Mary Sanker started things off when she raised to 75,000 from early position. Rodney Spriggs re-raised all-in for his remaining 250,000 chips and Sanker tank-called.
The cards were turned face up and it was the of Sanker that led the of Spriggs.
The dealer dealt the flop of which didn't improve either player.
The turn was the and that catapulted Spriggs into the lead.
The river card was the and that sealed the win for Spriggs and secured his double up.
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Henry Wilken was all in preflop for 460,000 from middle position and Gerard Hauranieh called off his stack from the big blind holding just a little less.
Gerard Hauranieh:
Henry Wilken:
Hauranieh was ahead with his made hand but the runout gave Wilken a full house and eliminated him from the tournament.
Action was on the flop that read . Wadih Kaawar was facing a big shove from Gregory Giannokostas and was deep into the tank. The players had similar stacks and Kaawartook his time to think it out.
Eventually he called and tabled the while Giannokostas had .
The turn was the and the river came the to give Kaawar the big time pot.
Steven Cho was seen taking in all the chips that once belonged to James Frank. The of Cho came from behind to beat the of Frank as the board ran out hitting the eight on the flop.
Meanwhile at a nearby table, Maurice Hawkins was standing up and waiting for payouts as he had just been felted early in the day by Simeon Spasov.
Kaylan Chivukula opened the betting when he moved all-in from early position. He was called by Brian Taylor from the small blind. The cards were turned face-up and Taylor was all-in and at risk and held versus the of Chivukula's.
The dealer flopped the and that all but sealed the deal for Taylor with his flopped set of aces.
The turn and river changed nothing, and Taylor secured a full double up and then some.