On an A♣Q♣3♦ flop, Anton Smirnov checked from the small blind to Hassan Kamel, who was in late position. Kamel bet 120,000 and Smirnov called. The 9♣ on the turn got checked around.
Smirnov checked the 3♥ on the river and Kamel bet 160,000. Smirnov called but Kamel slapped A♠6♠5♣3♠ for treys full onto the felt. Smirnov could only acknowledge it and mucked his hand.
Joao Simao raised to 105,000 in the cutoff and was called by Ben Yu in the big blind, which brought them to the 5♣3♦2♣ flop. A staring contest ensued that lasted nearly two minutes before they checked to the 7♥ turn, on which Yu bet 60,000.
Simao only had 145,000 behind and went deep into the tank. The clock was called on him eventually and his 30 seconds to act ran down and his cards were declared dead.
On the brink, Patrick Leonard was all-in and at risk twice against John Holley. In the first hand, Leonard was all in for 65,000 with A♥A♠7♠7♦ against Holley's A♣Q♥4♦3♠ and doubled up after the board ran out K♣9♣3♦5♥5♠.
In the subsequent hand, Holley and Leonard saw a 9♦8♦6♥ flop appear with about half of Leonard's stack already in after Holley had raised to 80,000. Holley then check-called the shove from Leonard.
Patrick Leonard; A♦4♣3♦2♥
John Holley: A♣K♠5♦4♦
The board ran out 10♦4♠ to complete both the ace-high flush and nut low for the British pro.
In a limped battle of the blinds, Dylan Weisman checked the A♥K♠2♦ flop and Maxx Coleman checked behind to see the 3♠ turn. Weisman checked and subsequently check-raised from 75,000 to 180,000 with Coleman sticking around.
Weisman jammed the 5♦ river and Coleman called with the former showing K♣7♣5♥4♣. Coleman also had the wheel with the J♥5♠4♥2♣ and they chopped it up.
Dzmitry Urbanovich then raised to 60,000 and Naoya Kihara defended the big blind. Both checked the 10♣9♣2♦ flop and Kihara bet the 6♥ turn for 130,000. Urbanovich check-raised the pot and Kihara folded.
Joao Simao raised to 105,000 in early position, leaving just 75,000 behind. Stephen Deutsch came along with a call in late position.
Simao bet 65,000 on the J♦8♦7♥ flop, Deutsch stuck the rest in, and Simao briefly glanced over at the other table before calling.
Joao Simao: A♦Q♠4♥3♦
Stephen Deutsch: A♣Q♣9♦5♠
"Not much," Deutsch said about his own hand. After the J♠ turn and A♥ river, both players played ace-queen for high, while Simao had the best low with 8-7-4-3-A to take three quarters.
Naoya Kihara raised to 105,000 and Paul Volpe called out of the small blind. The A♦10♣3♣ flop was reluctantly checked by Volpe and Kihara then instantly bet the pot for 270,000.
That was enough to win the pot as Volpe folded. "Set of aces?" Volpe inquired and Kihara grinned, replied all but a "maybe."
A rather innocuous blind-on-blind battle between Long Tran and Joao Simao exploded on the river when the dealer completed the J♥10♣2♥7♥5♠ board. Simao bet a large part of his stack, Tran stuck the rest in and Simao called.
Tran rolled over A♥5♥5♦4♦ for the nut flush and a 7-5-4-2-A low. Simao tabled A♠K♥10♠4♣ for the same low to escape with a quarter of the pot.
Three ways to the J♦8♣5♠ flop, John Holley checked out of the small blind and Patrick Leonard got his last 45,000 in from the big blind. Ben Yu called in the hijack and Holley then check-raised the pot to 420,000.
Dylan Weisman walked over to sweat the showdown with Leonard while Yu was in the tank, which was remarked upon by Holley. Eventually, Yu folded and the cards were flipped over.
Patrick Leonard: A♣Q♦6♠3♠
John Holley: K♣Q♦9♦6♦
"Oh, I have nothing, I was just making a play ... it seemed like a good spot," Holley said when the cards had been exposed.
The board completed with the 9♠ turn and 3♥ river as Holley won the high pot with a pair of nines and Leonard took the low.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 1 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 690,000 | 23 |
| 116 | 2 | Paul Volpe | United States | 725,000 | 24 |
| 116 | 3 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 1,950,000 | 65 |
| 116 | 4 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 265,000 | 9 |
| 116 | 5 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 855,000 | 29 |
| 116 | 6 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 870,000 | 29 |
| 116 | 7 | Ryan Rapaski | United States | 1,020,000 | 34 |
| 116 | 8 | Hassan Kamel | Australia | 2,240,000 | 75 |
| 121 | 1 | Long Tran | United States | 500,000 | 17 |
| 121 | 2 | Stephen Deutsch | United States | 1,550,000 | 52 |
| 121 | 3 | Ben Yu | United States | 475,000 | 16 |
| 121 | 4 | Calen McNeil | Canada | 875,000 | 29 |
| 121 | 5 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | 1,600,000 | 53 |
| 121 | 6 | John Holley | United States | 2,150,000 | 72 |
| 121 | 7 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 150,000 | 5 |
| 121 | 8 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 320,000 | 11 |
On the turn, the board was reading 7♦6♣3♦10♦ and John Holley checked. Dylan Wilkerson bet pot and Holly raised to get the rest of Wilkerson's stack in.
Dylan Wilkerson: J♥4♦3♣2♥
John Holley: A♠9♣8♣3♠
Holley had the nut straight on the turn while Wilkerson had an 7-6-4-3-2 low. Holley drilled the 4♠ on the river to improve to a 7-6-4-3-A low to pip Wilkerson and send him out in 17th place.
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