Tommaso Briotti moved all in for his last 575,000 from middle position, and the action folded around to Benson Xu in the big blind. Xu made the call, and the two went to a showdown.
Tommaso Briotti: Q♥Q♦
Benson Xu: J♠5♦
Xu was in rough shape and needed a lot of help from the board to crack Briotti’s queens, but the runout of 9♠K♦10♥6♠9♥ brought no assistance. Briotti secured the double-up, staying alive in the tournament.
Moments after lamenting his fate as the short stack sandwiched between two towering chip mountains, Daniel Muniz decided enough was enough. He shoved all in for 2,625,000 from early position—only to be met by a call from Tommaso Briotti in the cutoff, whose stack was just as intimidating as his timing.
Daniel Muniz: A♦7♦
Tommaso Briotti: 9♥9♠
Muniz prayed for diamonds when the board ran out with 3♠10♦2♦K♠K♦, his wish came true and he doubled up his stack which let Briotti crippled.
The hand was ongoing with Benjamin Ector, at risk and all-in against Jeremy Wien.
Benjamin Ector: 9♥9♣
Jeremy Wien: A♥J♥
Ector was ahead with his pocket pairs but Wien had over cards that could still hit the board and change the tides. But the board ran 3♣8♦Q♣5♠4♠ with neither an ace nor a jack in sight. Ector doubled up leaving Wien extremely short without even a big blind behind.
The action was picked up as Raul Melendrescruz moved all in from under the gun and Dustin Apperson called from early position.
Raul Melendrescruz: A♣Kx
Dustin Apperson: A♦Q♠
On a flop of 8♦3♣4♣, Apperson was looking for a queen to eliminate Melendrescruz.
As the 9♥ peeled off on the turn, it looked safe for Melendrescruz to double up.
A 3♠ hit the river and Melendrescruz raked in the pot.
Bryden Baxter moved all-in from early position, and action folded around to Alexander Kartveli. Kartveli had a short stack of under ten big blinds and decided his hand was good enough to move all-in, too.
Alexander Kartveli: K♥7♥
Bryden Baxter: K♠Q♦
Kartveli behind and dominated couldn't find any help on the 10♠A♠4♠6♣A♥ runout, and a very fine run comes to an end.
The action was picked up as Raul Melendrescruz moved all in from under the gun and Dustin Apperson called from early position.
Raul Melendrescruz: A♣Kx
Dustin Apperson: A♦Q♠
On a flop of 8♦3♣4♣, Apperson was looking for a queen to eliminate Melendrescruz.
As the 9♥ peeled off on the turn, it looked safe for Melendrescruz to double up.
A 3♠ hit the river and Melendrescruz raked in the pot.
Alex Paredes raised to 400,000 in early position and got called by Darren Rabinowitz in the big blind taking both players to the flop.
Rabinowitz checked the 6♠4♦10♥ flop. Paredes continued with another 300,000 which the big blind called.
Both players checked the A♣ turn but on the 8♥ river, Rabinowitz decided to lead with a strong 2,000,000 bet which Paredes could not call.
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
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