There were roughly 500,000 chips in the pot on A♠Q♦6♦5♣. Daniel Rezaei in the cutoff bet 450,000, and Faraz Jaka in the big blind made the call. The 10♠ on the river saw Rezaei put Jaka all in for roughly 900,000 and Jaka snap-folded.
There were roughly 500,000 chips in the pot on A♠Q♦6♦5♣. Daniel Rezaei in the cutoff bet 450,000, and Faraz Jaka in the big blind made the call. The 10♠ on the river saw Rezaei put Jaka all in for roughly 900,000 and Jaka snap-folded.
Level: 19
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The remaining 22 players are now on a 15-minute break.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 120,000 from early position and Daniel Rezaei defended his big blind with a call.
The flop came 3♣Q♠9♥, and Negreanu kept up the story with a bet of 100,000, and Rezaei check-called.
The 7♠ on the turn saw both players checked, and Rezaei led for 165,000 on the 8♠ river which got a quick fold from Negreanu.
Bryn Kenney raised in middle position to 120,000, and Jon Vallinas re-raised to 600,000 from the small blind. Vallinas had roughly 350,000 behind and Kenney went all in. Vallinas called.
Bryn Kenney: K♥Q♦
Jon Vallinas: A♠3♠
The board ran out 3♦Q♠3♥2♥5♥, and Vallinas doubled.
Seth Davies was already all in preflop for just under 600,000 against Daniel Rezaei, who had Davies covered.
Seth Davies: A♠J♥
Daniel Rezaei: 9♥9♦
It was a race for Davies' tournament life, and the 7♣J♦5♥K♦6♠ runout paired his jack against Rezaei's nines for the double up.
Chris Brewer opened to 120,000 from the hijack and was called by Josef Schusteritsch in the small blind and Punnat Punsri in the big blind for a three-way pot.
Action checked through on the 9♥6♠7♣ flop and Schusteritsch checked again on the Q♦ turn. Punsri took over the initiative with a bet of 140,000, which got a call from Brewer and a fold from Schusteritsch.
The 5♥ completed the board and Punsri bet 480,000. Brewer quickly tossed in a call and Punsri showed K♣5♣.
Brewer revealed 8♦7♦ for a straight and was sent the pot.
With around 1,000,000 in the pot and the board reading 3♦4♦7♥J♣6♠, Timur Margolin led out for 650,000 from the small blind.
Bryn Kenney quickly made the call on the button. Margolin turned over K♦Q♣ for king-high, while Kenney revealed A♦J♦ for a pair of jacks to claim the pot.
With nearly 1,000,000 in the pot, it was heads-up going to the K♦3♠J♠ flop.
The action was checked around to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind and Daniel Rezaei on the button.
On the 8♣ turn, Rezaei checked to Negreanu, who fired out for 600,000. Rezaei didn't take long and made the call.
On the 4♥ river, both players checked it down. "Ace-high," announced Negreanu.
"Kicker?" asked Rezaei.
"No kicker!" came the reply.
Negreanu tabled A♠5♦, and he sure wasn't lying. Rezaei flipped over A♦Q♦ and was pushed the pot with his higher kicker.
With around 500,000 already in the pot and the board showing A♥9♦5♦Q♦, Daniel Smiljkovic led out for 90,000 from the big blind. Tom Fuchs, under the gun, made the call.
The 2♥ completed the board, and Smiljkovic moved all in, putting Fuchs at risk. Fuchs quickly called and tabled A♣Q♣ for two pair, aces and queens, but Smiljkovic revealed 7♦3♦ for a flush. Fuchs was eliminated, while Smiljkovic added another sizable pot to his growing stack.