Gabe Kaplan and Isaac Haxton checked to Erik Seidel on a flop of , and he tossed out two lavender T250,000 chips. Gabe Kaplan moved all in for around three million, Haxton folded, and Seidel snap-called.
Seidel:
Kaplan:
Both players had flopped a set, but Kaplan held the superior three of a kind.
"The good thing is there are no more fives in the deck," Kristoph Vogelsang told Seidel. "So you can't get re-sucked out on when you hit a deuce."
Seidel gave a laugh.
Both the turn and the river had no sides, but the and the were no help to Seidel, who was eliminated.
Antonio Esfandiari opened for 175,000 under the gun and Connor Drinan called from the cutoff. Bill Klein then three-bet all in for 1.765 million from the small blind, Esfandiari called, and Drinan got out of the way.
Esfandiari:
Klein:
Klein had some major kicker issues, and they didn't get resolved on the flop. The turn left Klein in need of either an eight or five on the river, but neither came as the blanked. Klein and Esfandiari shook hands, and then the former made the rounds with the remaining players before taking his leave from the 2014 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
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Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
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Action folded all of the way around the table to John Juanda in the small blind. He moved all in for his last roughly 800,000 and Phil Ivey instantly called from the big blind.
Ivey:
Juanda:
The board ran out , keeping Ivey in the lead with ace-high. Juanda was eliminated from play and Ivey's stack now sits at about 8.1 million.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 175,000 and Connor Drinan called from the small blind. Both players ended up checking the flop, and then the dealer burned and turned the . Drinan checked, Esfandiari bet 215,000, and Drinan called to see the river.
Both players checked, and Drinan tabled the [10c1s] for aces up. It was good as Esfandiari mucked.
Antonio Esfandiari opened for 175,000 from the hijack only to have Sam Trickett three-bet to 475,000 from the cutoff. Rick Salomon flatted from the button, both blinds folded, and Esfandiari called to make it three-way action to the flop. Esfandiari checked, Trickett bet 550,000, and Salomon folded. Esfandiari ended up doing the same and Trickett took down the pot.
With Greg Merson busting in 25th place, the field was cut down to 24 players. Those players are now undergoing a redraw to three tables and have been given a 10-minute break.