Hands #59-63: "Listen to Your Heart"
Hand #59: Jack Duong moved all in for 990,000 from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #60: Jack Duong opened for 175,000 under the gun and Brandon Eisen defended his big blind. Eisen then led out for 180,000 on the flop, Duong called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Eisen checked and then quickly folded when Duong bet 250,000. The level went up after this hand.
Hand #61: Vimy Ha received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #62: Igor Dubinskyy raised to 225,000 from the under-the-gun position only to have Matthew Lapossie three-bet to 510,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Dubinskyy and he announced that he was all in for roughly 1.7 million. Lapossie quickly called.
Lapossie:
Dubinskyy:
Both players held the same hand, meaning it would be a split pot unless the board four-flushed. The flop made that possible for Lapossie as he was freerolling to running hearts.
"Listen to your heart," someone in the crowd sang from the 1988 Roxette song by the same name. Right on cue the dealer delivered the . The railbirds let out a collective gasp, and the energy in the room picked up a few beats. Unfortunately for those looking to witness a bad beat, it was not meant to be as the blanked on the river.
Hand #63: Eric Baldwin raised to 200,000 and took down the blinds and antes.