Kirk Caldwell opened to 95,000 from middle position, Randy Haddox three-bet to 345,000, Caldwell moved all in having Haddox covered, and Haddox snapped it off.
Caldwell:
Haddox:
Haddox had Caldwell crushed, but the flop came down , giving Caldwell a set of queens! Haddox sat silently as Caldwell's rail shrieked with excitement.
The turn (), and river () were both blanks, and Haddox bolted out of the secondary feature table area without even getting his ticket to get paid. He'll want to pick that up at some point however, it's worth $114,304 for his 6th place finish.
Rodrigo got his remaining 80,000 in preflop and was called by Marc McLaughlin and Gabriel Miron. The flop came down and Miron led out for 125,000. McLaughlin mucked and Miron tabled for a set of sevens. Portaleoni flipped up and was significantly behind.
The turn and river came and Portaleoni was sent to the rail.
Marc McLaughlin opened to 60,000 from the cutoff, Alan Stevens three-bet to 185,000 from the small blind, and Kyle Cartwright moved all in for 775,000 from the big blind. McLaughlin went into the tank for nearly two minutes before re-shoving for over 2 million, and Stevens immediately called in for 710,000.
McLaughlin:
Stevens:
Cartwright:
Cartwright and Stevens were at risk, and both players stood up and put their hands on their heads. Dozens of people crowded around the rail as the dealer rapped the table and delivered a flop of .
There were shouts coming from every direction. "Queen! Ten! Jack!"
The turn was the .
"Deuce!" McLaughlin's contingency screamed.
The river wasn't a deuce, but it was the however. McLaughlin exploded, running to his rail to celebrate the double knockout. Stevens looked content with his 9th place finish, while Cartwright was visibly shook by the thunderous river card.
A wave of chips was pushed towards McLaughlin, and he is now our chip leader with over 3.5 million to his name.
Ben White opened to 52,000 from early position, and Michael Whitfield moved all in for 420,000. The action folded back to White who looked at his cards one last time before calling, and opening up .
White unhappily showed .
The flop kept the door open for Whitfield, but it was promptly shut when the turn and river came , respectively.
Whitfield was eliminated just before the official final table, while White padded his chip lead.
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, giving Caldwell a set of queens! Haddox sat silently as Caldwell's rail shrieked with excitement.
), and river (
) were both blanks, and Haddox bolted out of the secondary feature table area without even getting his ticket to get paid. He'll want to pick that up at some point however, it's worth $114,304 for his 6th place finish.
and Miron led out for 125,000. McLaughlin mucked and Miron tabled 
for a set of sevens. Portaleoni flipped up 
and Portaleoni was sent to the rail.
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. This hand has crippled Rodrigo Portaleoni
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flop kept the door open for Whitfield, but it was promptly shut when the turn and river came 
, 
respectively.