Action folded to Sriharsha Doddapaneni on the button, who moved all in, covering both blinds. Amit Kaushik called from the small blind, and the cards were turned over.
Amit Kaushik: Q♦J♦
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: K♦J♣
Kaushik was slightly behind and needed to improve, but the board ran out 10♣6♦3♠8♠4♠, offering no help. Doddapaneni's king-high held up, sending Kaushik to the rail.
Michael Helander on the button open-shoved for 8,000,000, and Ali Cicioglu in the big blind called, taking them to showdown.
Michael Helander: Q♠2♦
Ali Cicioglu: A♣K♠
The flop came 10♣5♥Q♥, pushing Helander in the lead. He was looking at a potential double-up when the 9♣ turn was peeled. With a 6♣ falling on the river, Helander's double-up was secured.
Eric Weber moved all in from the hijack and was called by Sriharsha Doddapaneni in the small blind.
Eric Weber: 7♣7♥
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: A♣K♥
The board ran out Q♥3♣8♥9♥2♦, failing to improve Doddapaneni's ace-king. Weber's pocket sevens held up, earning him a double-up.
Carlos Martinez opened for 4,000,000 from under the gun and, when action folded to the small blind, Benjamin Freeman shoved all-in for 6,000,000. Martinez added the 2,000,000 then headed to showdown.
Benjamin Freeman: 6♦5♣
Carlos Martinez: K♦Q♦
Martinez was ahead and stayed in the lead on the A♠10♦K♠ when he hit the board with a pair. With no hope left, Freeman got on his feet and prepared to leave as the dealer completed the board with a 10♣ turn and 4♦ river.
Action folded to Benjamin Freeman in late position, who moved all in for his last 2,000,000. Mikko Torkki reshoved from the small blind, putting maximum pressure on the big blind, who folded to leave the two players heads-up.
Benjamin Freeman: Q♠J♥
Mikko Torkki: A♠3♦
The board ran out J♠7♥9♣8♥Q♥, giving Freeman two pair to earn a much-needed double-up.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni raised from the middle position for Kazuto Takeuchi to three-bet jam for around 18,500,000 from the big blind. Doddapaneni made the call with the bigger stack.
Kazuto Takeuchi: A♦K♠
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: 8♣8♦
The board ran out 6♥8♠Q♠6♣10♦ for Doddapaneni to flop a set and improve to a full house on the turn to eliminate Takeuchi as the first departure of the day.
Aaron Crisp raised to 4,000,000 from the middle position and only Eric Weber made the call from the cutoff. The flop came 8♦5♦5♥, Crisp continued with a bet of 2,500,000 for Weber to fold.
A few hands later, Sriharsha Doddapaneni completed his small blind and Crisp opted to check his big blind. The flop came 8♥6♥10♠, Doddapaneni bet 2,000,000 for Crisp to come along to the 10♥ on the turn. Doddapaneni continued with a bet of 6,000,000 which was enough for Crisp to give up.
Carlos Martinez open-shoved under the gun for 11,000,000. When action folded around, Benjamin Freeman in the small blind asked for a count then jammed his chips in. With the big blind folding, the two players headed to showdown.
Carlos Martinez: A♦K♠
Benjamin Freeman: 8♥8♦
It was a coin flip that immediately went to Martinez's favor when the flop dropped 2♥A♠4♥. Freeman couldn't find help neither on the 9♣ turn nor 6♥ river, leaving him with less than a big blind to work with.
Cards are in the air. Play has resumed at the Event #85: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold’em. The remaining 16 players will start at Level 40 1,000.000/2,000,00 and 2,000,000 ante.
Level: 40
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000
Ante: 2,000,000
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