The PokerNews team was called over to Table #593 as two players were all in for a pot of over 1,200,000. Zachary Hall called the four-bet shove from his opponent and the cards were on their backs.
Opponent: Q♠Q♥
Zachary Hall: K♥K♠
Hall was in great shape against the queens for his opponent, and when the board ran out 10♠5♠4♦3♠J♥, it was the kings that held up for Hall to win the massive pot and send his opponent to the rail.
Juan Maceiras Lapido had three-bet eight-four in the previous hand and then saw William Anderson open to 23,000. The Spaniard three-bet to 75,000 and Anderson four-bet jammed for 312,000 to get snapped off.
William Anderson: A♠K♦
Juan Maceiras Lapido: A♣A♥
The board ran out J♠8♣3♣2♠5♥ and Anderson was drawing dead on the turn.
John Quattlebaum raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Chance Kornuth defended the big blind, after Jules Dickerson folded his small blind. The flop was then dealt out 8♣J♥A♣ and both players checked.
Kornuth led out on the J♣ turn for 16,000, which Quattlebaum quickly called. Kornuth slowed down on the J♠ river with a check, followed by a 26,000 bet from Quattlebaum, accompanied with a wave.
Kornuth folded his hand and Quattlbaum yelled "Give me the cookies!", which got a smile out of Kornuth.
Moritz Reiner opened in early position before there was a three-bet to 63,000. The action folded back around to Reiner and he made the call.
When the 7♣5♥2♥ flop hit the board, Reiner checked and his opponent checked back.
The A♥ fell on the turn, and Reiner checked once more before his opponent fired a bet of 65,000. Reiner check-jammed for about 307,000 and his opponent quickly pushed his cards into the muck.
Sung Lee raised from early position to 22,000, the player to her direct left three-bet to 60,000 and Jiana Sheng in the small blind put in the cold four-bet to 135,000. Both players called.
The flop came K♦5♠7♠. Sheng bet out 140,000 and only Lee continued.
The turned J♣ saw Sheng commit 350,000 chips to the middle. Lee responded by moving all in for approximately 800,000.
After some time in the tank, Sheng found the fold. Lee noted the presence of PokerNews which prompted her to table A♠A♦.
Alexandra Botez shoved in early position for her last 87,000 and Allen Chang called in the cutoff.
Alexandre Botez: K♣K♥
Allen Chang: K♦J♣
The A♠7♣5♥ flop looked promising for Botez but the 10♥ turn and Q♣ river improved Chang to Broadway.
"If you weren't all patched up, I would have folded," Chang said to Botez as she stood up from the table.
Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 55,000 and then called the four-bet shove by Jared Ward to create a pot of 581,000.
Jared Ward: Q♠Q♥
Chris Moneymaker: J♥J♦
The J♣9♣7♠6♦7♣ board spelled the end for Ward as Moneymaker improved to jacks full of sevens.
A player opened to 21,000 from the cutoff before Jesse Lonis three-bet to 82,000 out of the small blind. The big blind got out of the way to send the action back to the cutoff player who, after some thought, came back over the top for 200,000. After verifying the bet total, Lonis re-checked his cards before announcing a five-bet to 390,000. His opponent gave it some thought but ultimately decided to pick a better spot and tossed his cards away. Lonis, meanwhile, flashed AxQx before raking in a sizable preflop pot that sees him eclipse the 1,000,000 mark.
In a heads-up pot with roughly 50,000 in the middle on a flop showing 5♠3♦2♣, Jason Mercier checked from the big blind to Jason Liu on the button who bet out 25,000. Mercier put in a check-raise to 67,000 and Liu came along.
The 2♠ hit the turn and Mercier kept up the aggression with a bet of 61,000. Liu took a moment before putting in a stack of 25,000 chips, covering the 160,000 behind for Mercier, who went deep in the tank.
After close to five minutes of thought, a player at the table called the clock and Mercier was given 30 seconds to act. As the clock ticked down, Mercier eventually tossed his cards into the muck and the pot was shipped to Liu.
"Four-seven of spades?" asked another player at the table who was curious of Mercier's holding.
"Something like that," replied Mercier.
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