Blinds are 1000 and 1500 with a 1500 ante as action folds to Shaun Deeb on the button. Sitting on a big stack, Deeb opens to 3000. In the small blind Adedapo Ajayi responds by moving all in for 20000 total. The big blind releases and Deeb calls instantly, creating a pot of 23000 before the flop with both players now committed for Ajayi’s tournament life.

Deeb reveals 8♥7♠ while Ajayi tables A♠4♥. Ajayi holds the superior ace high hand preflop as the dealer spreads the flop 8♣6♣2♣. Deeb pairs his eight and moves into the lead while the monotone texture offers back door straight potential but no made draw for Ajayi.

The turn comes 6♥ which pairs the board and strengthens Deeb’s position as his two pair now plays against Ajayi’s ace high. With no further chips to wager the river card is delivered cleanly. The 3♠ completes the runout and offers no improvement to Ajayi.

Deeb’s pair of eights holds to eliminate Ajayi and the pot pushes his stack upward to 250000 as the next hand is prepared.

Four players move all in before the flop with a massive pot at stake. Jesse Lonis tables A♣Q♦. Guy Laliberte reveals 9♣2♣. Luis Rizental shows K♥T♥. Jennifer Tilly turns over A♠8♦. The pot is already towering as the dealer fans the flop. It comes Q♥7♠4♦, giving Lonis top pair top kicker and pushing him firmly into the lead. The board texture offers no flush draws and only back door straight possibilities for the others.

Action is frozen with all players already committed as the turn card falls J♣. It brings a gutshot possibility for Rizental but no made hand improves. Lonis remains ahead with his pair of queens. Tilly holds ace high with a weaker kicker while Laliberte’s suited connectors have fully missed.

The river brings the final card 3♥. No player improves and Lonis’s A♣Q♦ stands strong. His pair of queens with top kicker secures the entire multiway pot. Chips are pushed his way as he surges into the lead. Tilly, failing to connect with the board, remarks that this will be her last rebuy before the next hand is dealt.

Blinds are 100 /200 when Mr. 3 coin himself, Randy Sadler, opens to 400 from early position. Derek Adamian in the cutoff calls, James Rice completes from the small blind, and Jon Orlando defends the big blind. Four players take a flop of 4♠ A♣ 6♥. Rice checks and Orlando leads for 600. Sadler folds and Adamian makes the only call, sending the hand heads up to the turn.

The turn is the 8♦. Orlando slows down with a check. Adamian takes over the betting lead and fires 1000. Orlando thinks briefly and calls. The river is the J♣ and once again Orlando checks. Adamian places a final wager of 3000 into the middle. Orlando considers the situation only briefly before making the call.

Adamian tables 5♦5♠ for a small pocket pair that remained unimproved. Orlando reveals J♠7♠ for top pair on the river and wins the pot.