding, Lichtenberger called with for a turned set. Klein had flopped a higher set with to send Lichtenberger to the rail.
On a board reading and 115,000 in the middle, Chance Kornuth checked from middle position to Adrian Mateos on the button.
Mateos proceeded to put out an overbet of 450,000, to the seeming chagrin of Kornuth. After about 30 seconds, Kornuth, with a slight sigh, tossed his hand into the muck.