Having recently taken his seat in the event, Nacho Barbero raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and found one caller from the big blind.
The flop of 9♦9♥K♦ got checked by the big blind and Barbero put out a minimum bet of 600. This was enough to get the job done as his opponent folded and Barbero pulled in the pot.
David Peters was in the big blind and was involved in a pot against Sajad Abud.
The board on the turn was 5♥8♣6♣4♥, and there were 24,000 chips in the pot. Abud bet 16,000 and Peters called.
The river came the A♦. Peters checked and Abud put him all in for around 22,000 chips. Peters thought for a while and then made the call. He saw the bad news when Abud turned over A♠7♠ for the straight. Peters showed Q♦Q♣.
On the next hand, Abud lost some of his chips in a big four way pot, where Guofeng Wang correctly called down his 21,000-chip river bet with 7♣7♦ on the board Q♠2♦3♦8♠6♥.
Guillermo Nuez just approached us to share a hand he just played.
There was a raise from under the gun to 1,200 and a three-bet to 3,600 the player in the next position. Nuez then cold four-bet to 8,800 from the hijack. The initial raiser folded but the lady who three-bet made the call.
Nuez's opponent led out for 4,500 on the 2x2x5♦ flop and Nuez made the call.
The 8♦ turn brought another lead of 6,500 from the early position player. Nuez tanked for a few moments before calling again.
The river brought a 5x and the lady in early position moved all in for Nuez's remaining stack of about 21,000. Nuez again thought for a few moments before making the call for his tournament life.
Nuez's opponent showed 6♥4♥ for just six-high. Nuez showed A♣K♠ for ace-high himself. His call down over three streets with just ace-high left Nuez shaking and with over 90,000 chips.
The board was A♥10♣3♦9♥. Eric Yanovsky was in the small blind and, according to the players, bet on the turn. Guofeng Wang made the call.
The river was the A♦. Yanovsky now checked and Wang put him all in. Yanovsky called. Wang showed AxQx for the rivered trips, eliminating Yanovsky, who had K♦10♦ for two pair.
Action was caught on the 9♥7♣6♠4♣ turn. Samuel Ju was sitting on the button and was heads up against the player in the small blind. The small blind went all in into a pot of around 17,000 chips. The all in was for Ju’s stack of a bit over 18,000. Ju thought about it and called.
Samuel Ju: 10♠9♦
Small blind: 10♣6♣
Ju’s opponent had a pair and a flush draw on the turn, but the river was the J♦ and Ju got the double-up.
Maria Konnikova raised from under the gun before a player in middle position three-bet to 3,000 and after the rest of the table folded, Konnikova made the call.
Both players checked all the way down to the river on a runout of J♠5♦7♠10♠9♠. The middle position player flipped over A♣Q♠ to take down the pot with a queen-high flush