Quoc Dinh Nguyen raised it up to 100,000 and Alexander Puchalski called out of the big blind. They checked the flop and Puchalski bet the turn for 150,000, which Nguyen called.
Puchalski fired another bet worth 320,000 on the river and Nguyen folded after a couple of seconds.
Renniel Galvez raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Quoc Dinh Nguyen defended the big blind. They checked down the entire board of and Nguyen won the pot with the . "I had nines," Galvez said and pulled his from near the muck.
One hand later, Alexander Puchalski raised to 100,000 and Nevan Chang defended the big blind. On a flop, Chang check-called 75,000 and the turn was checked. Chang then bet the turn for 185,000 and Puchalski folded.
Akshay Kapoor raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Nevan Chang defended the big blind to a flop of . Chang checked and Kapoor's bet worth 100,000 won the pot.
One hand later, Renniel Galvez opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Quoc Dinh Nguyen called on the button. Kapoor three-bet to 450,000 in the big blind and Galvez instantly pushed all-in. Nguyen folded quickly and so did Kapoor, who then started some table chat with Nguyen in which the latter mentioned he had ace-king of diamonds.
Renniel Galvez limped the small blind and subsequently called a raise to 150,000 by Alexander Puchalski. Both players checked the flop and Galvez then bet the turn for 100,000, picking up a call by Puchalski.
Following the river, Galvez bet 210,000 and Puchalski folded.
Nevan Chang min-raised before the blinds went up and folded when Akshay Kapoor made it 320,000 to go in the small blind.
Quoc Dinh Nguyen then opened to 100,000 from under the gun and table short stack Chris Backhouse forfeited the big blind and big blind ante.
The very next hand, Renniel Galvez raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Backhouse jammed the last 450,000 in the small blind. Galvez asked for a count and then sigh-called after some 20 seconds.
Chris Backhouse:
Renniel Galvez:
The board delivered the double up for the Englishman, who jumped back to 20 blinds.
Markus Garberg pushed all-in for the last 330,000 and it folded to Renniel Galvez on the button, who flat-called.
Markus Garberg:
Renniel Galvez:
"Your lucky hand?" Akshay Kapoor asked as the very same hand had given Galvez a double with quads via running nines.
The flop kept Garberg in the lead but Galvez went runner-runner once more with the turn and river, ending an atrocious run of fortune for Garberg in seventh place for a payday of $16,137.
The was exposed preflop and Quoc Dinh Nguyen raised for Alexander Puchalski to call in the big blind. On the flop, Puchalski check-called for 90,000 and then checked the on the turn. Nguyen bet 225,000 and Puchalski folded.
Alexander Puchalski raised to 80,000 and then folded when Quoc Dinh Nguyen jammed for 610,000 on the button and Markus Garberg went over the top in the small blind.
Quoc Dinh Nguyen:
Markus Garberg:
"Did you fold a pair, Alex?" Nguyen asked and Puchalski nodded with a "sevens".
The flop gave Nguyen the superior flush draw and he paced away from the table. On the turn, Nguyen locked up the double and the became a formality. Puchalski would have made a full house and Garberg was left as the shortest stack all of a sudden.
Markus Garberg raised to 80,000 and then called the three-bet shove by Chris Backhouse for 770,000 in the small blind after some hesitation.
Chris Backhouse:
Markus Garberg:
The board gave both players some back door outs but the turn and river ensured the split pot.
Nevan Chang then opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Garberg called in the big blind. The Norwegian check-called for 55,000 on the flop and check-folded the turn when facing a second barrel for 235,000.