Heads-up to the 9♠7♦4♦8♠ turn, Christopher Trang and John Hennigan invested 70,000 each and that brought them to the J♠ river. Both players checked and Trang announced a set of jacks. It was no good, however, as Hennigan briefly flashed AxKx10x9x for a straight to win the pot.
John Monnette raised to 15,000 and then called the three-bet shove by Dario Sammartino for just 37,000.
Dario Sammartino: K♣K♠Q♥6♥
John Monnette: A♣J♣7♦4♦
Monnette took the lead on the A♥Q♠7♥ flop but Sammartino leaped back ahead with the Q♦ turn, the 2♣ river then secured the double of Sammartino.
Jonathan Azoulay opened to 12,000 from the cutoff but was then three-bet by Chris Lee who raised the pot to 44,000.
Azoulay made the call and the two went heads-up to a flop of Q♠3♥9♦ where he led out for the pot, covering Lee.
Lee went into the tank for a good while, using a few of his time
"Wow, I could just be completely crushed here," Lee finally said. He then decided to make the fold shortly after.
In a three-bet pot to the J♥10♦10♣ flop, Kristopher Tong checked and Andriy Lyubovetskiy checked it back to see the J♠ on the turn. Tong now check-called for 60,000 and checked again the J♣ on the river. Lyubovetskiy bet 140,000 and Tong sigh-called.
Lyubovetskiy tabled the A♠K♠J♦5♦ flop and Tong bemoaned his check on the flop.
Siddharth Gandhi opened to 17,000 preflop and was called only by Josh Arieh to see a flop of 7♦2♣Q♦.
Gandhi led out for a pot bet of 47,000 and Arieh thought about it for a few seconds before he made the call to see the 10♦ on the turn.
Gandhi then moved all in and Arieh quickly snapped him off to put him at risk of elimination.
Siddharth Gandhi: A♠A♥K♦4♥
Josh Arieh: 10♣8♠7♣6♣
Arieh was already ahead with his turned two-pair and the river K♦ did not improve Handhit and he was eliminated early on.
"How can you even call on the flop??" he questioned Arieh.
"Whatchu mean?! I had a pair! Two pair draw!" Arieh and the remaining players shared a laugh as he stacked his chips and Gandhi made his way to the exit.
Picking up the action on a multi-way flop of A♦10♠9♠, Biao Ding jammed out of the small blind and Artem Maksimov went all-in over the top from under the gun. Anthony Zinno on the button had invested 30,000 by then and folded.
Biao Ding: A♠10♥7♠4♥
Artem Maksimov: A♣A♥J♠9♦
The 10♦ turn left Ding with a single out and the Q♣ river brought no miracle escape.
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Action folded to Yang Wang on the button who opened to 15,000. The small blind folded and Michael Devinsky defended his big blind.
The A♠Q♦J♣ flop hit the felt and action checked through. The K♣ landed on the turn and Devinsky opted to lead for 20,000. Yang quickly called.
The river landed a relative brick in the 8♠ and Devinsky took a moment before betting close to pot at 65,000. Yang thought it over but eventually sent his cards to the muck.
Dan Smith raised and [Removed:461] repotted to 59,000 from one seat over for Smith to reluctantly call. On a flop of 9♦9♣3♣, Lee instantly moved all-in and Smith was sent into the tank. Two time banks vanished and Smith folded.
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