Ryan Lincks raised to 13,000 from middle position, and Uri Reichenstein called from the big blind.
The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the , and Reichenstein checked again. Lincks bet 15,000, and Reichenstein raised to 48,000. Lincks called, and they were off to the river.
It was the , and Reichenstein bet 95,000. Lincks called, and Reichenstein tabled , which was good enough to take down the pot.
"I don't always flat with ace-queen, but when I do, the flop comes queen-queen," Reichenstein said to the player beside him after the hand was finished, as they both had a chuckle.
There was a three-way all-in between Zachary Gruneberg on the button, Brett Apter in the small blind, and Elliott Zaydman in the big blind. Gruneberg had the shortest stack of 62,500, and Zaydman started the hand with 96,500, while Apter had them both covered and was looking for two bounty chips.
Gruneberg:
Zaydman:
Apter:
The board ran out , and Gruneberg was able to triple up with a set of deuces. Zaydman took the side pot with his pair of aces, and Apter was left with just five big blinds.
Duy Ho raised to 12,000, and Joseph Cheong re-raised to 35,000. It folded through the blinds and back around to Ho, who made it 112,000. Cheong moved all in for 277,000.
Ho folded, and Cheong picked up a nice pot preflop.
A player in early position raised to 12,000 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and Zhaoxing Wang in the big blind.
The flop came , and the action was checked to the raiser. He continued for 40,000, and both the cutoff and button folded. Wang, meanwhile, used the opportunity to check-raise all in. His opponent had around 145,000 remaining, and Wang had him covered.
After thinking for a couple moments, his opponent let his hand go, and Wang scooped another pot.
Derek Bowen just moved tables and found himself a couple seats to the left of Govert Metaal. Bowen had one of the larger stacks in the room with around 435,000. After moving to his new table, Metaal was the only player that covered him with about 460,000. Little did they know they would soon get involved in a monster pot with each other.
The two players got all of their chips into the middle preflop, and it was Metaal that had the better hand. Metaal tabled , while Bowen showed . The board ran out , and Metaal's aces held up to give a huge chip lead. Bowen, on the other hand, was sent to the cage in disappointment.
Anthony Gutierrez and Deric Williams got all their chips in the middle preflop. Williams had around 65,000 remaining and was the player at risk, but he held the best hand. Williams showed against Gutierrez's .
The flop came , giving Gutierrez a full house right away. The turn was the , and the river was the , sending Williams home. Gutierrez raked in the pot.
There was a raise to 10,500 from a player in middle position, and the player in the cutoff called. Kamel Mokhammad was on the button and three-bet to 28,500. The original raiser folded, and the player in the cutoff called. The flop came , and the action was checked to Mokhammad, who pushed all in. His opponent only had around 43,000 remaining and mucked his cards.
In the next hand, the action was folded to Mokhammad, who raised to 12,500 from the cutoff. The button called, along with the big blind. The flop came , and Mokhammad bet 6,500. The button raised to 21,500, the big blind folded, and Mokhammad called. The turn was the , and Mokhammad check-called a bet of 25,000. The river brought the , and both players checked. Mokhammad tabled for the best hand, and his opponent flashed before flying them into the muck.