Daniel Lowery opened to 200,000 from the cutoff, Caleb Furth raised to 690,000 from the button, Lowery four-bet shoved for 1,745,000 and Furth called with a covering stack to put Lowery at risk.
Daniel Lowery: A?8?5?2?
Caleb Furth: Q?Q?4?3?
The board ran out A?A?8?3?9?. Furth did not have a low and Lowery took the high with aces full of eights to score a full double up.
Jonathan Lewis opened to 270,000 from the button and Tom Koral raised the pot from the small blind. Lewis shoved and Koral, who had started the hand with 1,530,000 and was covered, made the call to put himself at risk.
Tom Koral: A?Q?3?2?
Jonathan Lewis: A?A?K?5?
The board ran out J?2?5?Q?7?. Lewis did not have a low and Koral was good for the high with two pair to score a full double up while Lewis was left with less than ten big blinds.
Caleb Furth opened to 140,000 from the button, Jonathan Lewis, who was down to a bit under 200,000, shoved from the small blind, Tom Koral called in the big blind and Furth also called.
The flop came 10?4?4?. Koral bet 200,000 and Furth folded leaving Lewis at risk against Koral.
Jonathan Lewis: A?Q?Q?4?
Tom Koral: J?9?4?2?
The rest of the board ran out 9?K?. No low was possible and Koral was good at showdown with fours full of nines to send Lewis to the rail and take the pot.
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Caleb Furth opened to 165,000 from under the gun, Jason Daly called from the button, Sean Troha raised to 620,000 from the small blind, Furth called and Daly folded.
The flop came A?6?2? and Troha quickly found himself all in against Furth who covered.
Sean Troha: A?Q?J?2?
Caleb Furth: 7?5?5?4?
The rest of the board ran out 9?8?. Troha did not have a low and Furth had made a nine-high straight to take the pot while Troha's deep run came to an end two spots shy of the final table.
Caleb Furth opened to 175,000 from the hijack and received a call from Michael Machugh in the cutoff before Daniel Lowery raised to 680,000 from the big blind. Furth made the call while Machugh got out of the way.
The flop came A?Q?4? and Lowery, who had started the hand with around 2,700,000, quickly found himself all in and at risk against Furth who had a covering stack.
Daniel Lowery: A?J?4?2?
Caleb Furth: 8?5?3?2?
"Brick, one time," Lowery requested with his two pair, but the rest of the board ran out 10?3? completing Furth's wheel draw to send Lowery to the rail on the final table bubble.