Paul Chai saw action folded to him in the small blind and raised to 195,000, putting action on Travis Fujisaka in the big blind. Fujisaka three-bet, sliding a decently-sized pile of pink T100,000 chips forward. Chai put all of his chips in and Fujisaka called off the difference.
Paul Chai:
Travis Fujisaka:
Though his two unpaired cards were live, Chai wasn't thrilled to see that his diamonds were not. A three came in the window on the flop but there was a five-ball underneath, leaving him drawing even slimmer. The turn then fell to improve him to trip treys, leaving him with two outs to sweat on the final card to earn a double. The river came and his stack was counted out to 830,000, which Fujisaka paid off.
"You're crazy, man," said Terence Reardon as Chai raked in his chips.
Soumitra Nagar opened to 65,000 from middle position and was called by Roman Shainiuk out of the small blind. The flop came and Shainiuk led out for 165,000.
Nagar thought for about ten seconds and sent his cards to the muck.
Roman Shainiuk raised to 90,000 from under the gun and received a call from Travis Fujisaka in the hijack. Action folded around to Arish Nat, who defended his big blind to take postflop action three ways.
The flop came and Nat checked. Shainiuk made a continuation-bet of 210,000, getting a call from Fujisaka before Nat got out of their way.
The turn was and Shainiuk continued, firing a second barrel for 500,000. Fujisaka thought for a bit and sent his cards to the muck.
Shainiuk decided he wanted to share his holdings as he received the pot. He tabled to show a turned flush. A few players remarked about the strength of his hand and then got ready for the next hand.
The first big hand of the final table evolved 25 minutes into the day's first level.
Roman Shainiuk opened to 90,000 from early position, and Paul Chai three-bet to 285,000 from the hijack. Travis Fujisakavis Fujisaka then started counting out pink T100,000 chips, appearing like he was ready to make a big move.
Fujisaka did just that, four-betting to 900,000. Shainiuk quickly folded.
Paul Chaii then went all in with the rest of his 3,100,000 total stack, and Fujisaka snap called.
Travis Fujisaka:
Paul Chai:
Board:
It was about as good of a situation as Fujisaka could hope for, with the queens well ahead of Paul Chaii's pocket jacks. The runout came out pure for Fujisaka, who scored a big double at the final table.
Paul Richardson completed his small blind after action was folded to him and Terence Reardon checked his option behind from the big blind. The flop came and Richardson checked. Reardon bet 40,000 and Richardson called.
The turn fell and Richardson checked to Reardon again, who put out another bet for 60,000. Richardson took about 30 seconds before check-raising all in for what was about 750,000. Action was then back on Reardon, who folded shortly thereafter to bring Richardson over the seven-figure mark early on Day 3 after eclipsing the mark for a bit late last night.