Action folded around to Kamal Bittar in the small blind and he raised to 600,000. George Turner made the call out of the big blind to send the players heads-up to the flop.
Bittar led out for 575,000 after the flop and Turner called.
Both players checked through the turn to see the river where Bittar again checked. Turner fired off 900,000 which was enough to get his opponent off his hand and keep Turner chipping up.
The rapid-fire all-in showdowns kept on coming with the next short stack getting the chips in preflop. That happened to be Antonio Lievano, who pushed for the last 1,175,000 and was looked up by Matthew Su.
Antonio Lievano:
Matthew Su:
Both kept shouting to their rails which cards they wanted to see. Lievano settled for a split pot already with his demands but was on thin ice after the turn. "Give me the nuts," Su responded while Lievano was yelling for a ten. Neither request was granted as the river ended Lievano's run in 51st place.
Andy Taylor raised to 450,000 on the button before Karim Rebei three-bet to 1,200,000 from the big blind.
Taylor called to see the , where he called another bet of 1,400,000 from Rebei. The turn brought the and they got the rest of Taylor's 5,700,000 in the middle.
Andy Taylor:
Karim Rebei:
"Six is good. Four is good. King is good," Rebei said, but he didn't catch any of them on the river as Taylor doubled up to more than 21,000,000.
Left with a short stack for some time after a move gone wrong, Cameron Blazevich open-shoved out of the hijack for 1,425,000 or seven big blinds in total. He was called by Dingxiang Ong on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Cameron Blazevich:
Dingxiang Ong:
"We are live," Blazevich exclaimed while he was standing next to his friends on the rail.
There was no help on the flop and the turn. However, the fell on the river and Blazevich doubled to get back into contention.
George Turner opened to 400,000 from middle position and received a call from Matija Dobric out of the big blind.
Dobric checked on the flop and then raised to 800,000 after Turner continued for 200,000. Turner called to see the turn.
The turn came and Dobric continued his aggression with a bet of 1,900,000. That elicited a fold from Turner to send the pot Dobric's way as he continues to pressure the rest of the table.
Aaron Duczak raised to 425,000 in early position and was called by Tom Kunze and Robert Reed in the blinds. The flop came and the action checked to Duczak who continued for 625,000. Kunze called and Reed got out of the way.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Two more checks and Kunze tabled for top pair. It was no good as Duczak rolled over to claim the pot.
Espen Jorstad raised the small blind to 525,000 and Frank Funaro defended the big blind.
The flop fell , Jorstad bet 275,000, and Funaro called. The landed on the turn, Jorstad bet out a single black T-500,000 chip, and Funaro quickly mucked.