Ryan Hoenig raised to 25,000 in the hijack and the player in the big blind called. On the 4?3?6? flop, Hoenig continued for 22,000 and the big blind check-raised to 65,000.
Hoenig then quickly jammed all in to put the big blind's stack of 230,000 at risk. The big blind folded just as quick, however, and surrendered the pot to the big stack.
On a completed board of J?7?4?4?5?, Kevin Ordet in the big blind moved forward a bet of 500,000. That covered his sole remaining opponent Dimitrii Kamalov, who went deep into the tank.
Eventually, Kamalov called all-in and Ordet tabled the 8?5? for a flopped gutshot that had only hit the five on the river. Yet, it was enough as Kamalov tried to slide his cards very carefully into the muck. The dealer looked at him almost apologizing as he turned over the A?Q? according to the all-in showdown rule.
"That was a thin value bet," someone at the table joked while several players were in disbelief.
Another player busted shortly after and the table was then filled with Lucas Greenwood and Brian Rast. The latter called a raise to 25,000 by John Kim from under the gun with Ordet in the cutoff and Adam Rude in the big blind coming along as well.
The Q?4?3? flop was checked to Rast and he bet 40,000, Ordet and Rude called.
On the 6? turn, Rude checked again and Rast now bet 160,000 yet both opponents called once more. They then checked the 4? on the river and Rude showed J?10? for a missed flush draw, Ordet had the 5?5? and Rast won the pot with the K?Q?.
Tom Dwan opened to 30,000 from under the gun and got a call from the player in the next seat before Taiwan's Ta-Wei Tou made it 195,000 from the hijack. Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni was in the cutoff and shoved for around 250,000, which got Dwan and the caller to fold, but Tou made the call.
Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni: A?K?
Ta-Wei Tou: A?Q?
Tou needed a lot of help but he never found it as the runout of 4?3?7?8?2? kept Portaleoni's Big Slick in the lead throughout the hand.
Carlos Chang bet 17,000 from the small blind on a flop of 8?6?10? before the big blind raised to 85,000. Pascal Pflock called in early position, as did Chang.
All three players checked the K? turn before Chang bet 130,000 on the 9? river. The big blind tanked for a minute before folding, but Pflock moved all in for 140,000 and Chang called.
Pflock showed A?8? for the nut flush and Chang mucked 7?5?. The big blind then admitted he had nine-seven for a flopped straight.
There was a three-way pot in progress on the river with a pot of about 245,000 in the middle. From early position, Francisco Perez Moreno bet 225,000.
Yaniv Shushan was on the button and tanked for a long time while he assessed the bet. Eventually the clock was called. The floor came over to count it down and with 1 second left, he spiked in the call.
But the hand was far from over as Kuan-Yu Lin was still to act from the big blind. He quickly jammed all in to which Shushan got up and clapped his hands in anger. Moreno quickly folded and action was straight back on Shushan who now had to decide for his remaining 240,000. It was time for another long tank as this time it was a decision for his tournament life. He took close to 5 minutes before releasing his cards. Lin did not show.
A couple hands later Shushan was all in with the A?K? against the A?K?. Despite having the suited advantage the flop came with two hearts and the turn a heart as well to make for a major sweat. The river was a club to spare Shushan as he breathed a sigh of relief.
"My man is going through the ringer over here!" said a tablemate in reference to Shushan's double long tank and the near brutal elimination in the span of a rough 20 minute stretch for him.
Chris Vitch raised to 24,000 under the gun before a player in middle position three-bet to 68,000. Alejandro Lococo then four-bet to 160,000 on the button.
Action folded back to Vitch and he five-bet to 395,000. The middle-position player got out of the way, but Lococo moved all in and Vitch snap-called for 1,187,000.
Chris Vitch: A?A?
Alejandro Lococo: K?K?
It was the ultimate cooler with nearly 2,500,000 at stake. Both players watched the board run out J?5?2?8?4? as Vitch's aces held up to earn him a massive double up.
