Hands #16-20: Heath and Kornuth Chop It Up from the Blinds
Hand #16: Ben Heath limped in from the small blind and Chance Kornuth checked his option. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. Heath led out for 180,000 and Kornuth called to see the on the river. Heath checked this time and Kornuth was the one to bet 180,000. Heath called and both players turned over to split the pot.
Hand #17: Dmitry Yurasov opened to 130,000 in early position and Sam Soverel defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Soverel check-folded to a bet of 175,000 from Yurasov.
Hand #18: Yurasov raised to 130,000 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 470,000 in the hijack. Both Heath and Kornuth gave it some thought but elected to fold as did Yurasov when the action was back on him.
Hand #19: Elio Fox limped in from the small blind and Yurasov raised to 200,000 from the big blind. Fox called and the flop of hit the felt. Fox checked and Yurasov continued for 230,000. Fox still called and the paired the board on the turn. Both players checked and the completed the board. Two more checks and Fox tabled for the best hand.
Hand #20: Fox made it 135,000 on the button and both of the blinds folded.