Players are on a 15-minute break, and 18 players will return to blinds of 400,000/800,000/800,000.
Players are on a 15-minute break, and 18 players will return to blinds of 400,000/800,000/800,000.
Xiang Lin in the hijack opened to 1,400,000. Glen Cressman in the cutoff jammed for 4,100,000 and Lin called.
Glen Cressman: J♦10♦
Xiang Lin: A♥A♠
The board of J♣9♦5♦5♠8♣ didn't help Cressman who was eliminated.
While Merritt Kuhn was eliminated on another table, Xiang Lin opened to 1,200,000 from the cutoff. John Esposito in the big blind three-bet jammed for 9,625,000, sending Lin deep into the tank.
Lin took several minutes to decide, prompting Martin Kabrhel to repeatedly ask him to hurry up. Another player eventually called the clock, and Lin put in the call with just seconds remaining.
John Esposito: 3♠3♣
Xiang Lin: K♠10♣
“Cowboys,” Lin said before switching his support to “any picture” as the dealer spread the flop of J♥A♠5♥. The 8♦2♣ runout failed to improve Lin, and Esposito doubled up.
Michael Holmes raised to 1,200,000 from the hijack, and Xiang Lin three-bet to 10,000,000 from the small blind. Holmes was the lone caller and called for 9,200,000.
Michael Holmes: A♠J♥
Xiang Lin: 9♠6♥
The board brought Lin trip nines with 7♣9♣3♥10♠9♦, and Holmes was eliminated.
Action folded to Qiang Chau on the button who open-jammed all in for around 7,000,000. Amadeus Janotta sat in the small blind squeezed his cards and then four-bet all in and he had the table covered. The big blind folded quicker than a cheetah on caffeine.
Qiang Chau: A♣10♣
Amadeus Janotta: K♣K♥
Chau loved the flop of A♦Q♣4♣ which sent him into the lead but his jubilation didn't last long when the K♦ peeled off on the turn and gave Janotta a set. The A♥ river just rubbed salt into the wound for Chau as it gave him trips but filled Janotta up and Chau was sent to the rail.
Garrett Dwire in the big blind saw his 9,300,000-chip stack being called by Merritt Kuhn in the small blind.
Garrett Dwire: A♠9♦
Merritt Kuhn: K♣J♠
Dwire flopped a pair on 9♣Q♣2♦, then Kuhn found a flush draw with the 6♣ turn. The 9♥ kept Dwire in the lead and he doubled up.
Amadeus Janotta in the hijack raised to 1,200,000. Karen Sarkisyan in the big blind three-bet to 2,400,000, Janotta moved all in and Sarkisyan called to be at risk for 4,325,000.
Karen Sarkisyan: A♣K♦
Amadeus Janotta: A♠J♥
The board ran out 6♥3♠7♦Q♦2♣ and Sarkisyan doubled up.
Qiang Chau opened to 1,500,000 from the hijack. Gerald Esposito in the big blind three-bet all in for 4,300,000 and Chau called.
Gerald Esposito: A♠3♠
Qiang Chau: K♣10♣
Esposito flopped top pair on A♦K♥9♥4♥8♣ and he doubled up.
Level: 36
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Michael Holmes made it 1,000,000 to play from early position only for Todd Siff to three-bet all in for 3,200,000.
Action came back to Holmes who went into the tank for a good while before he made the call to put Siff at risk.
Todd Siff: A♦10♣
Michael Holmes: K♦J♥
A nice flop for Siff of A♥Q♣9♠ arrived to send him further into the lead but now he didn't want to make two pairs. The 5♥ peeled off on the turn and changed nothing but when the poker gods donned their sickness cap to serve up the 10♥ as the river Holmes made his straight and Siff was sent to the rail in a brutal fashion.