After Jeremy Ausmus limped from middle position, Artur Martirosian to his left raised to 270,000 and Ausmus called.
Martirosian continued for 275,000 on the 10♠7♠6♥ flop. Ausmus check-called and checked the 6♠ turn. Martirosian checked back.
Both players checked the 4♦ river so Ausmus flipped over Q♦J♦9♦8♣. Martirosian only revealed 8♥3♥ and sent his two other cards into the muck.
Philip Sternheimer limped in from an early position and Gergo Nagy did so from the button, Naoya Kihara in the big blind checked his option and then checked the A♦10♥2♥ flop. Sternheimer bet 75,000 and Nagy called.
Both active players checked the 10♠ turn and Sternheimer bet the Q♦ river for another 100,000, forcing out Nagy.
There was 1,200,000 in the pot on the 10♥Q♥2♠7♦7♥ board, with Bryce Yockey and Jeremy Ausmus battling for it.
Ausmus checked in the small blind, and Yockey fired out 850,000 from early position. Ausmus used a few time banks, counted out the bet and slid in the call. Yockey just mucked and Ausmus took in the sizable pot.
On the next deal, Yockey limped in from under the gun before Ausmus made it 270,000 from the button. Yockey potted it to 900,000, leaving 505,000 behind. Ausmus called.
Yockey shoved on the 9♥8♣4♣ flop and Ausmus quickly called for the cards to go on their backs.
Bryce Yockey: A♠A♦5♣2♠
Jeremy Ausmus: K♠Q♣J♣9♠
Yockey's aces were ahead until Ausmus made trips on the 9♦ turn. The 6♣ river completed the board, and Yockey exited two spots shy of the money.
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez raised it up on the button and then called a pot-sized three-bet to 700,000 by Sean Winter in the small blind. The flop brought J♥10♦7♦ and Winter opted to check. Martinez Gonzalez then made it 475,000 to go for Winter to use a time bank before he declared pot.
Martinez Gonzalez wasted little time before moving all in with the covering stack and Winter clarified the shove by his opponent with the dealer before he called all in to create the largest pot of the tournament so far.
Sean Winter: A♠J♠10♥8♥
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: A♦K♦6♥3♥
Winter was ahead with the top two pair and gutshot for the lower end of the straight while Martinez Gonzalez held the nut flush draw and gutshot Broadway draw. There was no change on the 4♣ turn and 7♣ river for Winter to double for 3,905,000.
"Nobody runs better in all-ins than Sean," Daniel Negreanu exclaimed.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 1 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 2,635,000 | 44 |
| 119 | 2 | Jonathan Depa | United States | 2,015,000 | 34 |
| 119 | 3 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 4,090,000 | 68 |
| 119 | 4 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | Spain | 7,320,000 | 122 |
| 119 | 6 | Sean Winter | United States | 4,745,000 | 79 |
| 119 | 7 | Yosuke Miki | Japan | 2,050,000 | 34 |
| 119 | 8 | Chris Frank | Austria | 3,115,000 | 52 |
| 122 | 1 | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | 2,640,000 | 44 |
| 122 | 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 3,025,000 | 50 |
| 122 | 3 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 1,800,000 | 30 |
| 122 | 4 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 575,000 | 10 |
| 122 | 5 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 1,145,000 | 19 |
| 122 | 6 | Philip Sternheimer | Germany | 3,175,000 | 53 |
| 122 | 7 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 2,850,000 | 48 |
| 122 | 8 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 8,375,000 | 140 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
The 15 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
Artur Martirosian raised to 175,000 in the hijack and Bryce Yockey three-bet the pot on the button. Both blinds folded and Martirosian then moved all in, Yockey called.
Bryce Yockey: A♦A♣K♥8♦
Artur Martirosian: A♠A♥9♠6♦
The 10♥9♣8♠K♦8♣ runout gave Yockey eights full of kings and he doubled for 1,450,000.
"In the history of PLO, nobody has won a tournament without winning with aces against aces," Jeremy Ausmus remarked.
"I saved all my run-bad for this tournament," Yockey replied.
Joao Simao opened to 175,000 from the hijack and Gergo Nagy defended the big blind.
The 10♠10♣6♣ flop checked through to the 7♦ turn. Simao called a bet of 225,000 and then action checked through to showdown.
Nagy tabled 9♥8♠7♠7♣ for sevens full of tens. Simao mucked.
Robert Cowen raised to 100,000 from under the gun and then called a three-bet to 375,000 by Jonathan Depa in the next seat. The 9♠3♦2♦ flop saw Cowen bet the pot and Depa called all-in.
Jonathan Depa: A♠A♥5♥5♣
Robert Cowen: 9♣7♥6♥4♣
The K♦ turn and 10♥ river kept Depa ahead and he doubled for 670,000.
One hand later, Depa potted to 175,000 first to act and the only caller was Daniel Negreanu. The A♦J♠3♣ flop brought with it Depa's continuation bet of 225,000 into 475,000 and Negreanu folded.
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