Matthias Eibinger raised to 105,000 from the hijack and Danny Tang shoved from the button for 1,225,000. Action folded back to Eibinger who snap-called with more.
Danny Tang:
Matthias Eibinger:
The flop came for Tang to pick up the flush draw.
The turn was the which now also gave chopping outs but the river completed the board with the to seal the deal as Tang was eliminated.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Alex Foxen and Timothy Adams were heads-up in a hand. Foxen led out for 385,000 in the small blind and Timothy Adams raised to 900,000 in the hijack. Foxen went into the tank for a minute before shoving all in. Adams quickly called off his stack of 2,600,000 and the cards were tabled.
Foxen flipped over for top two pair but Adams turned a set with . The river was the and Foxen slid over a double up to Adams.
Chin Wei Lim raised to 110,000 from under the gun and Phil Ivery three-bet to 400,000 in the early position. Manig Loeser four-bet to 1,150,000 in the middle position and action folded back to Lim who folded. Ivey took some time to consider his options and then decided to shove. Loeser snap-called without asking for a count.
Phil Ivey:
Manig Loeser:
The board ran out for Ivey to hit a full house on the turn to double up for the 5,205,000 he had behind.
Cary Katz and Ole Schemion were heads-up on a flop of . They each stuck in 190,000 on the flop and the on the turn put four hearts on the board.
Katz checked to Schemion who bet 375,000 and Katz called. The river was the and Katz checked again. Schemion slid out a stack of chips, enough to put Katz to the test for his remaining 700,000. Katz quickly called and Schemion turned over for the nut flush. Katz showed before he headed to the registration desk.
After a couple of preflop raises, Johannes Becker and Paul Phua got all of their chips in the middle. The two players were in a coin flip with Becker being the player at risk for 1,550,000.
Johannes Becker:
Paul Phua:
The flop of was safe for Phua who was still out front with two pair. He even improved to a full house on the turn card but it was a cheer from someone at the table "Six!" before the river came out. The completed the board and with quads on the board, Becker's ace-high was good enough to earn him a double up.
Kahle Burns raised to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Phil Ivey in the middle position and Anatoly Filatov and Sam Grafton in the blinds.
The flop came , Filatov and Grafton quickly checked, Burns continued with a bet of 150,000 which was called by Ivey and Filatov while Grafton folded.
The turn was the , Filatov checked again and now Burns bet 400,000. Ivey called and Filatov folded.
The river completed the board with the . Burns used a time-bank before announcing he was all-in and Ivey snap-called. Burns tabled for the flopped two pair but Ivey held for the set of jacks to send Burns back to the cashier to reenter.
"I always dreamed of watching Phil Ivey play good. I wondered how he always got those good tournament results." Grafton commented after the hand and the table burst out laughing.