The hand was picked up with big blind Kenneth Sikes having already gone all in with his last 815,000 chips into a pot of some 400,000.
Homan Mohammadi had already made the call from under the gun.
Kenneth Sikes: A♣K♦
Homan Mohammadi: K♠J♣
The help Sikes needed was indeed on the way, as in the runout 10♠2♣K♣J♥9♦ he connected for two pair on the turn to stay in the game in a big way.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Michael Nye opened to 150,000 in early position. Jeffrey Moyer on the button called. Peter Kamaras in the big blind had other plans and shoved all-in for 925,000. Nye got out of the way prompting Moyer, covered, to call.
Jeffrey Moyer: Q♥Q♦
Peter Kamaras: 5♥5♣
Moyer was visibly happy with what he saw, but the flop 9♠A♦5♦ came and dashed his hopes. Kamaras took the lead with a set. The dealer peeled K♥ turn and with no help on the J♣ river, Moyer left the table to head to the payout counter.
Steven Olson raised to 100,000 from the cutoff. Jeffrey Granowsky moved all in from the small blind. Olson called.
Jeffrey Granowsky: 9♥9♦
Steven Olson: A♣K♦
The race was over almost as soon as it starts, with Granowsky finding an ace on the flop in a runout of Q♣A♠3♣J♠4♦.
Over the course of two hands, Manfred Wolf was chipping up his stack.
In the first hand, Wolf raised to 120,000 from the button, and Ronald Laduca called from the big blind. The flop came out with J♠Q♣K♥, Laduca checked to the preflop raiser, and Wolf bet 60,000. Laduca called.
On the turn 8♥, Laduca checked again, and Wolf bet again for 130,000. Laduca stayed for the river.
On the river 9♣ Laduca took the lead and bet 250,000. Wolf applied the maximum pressure and moved all in for 415,000 effective. Laduca struggled to fold, but in the end, he did, and Wolf showed A♣10♠ for the straight.
In the second hand; Wolf raised again from the cutoff to 110,000, and Nedim Sirry defended his big blind. The flop came out with Q♥7♣5♥ and Sirry checked, while Wolf bet 85,000. Sirry raised to 160,000, and Wolf again applied maximum pressure, moving all in for 850,000 effective. Sirry called.
Sirry immediately queried, "Do you have a set?"
Nedim Sirry: 7♦5♦
Manfred Wolf: Q♣Q♠
Sirry had flopped two pair but was drawing thin to try to beat Wolf's set of queens.
The turn 4♦ and the river 8♠ did not change the outcome, and Wolf was stacking a massive stack while Sirry moved to the pay desk.
Boutros Awad raised to 115,000 in the hijack. Mark Kelly moved all in with 450,000 chips on the button.
Big blind Tony Willie came over the top for more. Awad folded.
Mark Kelly: 4♥4♣
Tony Willie: Q♠Q♣
The odds were against Kelly and the nothing in the runout of K♦A♠3♣Q♥8♠, particularly the queen on the turn, would change that.
The hand was picked up on the river with the board reading 6♠8♦J♦2♠7♠, and more than a million chips in the pot.
Scott Ruegsegger bet 375,000. Adam Agaev gave it some time to determine his move, then called.
"Good call," said Ruegsegger, as he tabled K♠Q♣.
Adam Agaev had A♦7♣, and though he missed his flush draw, the seven on the river gave him a pair and the winning hand.
Scott Tomey open-jammed for 680,000 from the button and Scott Torney in the small blind called taking them tot he following showdown.
Scott Tomey: 8♠8♥
Kelly Vandemheen: 4♣4♦
Torney was looking at a potential double up when the flop dropped 8♦K♦2♠ giving him a set. Vandemheen didn't get any help from the 3♣J♠ runout. Torney got to continue his run with the double up.
Bruce Diamond raised from under the gun to 150,000, and Jefferson Morrill was in the big blind and decided to take a stand and three-bet all in for 385,000. Diamond called, and the race was happening.
Jefferson Morrill: J♥10♥
Bruce Diamond: 6♥6♣
The board aided Morrill with 5♥7♣J♠K♥2♥, and a flush won the pot.
Morrill stated, "I wasn't going to play that hand."
Gary Benson, down to his last 45,000 chips, got them all in against Daniel Cooper in a battle of blinds.
Gary Benson: 8♦8♥
Daniel Cooper: A♦A♥
Benson's eights were not match for Cooper's aces in a runout of 4♣10♥3♣10♣5♦.
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