Joseph Cheong raised to 9,000, and Dave Gutfreund made it 50,000 from the big blind. Action was back on Cheong, who moved all in, putting Gutfreund at risk for his 130,000. Gutfreund called.
Gutfreund:
Cheong:
The board ran out low, and Gutfreund doubled while Cheong was left with under 10,000.
Tony Cousineau limped in from early position, as did the player in the hijack before Paul Senat raised to 21,000 from the cutoff. The blinds folded, and when the action returned to Cousineau, he moved all in for 98,000 total. The hijack folded, and after a few moments Senat folded, too.
Cousineau showed his and scooped in the pot to send his stack to 133,500 in chips.
A big pot was brewing between Johannes Becker and Andrew Macdonald, and the former checked the turn from the cutoff before Macdonald bet 105,000 on the button. Becker called, and the river was checked through. Becker flipped over , and Macdonald shook his head while sliding his cards into the muck.
A few tables over near the rail in the Amazon Gold section, Shyam Srinivasan limped from under the gun, and Scotty Nguyen raised to 17,000 from late position, which only Srinivasan called. On the flop, Srinivasan check-called a bet worth 17,000 before doing so again for 40,000 on the turn. The fell on the river, and Srinivasan checked the third street in a row. Nguyen bet 60,000 with 140,000 behind, and Srinivasan check-raised all in. Nguyen took around one minute while the camera crew rushed to the table to film the action.
Ultimately, Nguyen sent his cards into the muck, and Srinivasan raked in the massive pot.
With about 120,000 in the pot already, on a board reading , Charlie Godwin checked from the big blind. The player in the hijack was her only opponent, and he went into the tank for several minutes. During that time, he played with his chips and cut out a bet on several occasions before Bryan Piccioli called the clock.
As the floorman was coming over, the hijack asked Godwin how much she was playing. She moved her arms so he could see her stack, and after the floorman got to the table, The hijack bet 48,000. Godwin thought for a brief moment and eventually tossed in a single chip, indicating a call.
"You're good", the hijack said sheepishly. He mucked his cards face-down, and Godwin raked in the pot without showing.
Godwin has now increased her stack to a healthy 415,000 after starting the day with 148,000.
Jake Bazeley bet 15,000 from early position on a flop, and the player in the big blind called. Both players checked the turn, and the big blind bet out 29,000 on the river. Bazeley called without much thought, and his won the showdown against .
"I thought he had more nines than pocket jacks," Bazeley said when someone asked why he didn't snap-call.
Garrett Jones moved all in from early position, and the button called. Jones had , and he was up against the dreaded .
The flop came just as Jones was standing up, ready to accept his fate. The turn and the river changed nothing, and Jones cracked his opponent's aces to double through with his set of eights.
A loud commotion, mostly in Russian, came from the middle of Amazon Gold, and it was Mikhail Korotkikh who was up and out of his seat, screaming at the top of his lungs.
According to the table, a player in early position raised to 10,000, and Korotkikh called from late position. The player in the hijack three-bet to 36,000, and the initial raiser folded, while Korotkikh called.
The flop came , and Korotkikh checked. The hijack bet 40,000, and Korotkikh called. The turn was the , and Korotkikh checked again. His opponent moved all in. Korotkikh snap-called and tabled for a straight. His opponent tabled and was drawing dead to the on the river. The hijack was left with scraps, and Korotkikh stacked up chips worth 500,000.
A floorman came over and warned Korotkikh about celebrating too much, informing him that he would get a penalty if it happened again. Bryan Piccioli was at the next table and exclaimed, "Shit! I almost went through the roof!"