Farid Jattin raised to 15,000 from the hijack and Kenny Tran three-bet from the button to 43,000. Both blinds folded and Jattin did not waste must time before four-betting to 102,000.
The action was now back on Tran who gave it some thought before putting out a five-bet to 230,000 total.
Jattin tanked for about two minutes and ultimately he moved all in. Tran did some tanking on his own and ultimately he let go of his hand.
Jattin quickly tabled the and with this big bluff he has put himself near the top of the chip counts.
Just before the break, a big hand was brewing between Michael Shklover and Grzegorz Derkowski. We picked up the action on a flop when Derkowski checked and Shklover bet 16,500. Derkowski proceeded to check-raise to 40,000, Shklover called, and the appeared on the turn. Derkowski checked for a second time and Shklover bet 25,000.
Derkowski responded by check-raising all in for 55,000 and Shklover wasted little time in making the call.
Derkowski:
Shklover:
Derkowski had flopped tens and fives, but it was no good as Shklover held trips. The river was no help to Derkowski, and he was eliminated from the tournament in 587th place for $20,228.
In the last hand before the break, Dan Smith raised to 14,000 on the button and Gordon Eng shoved all in from the small blind for 132,000. Clayton Maguire reshipped from the big blind, and Smith folded.
A very short-stacked David Einhorn was all in and at risk for 88,000 holding on one for the first hands back from break, and Brian Yoon had him at risk and dominated with .
The dealer fanned , giving Yoon a pair of queens, but Einhorn had a Broadway draw and held the only heart. The on the turn changing nothing, and the river wasn't a heart, but the gave Einhorn a winning straight.
He doubled to 194,000 chips, while Yoon slipped to 160,000.
Ronnie Bardah etched his name in the history books by cashing the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. He is now the only player to ever cash this tournament five years in a row. We caught up with him on the break to talk about it.
Just as most of the field headed to the hallways for the break, the following hand went down in the corner of the orange section in the Amazon Room.
From early position, Mark Herm raised to 10,500. Next to act was Alex Tran, and he flat-called before action folded over to Griffin Benger in the cutoff seat. He called, and then Roman Valerstein reraised to 40,000 on the button. After the blinds folded, action was back on Herm and he thought for a bit before folding. Then, Tran stuck in the call, and Benger also called as the cameras began to swarm the table — and good thing they did because the following flop play resulted in a massive clash of chips.
The flop came out , and Tran checked. Benger also checked, and then Valerstein fired 58,000. Tran thought for a minute or so, counted out the 58,000 for the call, thought for a little bit longer, then slid the call forward. Benger had other things in mind, though.
Benger counted out more than just a call, sliding out 152,000. Valerstein quickly ducked out of the way, but Tran went back into the tank. Eventually, Tran announced that he was all in — a total shove of 418,500 after the dealer broke it down to Benger's request. Benger stood up and made the call, having Tran covered, but putting a large portion of his stack on the line.
Tran turned over the , but he was behind the for Benger.
With top two pair and needing to hold, Benger was forced to sweat a bit more after the landed on the turn to give Tran a flush draw.
"Not impressed with that one," he said after the dealer added fourth street.
The river completed the board with the , missing Tran and giving Benger the pot. Benger had Tran covered, sending him to the rail, and moving Benger to nearly 1.3 million in chips.