Daniel Zack was all-in after the 10♥8♠4♣ flop with a shorter stack and Conrad De Armas looked him up.
Zack's A♣K♣10♣6♦ was up against J♥J♣8♣7♥ and the A♥ turn gave Zack aces and tens. Nothing changed with the Q♦ river and Zack doubled to just shy of the starting stack.
Jeremy Ausmus and Jeffrey Housenbold built up a massive pot heading to the river on a board of Q♥K♠Q♠J♦J♣ when Ausmus made a pot-sized bet of 335,000.
Housenbold, with around 150,000 remaining, used a time bank before he called. Ausmus showed A♦Q♣J♥4♥ for queens full of jacks.
"I need pocket kings, right," Housenbold asked as he looked back at his hand, but he could only show A♥10♣7♥6♥ for the straight.
"I thought you were taking advantage of me," he told Ausmus as the Silicon Valley venture capitalist asked to take a picture with Ausmus before departing. Ausmus even held up his winning hand.
"That's a needle," a tablemate said.
Jesse Lonis raised to 29,000 on the button and called a three-bet to 97,000 by Joni Jouhkimainen in the small blind. The 8♣5♣2♦ flop saw Jouhkimainen jam and Lonis call.
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♦Q♠9♠7♦
Jesse Lonis: K♣Q♣9♣7♥
Lonis flopped a gutshot and flush draw but the 5♥ turn and 5♦ river made sure that Jouhkimainen doubled with ace-queen high.
Benny Glaser and Shaun Deeb both limped in, while Eric Wasserson and Brian Rast came along from the blinds and they went four-handed to the A♣K♥10♦ flop.
Action checked to Glaser who fired out 17,000 and only Deeb called. The turn came the 3♥ and Glaser bet another 55,000.
Deeb again called to the K♣ river, where Glaser slowed down and checked. Deeb checked behind and Glaser turned over K♠Q♦J♥8♠ for the flopped straight. Deeb also showed Q♠J♦9♣5♠ for the same straight as they split the pot.
Just before the blinds went up, six players limped on a seven-handed table and Dash Dudley in big blind joked "hey Micky, do you want your cards back?" as Michael Duek had folded.
The Q♠6♣5♦ flop was checked and Robert Cowen bet the 7♦ turn for 28,000. Only Christopher Frank called and Cowen checked the 8♠ river. Frank bet the pot for 114,000 and Cowen folded.
Niveau: 11
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Michael Moncek raised to 16,000 from an early position and earned calls from Allan Le in the small blind and Artem Maksimov in the big blind. The A♦10♣2♦ flop brought a check from Le and Maksimov pushed all-in for the 33,000 he had left. Moncek called and then also called Le's check-raise to 110,000.
Le pushed all-in after the 8♣ turn and Moncek called all-in.
When the dealer pointed to Maksimov, the Russian instantly said "just run it, I am drawing dead" while he briefly showed his ace-king high combo.
Moncek had the A♣Q♣9♥6♥ for the nut flush draw and a double gutshot while Le was ahead with the 10♦5♠2♥2♣ for a set of deuces. The J♥ river gave Moncek a straight and he doubled for 238,000.
Adam Hendrix three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind before Jim Collopy, under the gun, moved all in for around 160,000. Hendrix tanked for a moment before he called.
Jim Collopy: A♦A♣3♣2♣
Adam Hendrix: A♥10♥9♣9♠
The Q♥4♦3♠ flop was no help to Hendrix in overcoming Collopy's aces, while he picked up some outs on the 8♦ turn.
The river came the J♥ and Hendrix made a running straight to send Collopy to an early Day 1 exit.
"How do you do it," tablemate Alexander Turyansky said.
"Didn't see it coming," Tom Marchese added.
Three ways to the 8♠5♣3♦ flop, Erick Lindgren bet 22,000 out of the small blind and Henrik Hecklen called in the big blind while Robert Cowen got out of the way. The 9♦ fell on the turn and Lindgren now bet 75,000, which forced out Hecklen.
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