We caught the action on the flop in a pot between Abdyl Konjuhi and Joseph Cino. The flop read and Cino checked to Konjuhi who bet 48,000. Cino decided to check-raise up to 100,000 and after some deliberation Konjuhi made the call.
The turn was the and Cino fired out 140,000 with right around 280,000 left behind. "I'm all-in", Konjuhi immediately announced putting the pressure on Cino. After thinking for a solid minute Cino folded giving Konjuhi another pot. He is now close to the chip lead after having a tremendous start.
Andrew Badecker raised to 32,000 from early position and Todd Keikoan decided to move all-in from the button. Badecker made the call for his tournament life and we saw the following showdown.
Todd Keikoan
Andrew Badecker
The board ran out giving Badecker the winning hand. Keikoan was crippled and a few hands later he was all-in for his last 75,000 chips. JP Kelly was on the button and three-bet to 135,000 getting both blinds to fold.
JP Kelly
Todd Keikoan
The board ran out ending Keikoan's tournament in 13th place.
Brent Hanks raised to 32,000 in early position and Neil Willerson three-bet to 86,000 from the cutoff. Hansk made the call and the pair shared a flop of . Hanks checked, Willerson bet 96,000 and Hanks check-raised jammed once again. Willerson released his hand very quickly and Hanks now has over 1 million chips.
Intrepid reporter Happy_Freaked just brought you details of a hand where Vanessa Selbst took a chunk of change from the pockets of Kwinsee Khoa Tran. Here are the pair tangling again, this time with fatal consequences for Tran.
Tran made it 34,000 from the cutoff, Selbst three-bet to 63,000 on the button and Tran made the call.
Flop:
Tran didn't waste anytime whatsoever when he moved 125,000 into the pot. Selbst took her time before announcing all-in and Tran made the call.
Selbst
Tran
Selbst was light years ahead of Tran, and the turn and river sealed his fate as the 14th-place finisher. Selbst is now up to 1,250,000.
Kwinsee Khoa Tran limped from the small blind and Selbst threw in a raise that seemed to be 34,000 more. Tran tanked for a bit and called.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Tran checked again to Selbst who bet 54,000. Within a second Tran threw in a raise to 125,000 and pressure was back on Selbst. After giving it some serious thought she called and the river was the . Tran checked again and Selbst took some time before moving all-in. Tran tanked for quite some time but couldn't come up with a call. He folded and Selbst is now approaching the million mark.
Joseph Cino raised to 35,000 from the hijack and he got three-bet by Konjuhi who made it 91,000 from the cut-off. Kenneth Strickland was on the button and he moved all-in quickly for around 225,000 chips. Action got folded to Kunjuhi who snap-called.
Brent Hanks raised to 32,000 in early position, Richard Parks called in mid-position and Kenneth Strickland also called in the small blind. The flop was and the action checked through to Park who bet 50,000. Strickland made the call before Hanks raised the temperature with a check-raise to 158,000. Park moved out of the way but after some dwell time Strickland called.
Turn:
Strickland checked to Hanks who moved all-in, and Strickland laid down his hand.
Kenneth Strickland raised to 35,000 from middle position and Jacob Bazeley opted to three-bet from the cut-off to 85,000. Action got folded to Strickland who quickly made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Strickland threw out a 65,000 chip bet. Bazeley called and the river brought out the . Strickland went for orange chips again and bet 80,000 this time. Bazeley wasn't happy and sighed, but called rather quickly. Strickland showed and Bazeley showed his to take down the pot.
JP Kelly raised to 35,000 in the cutoff and Todd Keikoan moved all-in from the big blind bringing an end to proceedings.
Hand 2
Vanessa Selbst raised to 32,000 in first position and Kwinsee Khoa Tran defended his big blind. The flop was and Selbst took the pot down with a 33,000 c-bet.
Hand 3
Kennii Nguyen raised to 33,000 from the cutoff and once again Todd Keikoan moved all-in forcing the fold.