Cary Katz opened to 22,000 from under the gun, Giovanni "Malibu" Guarascio called, and Phil Ruffin called as well. The flop fell , and Katz led out for 63,000. Both Guarascio and Ruffin called.
The turn was the , and the action checked to Ruffin, who fired 100,000. Only Gurascio called.
The completed the board, and Gurascio checked again. Ruffin reached for green T25,000 chips, cut out twelve, then fired 300,000 into the pot. Gurascio shrugged, made the call, and Ruffin took a drink from his coffee before tabling his cards and saying, "Nuts."
Ruffin showed two red threes for quads, and raked in the pot. Gurascio is very short, with just about a half million chips.
Action folded to Robert Bright on the button and he put in a raise to 25,000. Phil Hellmuth reraised to 55,000 from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu made the call from the big blind. Bright also called and the flop came down . After Hellmuth checked, Negreanu bet 105,000. Bright raised to 230,000 and Hellmuth folded. Negreanu called.
The turn was the and Negreanu checked. Bright bet 230,000 and Negreanu called. The river went check, check after the fell.
Negreanu announced two pair and Bright showed the for a flush. Negreanu mucked and Bright won the pot.
"Don't mess with that man!" yelled out Chamath Palihapitiya after the hand, pointing at Bright. "That man's won about two million off me, running over eights with kings and stuff like that. That's Bob Bright!"
A minute or so passed while Bright stacked up his chips and the dealer dealt the next hand. Palihapitiya piped up again and said, "I'm just glad I'm not the first one out, now we can play some poker! Seriously, you can quote me on that, it takes the pressure off for sure."
Brian Rast raised to 26,000 from early position and Jonathan Duhamel called from the cutoff seat. On the button, Bill Perkins called and everyone else folded.
The three players all checked the flop to see the land on the turn. After Rast checked, Duhamel bet 63,000. Perkins and Rast folded to give Duhamel the pot.
Sam Trickett opened for 25,000 under the gun and received calls from Andrew Robl and Brian Rast on the button and big blind respectively. When the flop came down , Rast checked, Trickett bet 35,000, and both his opponents made the call.
Action then went check-check to Robl on the turn, and he put out a bet of 115,000. Rast made the call, Trickett got out of the way, and the rolled off on the river. Rast checked and Robl followed suit. Rast then revealed that he'd flopped a set with , which was good enough to win the pot.
Eugene Katchalov raised from under the gun to 20,000 and Roland De Wolfe called from the big blind to see the flop come down . De Wolfe chekced and Katchalov bet 25,000. De Wolfe called.
On the turn, both players checked and the hit the felt on the river. De Wolfe checked and Katchalov bet 80,000. De Wolfe quickly called and Katchalov mucked his hand. De Wolfe showed the for a straight and won the pot.
In the first hand back from break, Justin "Boosted J" Smith moved all in from middle position for 29,000 and Brian Rast isolated with a three-bet to 60,000.
Showdown
Rast:
Smith:
The gave Smith the lead and some hope of a long-shot comeback, but the turn snatched it away as Rast paired his ten. The river was no help to Smith, and he became the first player eliminated in Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
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, and Katz led out for 63,000. Both Guarascio and Ruffin called.
, and the action checked to Ruffin, who fired 100,000. Only Gurascio called.
completed the board, and Gurascio checked again. Ruffin reached for green T25,000 chips, cut out twelve, then fired 300,000 into the pot. Gurascio shrugged, made the call, and Ruffin took a drink from his coffee before tabling his cards and saying, "Nuts."
. After Hellmuth checked, Negreanu bet 105,000. Bright raised to 230,000 and Hellmuth folded. Negreanu called.
and Negreanu checked. Bright bet 230,000 and Negreanu called. The river went check, check after the 
fell.
flop to see the 
land on the turn. After Rast checked, Duhamel bet 63,000. Perkins and Rast folded to give Duhamel the pot.
, Rast checked, Trickett bet 35,000, and both his opponents made the call.
turn, and he put out a bet of 115,000. Rast made the call, Trickett got out of the way, and the 
, which was good enough to win the pot.
turn, both players checked and the 
for a straight and won the pot.
gave Smith the lead and some hope of a long-shot comeback, but the 
turn snatched it away as Rast paired his ten. The 
river was no help to Smith, and he became the first player eliminated in Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
