In a three-bet pot with 13,000 in the middle and the flop reading , Nabil Cardoso checked and table neighbor Zachary Mcnees bet 6,500. Cardoso check-raised all in and Mcnees asked for a count. "That's a lot," Mcnees added when the all in was deemed to be for 48,600 and he then apologized to the table with "I need a little bit of time for this."
"You wouldn't jam sets here, bottom set is the only one," Mcnees said and he called half a minute later.
Nabil Cardoso:
Zachary Mcnees:
Neither the turn nor the on the river improved Mcnees and he lost a big chunk of his stack.
Natalia Breviglieri raised to 1,800 from the hijack and got calls from Vincent Rubianes in the cutoff and Tony Gregg on the button. Jacob Powers was in the small blind and three-bet to 6,900. Breviglieri folded and both Rubianes and Gregg called.
The flop came and Powers quickly led out for 7,500. Rubianes called and Gregg folded. The turn was the and Powers led out for 7,500 again. Rubianes called again.
Powers checked blind, and the dealer put the on the river. Rubianes checked behind and Powers tabled for king-high. Rubianes tabled and raked in the pot.
After being left on the short stack, Tom Schneider got fewer than 10 big blinds in with and Stefan Jedlicka had an easy call with . There was no miracle for Schneider and he grabbed his belongings.
Martin Jacobson was also spotted leaving the tournament area. According to the camera crew, he got his short stack in with pocket fours and initial raiser Matthew Ashton called with to spike a five on the flop and leave Jacobson empty-handed.
From under the gun plus one, a player opened with a raise to 2,000. Action folded around to Doug Polk who called on the button and the big blind called as well brining three-way action to the flop.
The dealer rolled out the and the big blind checked. The player under the gun bet 3,300 and Polk called. The big blind called as well.
On the turn, action checked all the way around to Polk on the button who but out a bet of 8,700. He was called by both players.
On the river, action checked to Polk again. Polk took a look at the early position player.
"About how much are you playing?" he asked. The player revealed a stack of just under 30,000. Polk then cut out a bet of 30,700 and pushed it foward. The big blind player folded quickly. The early position player thought for about two minutes before finally folding his hand.
"Phew," Polk said, letting out a sigh of relief. He showed the , keeping his other card face down.
"What a brutal card to show," Sam Grafton said. "Doug Polk ladies and gentlemen, just firing with no hope. He had the king queen of hearts, got married to his hand, crossed his fingers and just firing away hoping that nobody has clubs."
Polk cracked a smile and laugh and Grafton continued on his rant.
"He makes all these videos about how to bluff and when to bluff and in reality he's just firing. Fake news! Doug Polk is fake news! He will bluff with anything!"
Polk collected the pot, still laughing, and moved to above 100,000 chips for the first time today.
Jon Turner opened with a raise and his opponent in the cutoff three-bet. Turner called and checked the flop to his opponent who continued for 5,200.
Turner called, and both players checked the on the turn, and the on the river.
Turner tabled his , but it would be his opponent's for a turned two pair that would see him scoop the pot to send Turner tumbling down to 46,200 in chips.
With about 16,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Chris Hunichen was in the small blind and heads-up against a player in middle position who moved all in for 22,700. Hunichen went into the tank for several minutes, counting out calling chips and then counting down the remainder of his stack.
"Why so much, man?" asked Hunichen as he shook his head.
Ultimately, Hunichen folded face up and his opponent took the pot.
"Show me one? I showed you two!" said Hunichen with a smile, but his opponent tossed his cards into the muck face down. "Nice hand. Next time I'll call you. You'd better have it next time."
Austin Hermiz found himself all in against Sean Marshall.
Marshall:
Hermiz:
In a classic flip situation, Hermiz would calls heads but it would land tails as the dealer dropped a board of to see Hermiz eliminated and Marshall move to 100,000 in chips.