The action picked up on a board showing Q♦3♥6♦ in hand with a bloated pot between Phuoc "Paul" Nguyen and a player to his immediate left.
Nguyen moved all in, and his opponent contemplated a call. The dealer counted out Nguyen’s chips at 2,125,000, and Nguyen’s opponent briefly went into the tank before making the call to put Nguyen at risk.
Phuoc Nguyen: A♠A♦
Opponent: A♥9♣
“Woo!” Nguyen exclaimed when seeing his opponent’s tabled hand.
Nguyen’s aces dominated the hand post-flop, and his opponent had a lot of catching up to do.
But the 8♣ on the turn and A♣ gave the win to Nguyen, whose chip stack soared.
Players were all in, heads-up with the all diamond 3♦8♦9♦5♠2♦ board already dealt. Thomas Baker was in the cutoff and his opponent was at risk of elimination from the small blind.
Small Blind: K♠K♥
Thomas Baker: J♦10♦
Baker took the pot as he sat with jack ten of diamonds, giving him the higher flush, and the small blind left the table.
Michael Kiselman raised from the small blind to 500,000, and the big blind called. The flop came out with 6♥Q♥9♥, and Kiselman placed the continuation bet of 500,000. The big blind moved all in for 2,500,000. Kiselman quickly called, almost beating the big blind into the pot, and slammed his cards down.
Big blind: 9♦7♦
Michael Kiselman: Q♦8♥
The big blind had a pair of nines, and Kiselman had a pair of queens and the flush draw. The turn 8♦ and the river 4♠ did not change the outcome, and Kiselman won with his pair of queens.
The table teased Kiselman, saying, "I thought when you slammed down your cards, you had the flush".
Kiselman laughed, "Well, I might have thought that, but I still would have called".
With a player knocked out to Matthew Lerner’s immediate right, the action before the flop meant Lerner was the lone player to post the big blind and ante.
Lerner jokingly asked for a walk while the dealer fanned out the cards.
The player under the gun, however, had other ideas and raised to 525,000. Action folded around the table to Lerner, who peeked down at his cards and moved all in to put himself at risk.
The player under the gun immediately called.
Matthew Lerner: 6♣6♠
Opponent: A♦K♦
The dealer placed 3♣7♣J♥ on the flop, keeping Lerner’s pocket pair in the lead. He went on to secure the hand for the double up after 9♣ hit the turn and 7♥ showed up on the river.
“Should’ve given him the walk,” a player joked at the table.
Action was picked up on the flop of 9♠10♣6♣ and Vic Peppe was already all in for 2,000,000 in the cutoff and two other players had called preflop. The middle position player checked and the hijack moved all in for about 2,000,000 and the middle position player folded.
Peppe confidently slammed his cards down.
Vic Peppe: 6♥6♠
Middle position: 10♠7♠
The turn K♣ and the river Q♦ saved Peppe from elimination with his set of sixes.
Players were already all in and heads-up. Aliosha Staes was all in from the small blind against Avneesh Munjal in the big blind who covered.
Aliosha Staes: Q♥J♥
Avneesh Munjal: A♥K♠
Staes was needed to hit to stay alive. The 9♥2♦Q♦ flop came his way and have him a pair of queens.
The 6♣6♥ runout sealed the double for Staes.
In the next hand, Munjal faced a middle position raise to 525,000 and opted to jam for his remaining 2,000,000 stack. Middle position folded and Munjal recouped a few chips.