With a massive pile of chips already in the pot and the board reading , Conor Beresford had already moved his entire stack of about 140,000 chips into the middle and Chris Hunichen had called from the hijack. Mike Leah was in the cutoff and had already committed some chips on the river, and he called Beresford's shove as well.
Beresford announced "pair of fives," and tabled . Leah showed for the wheel, but Hunichen held for the six-high straight and won the pot to take all of Beresford's stack and some of Leah's.
All the money went on the turn of board between Tanveer Dhanjal and Niall Farrell.
Farrell:
Dhanjal:
Both players had turned flushes, but Farrell's was best, and he had Dhanjal covered. The meaningless completed the board on the river, and Dhanjal departed, picking up $11,187 for a 41st-place finish.
With about 20,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Timothy Cramer checked from the big blind to his lone opponent, Michael Mizrachi, on the button. Mizrachi bet 13,000, and Cramer called.
The turn brought the , and Cramer checked again. Mizrachi bet 31,000, and Cramer called.
The fell on the river, and Cramer bet 55,000. After a few moments of thought, Mizrachi folded, and Cramer took the pot.
We caught Thomas Paul standing up from the table and all his chips heading over to Zhaoxing Wang. In front of Paul was , and the board was . Wang had , and his pair held to send Paul to the rail.
With about 23,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Mohsin Virani checked from the small blind, and Jonathan Jaffe bet 20,000 from the big blind. Virani called.
The river brought the , and Virani checked. Jaffe bet again, — 27,000 this time — and Virani called after brief contemplation.
Jaffe tabled for the low end of the straight, which was good enough to win the pot and put his stack over the 500,000-chip mark.