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David Wattel jammed all in from under the gun and watched as action folded around to the small blind who called. The big blind decided to isolate and raised enough to essentially but the small blind all in.
The three-bet accomplished it's intended purpose by getting the fold out of the small blind and Wattel headed to a heads up runout with his tournament life at risk.
David Wattel: 3♣3♦
Big Blind: A♦8♦
The board ran out 2♥6♣J♠Q♦7♣ with Wattel winning the flip for a full triple up thanks to the protection provided by the big blind's three-bet.
Action began before the flop as the early position player raised to 7,000. Arsenii Karmatckii jammed all in for 42,000 from the small blind with his opponent making the call.
Arsenii Karmatckii: Q♥Q♦
Opponent: A♦J♣
The board ran out with the 9♦5♥7♦7♥4♠ and Karmackii took down the pot.
The PokerNews team heard the yells from an outer table and ran over to catch the action as it ended. The table relayed the hand.
A player from early position announced "I am not the dab man," in an inside joke only that table was in on before moving all in for 42,000. A player in the cutoff made the call for their last roughly 30,000 and it folded around to Daniel Wojcik in the small blind who called with a slightly bigger stack to put both players at risk.
Cutoff: 8♥8♠
Early Position: A♣Q♣
Daniel Wojcik: A♦A♥
When the flop came 8♣3♦2♦, it was the eights for the cutoff that hit the miracle card to turn the tables on the hand. The turn fell the 3♠ and Wojcik would need the one last ace to win the hand and eliminate his opponents. The table erupted in shock as the A♠ peeled off on the river to give Wojcik the one out he needed and send both players to the rail in dramatic fashion.
The player in late position raised to 6,000, Josh Reichard called in the hijack and the cutoff announced, "all in" for 74,000 and the late position player folded and Reichard called.
Cutoff player: 10♠10♣
Josh Reichard: A♠J♠
The board ran out with A♥2♥J♣4♥2♠ and Reichard won with a better two pair.
Action began preflop with the under-the-gun position player having jammed all in for 25,000. Zhang Yang called from the middle position as the cutoff jammed all in over the top. Yang made the call as the three players revealed their holdings.
Under The Gun: A♠5♠
Zhang Yang: Q♣Q♦
Cutoff: J♣J♦
The board ran out 9♦10♦A♥J♥Q♠ with Yang's Queens taking down the pot.
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Alex Keating opened the action to 6,000 from early position and it folded around to the big blind who moved all in for just over 25,000. Keating made the call with a bigger stack and the cards were shown.
Opponent: 4♥4♣
Alex Keating: A♣J♣
It was a coin-flip preflop, but when the board ran out Q♠J♥9♠7♠6♦, it was the flopped jack for Keating that held up to score the pot and knockout his opponent.