Martin Kabrhel doubled up with pocket aces and Kirk Adams doubled moments later over on the other table against John Esposito.
Esposito raised to 65,000 from early position and Adams moved all in for 329,000 from late position. Once the action was back on Esposito, he asked for the count and eventually called.
Adams:
Esposito:
The board of ensured that the kicker played and Adams doubled.
Arman Zolnoorian limped from under the gun, as did Asi Moshe from one seat over. Timothy Miles called in the cutoff, Artur Rudziankov completed from the small blind, and Kirk Adams checked in the big blind. There was no betting action on the board and Zolnoorian showed to win the pot.
John Esposito raised to 80,000 from late position and Asi Moshe called in the small blind. The flop came and Moshe checked, Esposito announced "same bet" and made it 80,000 to go, which Moshe called.
Both players then checked the turn and the river. "Two pair," Moshe announced.
Esposito asked, "How big?"
Moshe's reply came promptly with, "Not big," while rolling over .
"You better get a bigger one," Esposito returned and claimed the pot with .
"Did you like the flop? You scared me there," Esposito inquired and Moshe just shook his head.
Alex Queen moved all in for 355,000 from under the gun and Artur Rudziankov looked him up from the hijack while all other players sent their cards into the muck.
Queen:
Rudziankov:
The board ran out and Queen had to settle for 15th place and a payday of $19,135.
Artur Rudziankov raised to 65,000 and Asi Moshe moved all in from the small blind. Rudziankov asked for a count and folded once it was determined to be for 730,000 in total.
One hand later, Kirk Adams moved all in for 390,000 from the hijack and Arman Zolnoorian took his time from one seat over before calling in the cutoff.
Adams:
Zolnoorian:
The flop gave Adams some hope and he improved to two pair on the turn. A blank river changed nothing and the aces were cracked to let Adams double.