The player on the button raised and Chris Welch in the big blind shoved his short stack of about 22,000 into the middle.
Chris Welch: Q?10?
Button: 6?6?
The board came K?J?8?A?K? and Welch doubled his chips.
Elsewhere the recognizable Kenna James was sitting with 50,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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45,000 |
Scott Fawcett opened in early position to 2,500 and got callers on the button and from the big blind.
Off to a flop of 2?6?5? and Fawcett continued for 4,000.
Without much thought, the button player put in the raise to 11,000. The big blind got out of the way and Fawcett went all in for his remaining chips.
The player on the button called and the cards went on their backs.
Scott Fawcett A?A?
Button Player 9?7?
The 6? turn paired the board but gave the button player a flush with a redraw to the straight flush. Fawcett was headed to the river drawing very slim.
There was magic on the river as the dealer burned and turned the A? to give Fawcett top boat and a full double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,500
44,500
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44,500 |
Action begins on the turn as the board reads 4?3?K?7?. With his opponent jamming all in having him covered, Chon Sin Ren made a call putting his tournament life on the line.
That is until both players flipped over their hands.
Ren: 5?6?
Opponent: KxJx
With his hand having his opponent drawing dead on the turn, Ren doubled up to a stack of 103,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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103,000
103,000
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103,000 |
Facing an all in from the middle position player for 17,900, Loni Hui opted to call making it a heads-up ordeal to the river.
Opponent: A?10?
Loni Hui: A?K?
The board ran out 9?7?7?3?K? giving Hui top pair and the win for the hand.
With this pot, Hui has garnered a stack of 80,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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805,000
805,000
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805,000 |
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Action began with the player under the gun raising to 2,500. Candia Federico then raised to 6,300 from the cutoff. The player under the gun called.
The action went the same on third through fifth streets, as Federico's opponent check-called bets of 5,000 on the Q?6?J? flop, 15,000 on the 9? turn, and 23,000 on the 5? river.
Candia showed 6?6? for a set of sixes and took down the large pot as his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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126,000
126,000
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126,000 |
With an early position raise of 2,500 and one caller, Souka Kachittavong three bet to 11,400. Both the other players called with three players heading to a flop.
The flop of 7?J?6? did little to slow down Kachittavong as he jammed all in for approximately 40,000. One player elected to join him as they both flipped their hands.
Souka Kachittavong: K?K?
Opponent: AxJx
With the board running out 2?6?, Kachittavong's kings held and he doubled up to a stack of 111,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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111,000
111,000
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111,000 |
The player under the gun raised and the button player called and Kenna James had a great squeeze opportunity. He pushed all in and was called by the under-the-gun player.
Kenna James: Q?Q?
Under the gun: A?J?
The queen for the set arrived on the flop on the board of 4?5?Q?9?5? and James was back to his starting stack which had dwindled during previous play.
At another table Joseph Cada was seen raking in chips and had a healthy 54,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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54,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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40,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Josh Arieh opened under the gun to 3,000 and saw a player in late position jam for their remaining 7,100.
When it got back to Arieh he smiled and put in the call.
All-in player: A?Q?
Josh Arieh: Q?10?
Arieh chuckled and said "Good game" as he tabled his hand and showed that he was behind.
The 8?9?J? flop gave Arieh the nut straight but the all-in player was not drawing dead with his Q?.
"Action flop" Arieh said as the K? rolled off on the turn.
The 6? river brought no help and Arieh sent another player to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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