Brian Drisdale limped under the gun and Paul Bibergal three-bet all in for 3,750,000. Arin Youssefian was in the small blind and four-bet all in for 4,000,000. Drisdale called.
Brian Drisdale:
Paul Bibergal:
Arin Youssefian:
The board came with a set good for the player with sevens, while Youssefian was left with 350,000 and doubled through Drisdale.
Arif Youssefian was down to his last 650,000 and he put them to the middle over a limp from middle position. His neighbor Ben Greenberg reshoved and the original limper escaped.
Youssefian:
Greenberg:
The board ran out and Greenberg's big slick remained the winner.
Brian Drisdale ended up all in with and James Duff looked him up with . Drisdale had an open-ender on but Duff blocked some of his outs with his flush draw. The rest of the board bricked out and the and sent Drisdale to the rail.
After a flop, on which both players put two million chips in the pot, James Duff bet 2,000,000 on the turn. Stefan Vidojkovic then raised to 6,000,000. Duff moved all in for just over 11,000,000 and Vidojkovic folded.
Svetlozar Nestorov was all in preflop for 3,175,000 and Jordan Bamford accepted the price, holding . Bamford looked into two higher cards, the but the odds shifted towards Nestorov on the flop.
Bamford sighed when he saw the jack and the turn and river confirmed Nestorov's double. Bamford and Nestorov are now almost tied in chips.
Mark Frimodt raised to 1,100,000 on the button and Luis Vazquez defended his small blind. Both players checked a flop and turn of and the river was the . Vazquez bet 1,500,000 and Frimodt called.
Vazquez showed for three aces and took down the pot.
Stefan Vidojkovic was among the tournament chip leaders coming to the final three tables but a streak of bad results saw him bust in 22nd place.
Following a big pot he lost against James Duff as we reported below, Vidojkovic doubled Carl DiVeglia III for just under 4 million. DiVeglia III made Broadway with on and Vidojkovic's hand was mucked by the time we arrived.
Vidojkovic was down to crumbs and he put his last 1,175,000 in play when he was in big blind, following Mark Frimodt's under-the-gun-raise to 900,000 and Jordan Perrin's flat-call in the hijack. Both players called the change and Perrin then fired 2,000,000 on the flop, getting rid of Frimodt.
Vidojkovic:
Perrin:
Perrin hit the bottom set but Vidojkovic still had a decent shot with an open-ender and a backdoor flush draw. The turn and river gave him trips but it wasn't enough and Vidojkovic took a picture of the board and hole cards before exiting the tournament area.
Jordan Knackestedt pushed 2,025,000 from the middle position and big blind Rob Jenkins looked him up with . Knackestedt showed but the flop pulled Jenkins ahead.
The turn and river were, however, exactly what Knackestedt needed and he doubled up.