Niveau: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Chance Kornuth was out of position in a heads-up pot against Ryan Hughes on a board of .
The river brought the and Kornuth asked for a count of the pot as he stacked up chips. Always on the hunt for live tells, Kornuth's eyes darted back and forth between his chips and his opponent as he counted out a bet of 108,500.
Kornuth put out the bet and his opponent snap-called.
"You've got it," Kornuth said before Hughes showed to scoop the pot with a straight.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ryan Hughes |
500,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
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Chance Kornuth |
155,000
-118,500
|
-118,500 |
|
The pot had swelled to around 50,000 on the river and Ryan Laplante put out a pot-sized bet.
Joshua Faris deliberated for around two minutes before finally making the call.
Laplante flipped over for the ace-high flush, though saying he had the nuts.
Afterwards, his tablemates jokingly reminded him that he, in fact, did not have the nuts.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ryan Laplante |
206,500
117,500
|
117,500 |
|
||
Joshua Faris |
100,000
-110,500
|
-110,500 |
Matt Glantz limped in from the button and Joao Vieira called in the small blind before Brian Hastings raised in the big blind. Both opponents called.
The flop of checked through and the same action took place on the turn. The river brought the and all three players once again checked.
Hastings showed to win the pot with aces up.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Brian Hastings |
200,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
||
Joao Vieira |
190,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
|
||
Matt Glantz |
100,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
In the "craziest hand" Allen Kessler has seen today, Sterling Savill opened to 8,000 in early position and Michael Trivett and the button both called. Kessler then three-bet shoved from the big blind and Savill four-bet re-shoved behind him. Trivett also moved all in and the button went in the tank before folding.
Allen Kessler:
Michael Trivett:
Sterling Savill:
The flop came to give Kessler a big lead with a king-high flush.
"Who has diamonds?" asked Kessler.
"You do!" someone at the table replied.
The runout of secured the main pot for Kessler for a triple-up, while Savill improved to a pair of fours to win the side pot and eliminate Trivett.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Sterling Savill |
370,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Allen Kessler |
115,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Michael Trivett | Eliminé | |
|
A record-breaking 284 entries have generated a $2,648,300 prize pool.
The winner will receive $611,362 and the gold bracelet, with the top 43 players cashing for a minimum of $16,171.
Ryan Hughes, David Benyamine, and Joshua Faris were in a three-way all in on a board.
David Benyamine:
Joshua Faris:
Ryan Hughes:
Hughes would win the high with the nut straight while Benyamine and Faris were quartered, having to chop the nut low.
Hughes, who came into the day as the chip leader, is now flirting with the million-chip mark.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ryan Hughes |
975,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
||
Joshua Faris |
240,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
David Benyamine |
110,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Benjamin Miner moved all in for 32,000 on a flop of and Dylan Wilkerson called with a bigger stack.
Benjamin Miner:
Dylan Wilkerson:
The board finished out for Wilkerson to scoop the pot with threes full of kings and Miner hit the rail.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Dylan Wilkerson |
275,000
202,500
|
202,500 |
Benjamin Miner | Eliminé |