Erick Lindgren made it 50,000 to go from late position and Phil Galfond flatted from the cutoff. Rono Lo moved all in for his last 376,000 from the button and the blinds let their hands go.
"I'll call," said Lindgren after a beat.
Galfond got out of the way and the cards were turned on their backs.
Lindgren:
Lo:
The flop fell , giving Lindgren top pair but still keeping him behind Lo's two kings. The rolled off on the turn, meaning Lindgren would need to improve on the final card to score the elimination. The finished the board and Lo was able to secure the double. He now has about 830,000 in chips while Lindgren has fallen to 1.47 million.
Jean-Robert Bellande made it 60,000 from the cutoff and it folded around to Philipp Gruissem in the big blind. The German made it 175,000 to go and Bellande flat called.
The flop came down and Gruissem continued out with a bet of 175,000. Bellande called and the dropped down on the turn. Gruissem slowed with a check and Bellande knocked the table back. The board paired on the river with the and Gruissem checked for a second time.
"Your queens are good," said Bellande as he checked his action.
"I don't have queens," replied Gruissem.
At that, Bellande slapped onto the felt for the win. Gruissem mucked his cards and Bellande picked up a pot that increased his stack to about 4.025 million.
The flop read when Rono Lo checked from the small blind and Phil Ivey bet 100,000 from the big blind. Phil Galfond called from the button and Lo folded right away.
On the turn the hit and Ivey quickly tossed out 300,000, which was called by Galfond after about 30 seconds.
The river was the and Galfond checked behind when Ivey decided to check. Ivey showed and Galfond flashed his before mucking.
Brandon Steven raised to 67,000 in early position, Greg Merson called on his direct left, Erik Seidel called on the button, and Scott Seiver and Connor Drinan called from the blinds. The flop came , both players in the blinds checked, and Steven continued for 172,000. Only Merson called.
The turn was the , Steven checked, and Merson bet 280,000. Steven called.
Both players knuckled on the river (), and Merson dragged the pot with .
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We arrived to find Rono Lo and Phil Ivey looking down at a board of with about 1.5 million already in the middle. Lo checked over to Ivey and Ivey announced an all in bet. Lo sat pondering a call for his tournament life for well over a minute before deciding to release his cards.
With this hit, Lo is down to about 1.35 million in chips. Ivey, who is hot off of his 10th WSOP bracelet win, is now up to about 4.07 million in chips.