SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 189 of 847

After a flop of , Alex Venovski was all in for 53,000 with (two pair, aces and queens), and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the small blind’s (two pair, aces and tens).

The turn was the , the river was the , and Venovski won the pot with his two pair to double up in chips.

Alex Venovski  –  137,000  (57 bb)

A few moments later at the next table, Andy Hwang raised UTG+1 to 5,300, the player in the hijack called, and Esther Taylor-Brady (aka “Etay”) reraised from the small blind to 21,000. Hwang tanked for a while before he folded, and the hijack called.

The flop came , Taylor-Brady checked, the hijack bet 15,000, and Taylor-Brady check-raised to more than 100,000. The hijack folded, and Taylor-Brady won the pot to cross the 300K mark.

Esther Taylor-Brady  –  320,000  (133 bb)