David Stamm opened his button for 500,000 chips with A♥J♠ and it folded to big blind Yingui Li, who three-bet to 1,550,000 with 4♠3♦.
Stamm tanked for a few moments before committing his stack of 4,825,000 chips with a four-bet jam, putting himself at risk. Li eventually let his hand go as the pot was awarded to Stamm without showdown.
Noel Rodriguez jammed all in from the cutoff for his final 500,000 chips and Nick Schulman isolated on the button. The other players at the table folded and the cards were flipped face-up.
Noel Rodriguez: J♣9♦
Nick Schulman: A♥9♥
the 6♦6♠10♦ flop didn't look promising for Rodriguez, and he had just three outs to hit when the 6♥ turn arrived. However, the J♥ came on the river, and Rodriguez made a full house to double up to a stack of roughly six big blinds.
Noel Rodriguez opened to 700,000 in the small blind and Nick Schulman three-bet to 2,500,000 in the big blind. Rodriguez four-bet jammed and Schulman quickly called for 10,500,000.
Nick Schulman: Q♠Q♥
Noel Rodriguez: A♣K♠
The biggest pot of the tournament so far saw Schulman flipping for his tournament life and securing a double as the board ran out 10♥8♦5♠J♠8♥ as Rodriguez was left with crumbs.
Yingui Li raised on the button to 400,000, after which Shaun Deeb jammed all in from the small blind for 1,875,000. Li made a quick call and the cards went on their backs.
Shaun Deeb: A♥10♥
Yingui Li: K♠J♣
The 3♠2♠2♥ flop caused no trouble for Deeb, but the 4♠ turn gave Li a flush draw.
Deeb made the best hand on the A♣ river, however, as his top pair doubled him up to stay in contention.
Yingui Li raised to 450,000 from early position with 10♠10♣ and the action folded to David Stamm in the big blind, who called with K♥4♥. Stamm then led for 300,000 on the 7♥7♣8♣ flop, which Li raised to 900,000.
Caught while making a move, Stamm quickly let his hand go and surrendered the small pot to Li.
Shaun Deeb raised his small blind to 700,000 and Noel Rodriguez defended in the big blind. The flop fell K♠6♣8♦ and Deeb checked to Rodriguez, who checked back.
On the 3♥ turn, Deeb fired 725,000 chips and Rodriguez flat-called. The K♦ then came on the river, where Deeb put Rodriguez all in for 3,725,000 chips.
Rodriguez only took a few seconds before slamming in a call. Deeb tabled Q♠4♣ for just queen-high, while Rodriguez comfortably turned over K♣7♣ for rivered trips. He raked in a big double-up as Deeb was left as the shortest stack of the table.
In the 836th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz welcome a special fill-in cohost in Frankie Cucchiara (AKA Frankie C) of Next Gen Poker. The popular content creator took a break from filming his poker exploits, as well as time away from his wife and newborn son, to come down to Level 9 in Las Vegas and talk about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
Speaking of which, it was there where Holtz says that he experienced a marked card situation, while one of the week's hot topics was the issue of late registration in big buy-in tournaments at the WSOP. Find out what happened and how officials are addressing concerns.
You'll also hear about Frankie's new summer challenge to play 100 straight days of poker, recent bracelet winners like Robert Mizrachi, Dylan Weisman, and John Racener, and other winners from about town at venues like Wynn and Venetian.
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Oh, and don't forget about WPT World Champion Dan Sepiol, who managed to claim his first bracelet and continue his rapid ascent among poker's elite.
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