With 500,000 in the middle and the flop showing , Ray Qartomy bet 175,000 from the small blind. Vivian Im in the big blind raised to 400,000 and Qartomy moved all in. Im, who had 1,760,000 behind, asked for a count on the all-in and Qartomy was at risk for 2,665,000, having Im covered.
Im took more than two minutes to make up her mind and folded.
Under the gun, Bernard Muhire made it 220,000. Big stack Eric Baldwin moved all in from the button, covering all opponents behind him. Both blinds folded but Muhire called.
Muhire:
Baldwin:
Muhire was in good shape to make a double but the board favored Baldwin who spiked a crucial ace on the river.
Another limped pot emerged in a battle of the blinds between Guillaume Diaz and Ray Qartomy. The former bet the flop for 100,000 and Qartomy called. On the turn, Diaz checked and called a bet of 200,000 before checking again the river.
Qartomy bet 500,000 and Diaz tanked for more than four minutes without any of his opponents calling the clock. Eventually, the Frenchman mucked with the words "nice hand" and Qartomy flashed the . Diaz nodded and said, "Ten-seven is good."
Ben Yu raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Bernhard Muhire moved all in from the small blind. Ioannis Angelou Konstas in the big blind gave it some consideration and counted his stack, which amounted to 920,000. The Greek then called all in and Yu asked for a brief count before folding.
Cutoff Adrian Moreno opened to 215,000. His neighbor [Removed:172] three-bet to 640,000 but Harry Lodge in the big blind wasn't scared.
"How much is that?" Lodge asked the dealer, then paused for a few moments before announcing he was all in. Moreno folded and now it was Kramer who asked for the count. Lodge's shove was for 1,160,000 total, and Kramer called.
Lodge:
Kramer:
The board prevented Lodge from any accident, leaving his ace-high ahead. Lodge claimed the pot, scoring more than a double.
Paul Berger raised to 200,000 and Eric Baldwin moved all in from the small blind. Ben Yu gave it brief consideration in the big blind and folded, while Berger quickly called all in.
Berger:
Baldwin:
The board ran out and Berger was relieved. Another player at the table mentioned that a fourth queen would have given Baldwin the better hand and Berger replied, "That would have been the sickest." Berger's double was for 1,370,000, which put a dent into Baldwin's big stack.
, Ray Qartomy bet 175,000 from the small blind. Vivian Im in the big blind raised to 400,000 and Qartomy moved all in. Im, who had 1,760,000 behind, asked for a count on the all-in and Qartomy was at risk for 2,665,000, having Im covered.
favored Baldwin who spiked a crucial ace on the river.
flop for 100,000 and Qartomy called. On the 
turn, Diaz checked and called a bet of 200,000 before checking again the 
. Diaz nodded and said, "Ten-seven is good."
were still tabled and he had spiked bottom set on a board of 
to send Albrinck to the rail in 22nd place for $26,070.
board prevented Lodge from any accident, leaving his ace-high ahead. Lodge claimed the pot, scoring more than a double.
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