Action was picked up on the flop with the board reading Q♦9♠5♦ and players heads up. Dario Sammartino bet 15,000 from the small blind and his opponent in the big blind raised it to 40,000. Sammartino made the call.
Both players checked through the 6♥ turn leading to the J♠ river. Sammartino bet 65,000 and was called by his opponent.
Sammartino tabled 9♣5♥ for a flopped two pair which was good enough to take the pot down.
Kyle Watanabe was victim of the biggest setup in No-Limit Hold'em when he was all-in on the side feature table against Renan Aziz.
Kyle Watanabe: K♥K♦
Renan Aziz: A♠A♦
The 8♠3♦2♣6♣4♣ brought no help to the dominated pair and Watanabe departed the feature stage.
In the meanwhile, the stack of Harold Harvey was reduced to four and a half big blinds.
In a heads-up pot, the flop was 8♣8♠K♠ when Glenn Fishbein check-called a bet worth 76,000 from Rafael Moraes.
Both checked on the 10♦ turn and Q♠ river and Fishbein showed 10♣10♠ for the full house. Moraes sent his cards into the muck.
Shota Nakanishi bet a three-way flop of J♠J♦6♦ flop for 30,000 with the K♠K♦ and Stephen Chidwick check-called out of the small blind with the 7♠7♣. Boutros Awad let go of the 6♥5♥ in the big blind and the remaining two players headed to the 2♥ turn.
Chidwick now led for 35,000 and Nakanishi raised to 115,000 soon thereafter. The Brit pondered about his move for a short while and called to then see Nakanishi check behind the 3♠ river to win the pot.
Pedro Garagnani opened to 20,000 in early position and was called by Kimberly Manley in the hijack. Artem Metalidi three-bet to 80,000 in the cutoff and Garagnani four-bet shoved all in for around 500,000. Manley quickly folded and Metalidi called just as fast to put Garagnani at risk.
Pedro Garagnani: A♥K♦
Artem Metalidi: A♠A♦
The flop fell K♠J♠9♥ and Garagnani was given some life with a pair of kings. The 10♣ on the turn gave him some chop outs but the 8♣ on the river bricked out as Metalidi now holds one of the biggest stacks in the room.
There were about 600,000 chips in the middle and the flop came A♣9♦3♠. Masato Yokosawa was deep in the tank, facing a bet of 425,000.
After about a minute Yokosawa announced all-in for about 760,000 and his opponent snap mucked his hand.
The action was picked up in a heads-up pot with roughly 80,000 in the middle on a flop showing J♦8♦8♣. Robert Harrison bet out 30,000 from the small blind and Nick Petrangelo made the call in middle position.
On the 6♦ turn Harrison checked over to Petrangelo who came with a size of 115,000, and Harrison tossed in chips for the call. The A♣ completed the board and Harrison elected to lead out for 200,000. Petrangelo snap-called and Harrison quickly tabled J♥J♣ for a flopped boat to score the big pot when Petrangelo threw his cards into the muck.
In a duel hijack versus cutoff, Juan Maceiras Lapido checked the 9♣7♦3♦4♥Q♦ river. Andrew Wu bet 80,000 with the K♠5♠ and the Spaniard quickly called with the A♣Q♠ to win the showdown pot.
A five-way limped pot unfolded after in which Shota Nakanishi bet 17,000 with the 10♦8♣ for middle pair. Stephen Chidwick called with the K♥7♥ in the big blind and Wu came along with the 6♠6♥.
They checked the 2♣ turn and the J♣ followed on the river.
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