Diogo Cardoso raised to 175,000 from the button and Joe Serock called from the big blind.
The flop brought out and both players checked. On the turn the hit and again the action was checked. The river brought the and Serock lead out for 275,000. Cardoso made the call and mucked when Serock turned over .
From the cutoff Diogo Cardoso raised to 175,000 and Joe Serock re-raised to 400,000 from the small blind. Cardoso four-bet all in for 1.5 million and Serock let go of his hand.
The four remaining players just all ordered a beer and clunked the bottles together in between hands. The atmosphere is friendly here at the M Resort, but there's still a ton of money left to play for. A deal has not been made, and every pot counts!
Keven Stammen moved all in from the small blind to apply pressure on Esther Taylor-Brady in the big blind. Taylor-Brady called all in for 1,205,000 and the showdown went as following.
Taylor-Brady:
Stammen:
Taylor-Brady was well in front, and the flop brought out . On the turn the hit and Stammen picked up a straight draw. Unfortunately for Taylor-Brady the river brought the and Stammen filled up his straight.
Taylor-Brady busted out in fifth place for $70,951 and we are now down to four players.
Esther Taylor-Brady raised all in under the gun for 605,000 and Diogo Cardoso called from her direct left. The other players all folded and the showdown went as following.
Taylor-Brady:
Cardoso:
The board ran out and the six on the flop gave Taylor-Brady a winning pair.
From the cutoff Alex Keating raised to 200,000 and Keven Stammen raised all in from the small blind. Keating went into the tank for about 20 seconds, but ultimately he made the call.
Stammen:
Keating:
"Come on!" Keating yelled, as he walked over to the dealer to pass along some instructions on the cards he wanted to see.
Keating almost hugged the dealer as the flop brought , while the Portuguese rail chanting for a four.
"No!" Keating yelled, as he pointed at the Portuguese railers.
The turn was the and Keating celebrated some more, before shutting up the rail again when they called for a four again.
The completed the board and Keating danced around the room as he doubled up.
"Yaaaaazaaaa!" Keating kept yelling, as he created a clear gap with Esther Taylor-Brady who's the clear short stack.
On one of the first hands after the break Keven Stammen raised to 185,000 from the cutoff and Jiachen Gong moved all in from the big blind for about a million chips.
Stammen went into the tank for about 20 seconds before making the call.
Gong:
Stammen:
The board ran out and Gong hit the rail in sixth place, as Stammen extended his chip lead.