Hand #112: Ankush Mandavia raised to 320,000 with the on the button, Joe McKeehen defended the big blind with the , and the flop came down . McKeehen checked, Mandavia bet 500,000, and the reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ moved all in with his straight and flush draw. Mandavia snap-folded.
Hand #113: McKeehen limped the small blind with the , Mandavia raised to 460,000 from the big blind with the , and the flop fell . McKeehen checked, Mandavia did the same, and the paired the board on the turn.
McKeehen opted to bet 475,000 with his flush draw, Mandavia called with his open-ender, and the peeled off on the river to pair both players. McKeehen bet 750,000 and Mandavia called only to discover the bad news. Mandavia was left with just 12 big blinds after the hand.
Hand #114: Bryn Kenney limped the small blind with the , McKeehen raised to 480,000 from the big with the , and Kenney folded.
Hand #115: McKeehen raised to 375,000 from the small blind with the and won the pot after Mandavia released the in the big.
Hand #116: Mandavia moved all in for 2.135 million from the small blind and Kenney called from the big blind.
Mandavia:
Kenney:
Mandavia was way behind and had just a 23% chance of surviving the hand. The flop was no help to Mandavia, and neither was the . Mandavia needed a four on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the bricked.
Hand #105: Ankush Mandavia limped from the small blind with and Bryn Kenney checked from the big blind with . The flop brought out and Mandavia checked to Kenney who bet 220,000. Mandavia called and on the turn the hit, giving him a pair of aces.
Both players checked and the river was the and Mandavia lead out for 425,000, and Kenney tanked for a bit before folding.
Hand #106: Ankush Mandavia raised from the button with to 320,000 and he picked up the pot.
Hand #107: Ankush Mandavia received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #108: Bryn Kenney received a walk.
Hand #109: Ankush Mandavia raised from the button to 320,000 holding . Joe McKeehen moved all in from the big blind with for 3.1 million and he picked up the pot.
Hand #110: Bryn Kenney raised from the button holding to 330,000 and Ankush Mandavia called from the big blind with . The flop brought out and both players checked. On the turn the hit and Mandavia bet 300,000 with his straight, getting Kenney to fold.
Hand #111: Ankush Mandavia found in the small blind and he called. Bryn Kenney checked with and the flop brought out . Mandavia bet 200,000 and Kenney called, putting the on the turn. Mandavia checked on the turn and Kenney bet 340,000. Mandavia called with second pair, and the river was the , giving Kenney a straight.
Mandavia checked again, and now Kenney bet 1,270,000. Mandavia went into the tank for more than two minutes and eventually he made the call, giving up a huge pot to Kenney.
Hand #99: Ankush Mandavia raised the button with the , Bryn Kenney called from the small blind with the . Kenney then check-folded to a bet of 450,000 on the flop.
Hand #100: After a raise and call, Joe McKeehen three-bet all in holding the and both his opponents folded.
Hand #101: Kenney raised to 330,000 from the button with the , Mandavia defended the big blind with the , and the flop fell . Mandavia checked, Kenney bet 280,000, and Mandavia called to see the [8h} turn.
Mandavia checked for a second time, Kenney bet 645,000, and Mandavia folded.
Hand #102: On a flop, Mandavia checked from the small blind with the and Kenney bet 220,000 with the in the big. Mandavia folded.
Hand #103: Kenney limped the small blind with the , McKeehen exercised his option from the big with a raise to 480,000 holding the , and Kenney gave it up.
Hand #104: Kenney raised to 330,000 with the on the button, Mandavia called from the big blind with the , and the flop came down . Mandavia checked, Kenney continued for 215,000, and Mandavia called to see the turn.
Mandavia checked, Kenney fired 580,000, and Mandavia quickly folded.
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Hand #97: Mustapha Kanit raised under the gun with to 240,000 and Ankush Mandavia called from the big blind with . The flop brought out and Mandavia checked to Kanit who checked behind.
The turn brought the and Mandavia checked again, after which Kanit checked again. The river was the and Mandavia checked a third time, but this time he had made a straight. Kanit checked behind and Mandavia picked up the pot.
Hand #98: The action folded to Ankush Mandavia who limped from the small blind with . Mustapha Kanit looked at in the big blind and he raised to 290,000. Mandavia moved all in and Kanit made the call right away, creating a pot worth 4,680,000.
The flop brought out and while Kanit's pair stayed in front, Mandavia picked up a straight draw. The turn was the and Mandavia needed help to knock out Kanit, and the river was just that. The river was the , sending Kanit to the rail after Mandavia hit a straight.
Hand #92: Mustapha Kanit raised to 240,000 from under the gun with the , Ankush Mandavia moved all in from the big blind with the , and Kanit agonized over what to do before calling off for 2.25 million. There was a 91% chance of a chopped pot, which is what came to pass after the board ran out ... though not before the entertaining sweat.
Hand #93: Joe McKeehen raised to 240,000 from the button and took down the pot.
Hand #94: Mandavia raised to 240,000 from the button with and then folded when Kanit shoved all in from the small blind with the .
Hand #95: Mandavia raised to 240,000 under the gun with the , Bryn Kenney looked down at the in the small blind. Kenney opted to three-bet to 635,000 and Mandavia got away from his hand.
Hand #87: Ankush Mandavia raised under the gun to 240,000 with and Bryn Kenney looked at in the small blind. Kenney three-bet from the small blind to 610,000 and Mandavia four-bet all in for 4,250,000 almost right away. Kenney snap-folded and Mandavia picked up the pot.
Hand #88: Mustapha Kanit raised to 240,000 under the gun with and he picked up the pot.
Hand #89: Joe McKeehen raised from the button with to 240,000 and he picked up the pot.
Hand #90: Joe McKeehen raised under the gun with to 240,000 and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind with . The flop brought out and Kenney checked to McKeehen who bet 160,000. Kenney made the call and on the turn the hit. Both players checked and the river was the , giving Kenney the best hand.
Kenney bet 245,000 on the river and McKeehen went into the tank for quite some time before calling and Kenney showed the winning hand.
Hand #91: Ankush Mandavia raised with under the gun to 240,000 and he picked up the pot.