Jeremy Halaska opened for 55,000 from under the gun, Aaron Overton called and Ryan Higgins raised to 359,000 from the small blind. Halaska announced all in and after a few short moments Overton came over the top and shoved also. Higgins happily folded and let the pair duel.
Overton:
Halaska:
Halaska was happy to see a king in the window when the flop hit . Overton needed an ace to take the lead but bricked when the board completed .
The stacks were counted and Overton had Halaska outchipped by just 200,000.
Garry Gates was faced with a 96,000-chip bet from Ryan Higgins in raised pot with the board reading . He called.
The turn was the , and Higgins led again - this time for 163,000. Gates, quickly called.
Both players knuckled after the completed the board, and Higgins showed two queens with the . Gates' was the best hand however, and he raked in a nice-sized pot to push his stack back over one million.
We caught up with this huge pot on the turn with the board reading . Tyler Kenney put out 48,000 and Ryan Eriquezzo raised to 132,000. Kenney called and the river card was the . Kenney checked and Eriquezzo put together 362,000 and slid it into the middle.
Kenney thought for a short while and quietly announced call. Eriquezzo tabled for a rivered straight and Kenney turned over in disbelief.
Garry Gates opened to 56,000 from under the gun, and Aaron Overton three-bet to 146,000. The action folded back to Gates who went into the tank.
"Aaron?" he asked. "That's your name right?"
Overton nodded.
"Can you lift your hand?"
Overton obliged, revealing the rest of his stack. Gates tanked a little longer, then slid out a tower of purple T10,000 chips, making it 235,000 straight. Overton thought for nearly a minute, then moved all in for around 900,000. Gates tank-folded.
"Queen-jack, baby!" Overton yelled, tabling . "The nuts!"
Overton happily raked in the pot to the table's amusement.
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flop was safe, and the 
on the turn was too, but the 
spiked on the river, eliminating Hamilton from the tournament.
. Overton needed an ace to take the lead but bricked when the board completed 
.
. He called.
completed the board, and Higgins showed two queens with the 
. Gates' 
was the best hand however, and he raked in a nice-sized pot to push his stack back over one million.
, and Zeitlin doubled to 1.2 million chips.
. Tyler Kenney put out 48,000 and Ryan Eriquezzo raised to 132,000. Kenney called and the river card was the 
. Kenney checked and Eriquezzo put together 362,000 and slid it into the middle.
in disbelief.