| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
83,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
48,000 | |
|
||
|
41,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
A player opened to 2,500 and Joe McKeehen defended his big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked. McKeehen check-called a bet of 3,000 on the 
turn and the river was the 
. McKeehen bet 7,500 and his opponent called.
McKeehen showed 
for a straight and took down the pot. He then won another chunky pot to move to a stack of over 100,000.
Meanwhile, Bryn Kenney has also been making moves, winning a pot with 
against both 
and 
to move up the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
115,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
The player in early position shoved all in for 7,700 and was called by Pavel Plesuv (mid-position), John Racener (late position), and the player in the hijack. Joey Weissman (button) contemplated for a bit and then also shoved for 31,600 in total. Cate Hall and Ryan Riess quickly folded their blinds. Plesuv also shoved with the bigger stack. Racener looked at his stack but then folded. The hijack also got out of their way.
Early Position: 
Joey Weissman: 
Pavel Plesuv: 
The board ran out 
- Weissmann won it all including the $3,000 bounty of the other player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,600
54,600
|
54,600 |
|
||
|
51,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Over at table 479, Rafael Bertani found himself in a massive back-to-back rush that left him over 200k in chips and two bounties richer. In the first hand, the board was 
and WSOP bracelet winner Mel Weiner was already all in and at risk.
Holding , Samuel Higgs tried to get Bertani out on the river with a big bet, but Bertani was having none of it and called with 
. Weiner mucked 
and Bertani collected his first $3,000 bounty.
In the next hand, Bertani raised to 2,000, Higgs called, another WSOP bracelet winner in Anthony Marquez three-bet to 8,500 in the small blind, Brian Yoon shoved 11,800 in the big blind, Bertani five-bet to 30,000, Higgs folded, Marquez six-bet shoved 50,200 and Bertani called to put both players at risk.
Brian Yoon: 
Anthony Marquez: 
Rafael Bertani: 
The board ran out 
, giving Yoon the winner with the nut flush. The four spades on the board improved Bertani's pocket nines to a flush as well, giving him the side pot and leaving Marquez behind empty-handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
36,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Stefan Schillhabel raised to 2,500 from early position and got one caller. Eric Blair then three-bet to 11,000 and Brandon Cantu moved all in for 4,700 from the big blind. Schillhabel and the other player both called.
"I'm rooting for you," said Mike Leah to Cantu.
The flop came 
. It checked to Blair who bet 18,000, and both the other players folded.
"Great flop for me," said Cantu, showing 
. He was up against the of Blair. The turn was the 
and the river completed Cantu's straight and he quadrupled up, much to the dismay of Blair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
82,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
On an 
flop, Steve Zolotow was all in for 7,700 and both Ben Heath and Michael O'Grady committed chips to put the two-time bracelet winner at risk.
The turn brought the and O'Grady check-folded to a 13,000 bet from Heath.
Steve Zolotow:
Ben Heath:
Heath was in prime shape to knock Zolotow out and did so as the 
rolled off on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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