The board was dealt through the river — . Ben Lindemulder was in the small blind and Martin Markov was under the gun. Lindemulder checked and Markov bet 450,000. It was back on Lindemulder and he raised to 1,500,000. Markov made a painstaking call and saw the bad news.
Lindemulder: for kings full
Markov flashed a king and his cards hit the muck.
Ben Lindemulder – 14,400,000 Martin Markov – 2,700,000
Jeff Charlton raised under the gun to 205,000. It folded to Chas Samuel — the tournament short stack — in the small blind. He called and Martin Markov folded the big blind and Charlton was heads up with Samuel.
Flop:
Samuel checked. Charlton bet and Samuel check-jammed for about 1,550,000. Charlton snapped and Samuel was at risk.
Charlton: for an overpair Samuel: for top pair
Turn and River:
Charlton won the pot and Samuel was eliminated in fifth place.
Jeff Charlton – 6,775,000 Chas Samuel – Eliminated in 5th place ($17,231)
On a board of , James Hamburger got caught bluffing holding . Unfortunately for Hamburger, he was caught while all-in for his last roughly 2,125,000 and chip leader Ben Lindemulder had him behind with for two pair. Hamburger had outs, but the river wasn’t one of them.
Hamburger made his displeasure with his play known as he hit the rail sixth.
Ben Lindemulder – 10,850,000 James Hamburger – Eliminated in 6th place ($14,048)
Jeff Charlton raised the small blind to 135,000. Ben Lindemulder was in the big blind and three-bet to 300,000. Charlton called and the big stacks at the table were in a heads-up pot.
Flop:
Charlton checked and Lindemulder bet 200,000. Charlton called.
Turn:
Both players checked.
River:
Charlton checked a third time. Lindemulder bet 400,000 and Charlton quickly called. Lindemulder flipped over and Charlton mucked.
Ben Lindemulder – 11,250,000 Jeff Charlton – 6,100,000
Fernando Halac limped from middle position and Matthew Kuba followed suit from the small blind. It was on Chas Samuel in the big blind and he raised. Halac called while Kuba got out of the way.
Flop:
Chas Samuel shoves the flop
Samuel open-shoved about 2,175,000. Halac folded and Samuel took the pot.
There was five-way action on a board. Fernando Halac was out of position and open-shoved about 2,800,000. Ory Hen was next to act and called off roughly 1,900,000. Ben Lindemulder was next up and called off about 2,400,000. Matthew Kuba had other plans as he folded and got out of the way. It was on Sergio Perez who completed the unlikely four-way all-in by calling off about 2,650,000.
The total amount of time passed from Halac’s flop shove to Perez calling off and putting four players all in was only about five seconds. The stable stood stunned.
Lindemulder: for Broadway (the nuts) Hen: for kings up Halac: for queens up Perez: for the nut flush draw
Halac had all players covered while Hen was only drawing for the main pot.
Turn: River:
In the blink of an eye, the hand was done. Broadway held for Lindemulder and he scooped the main pot along with the first side pot. Halac, meanwhile, took the other side pot off Perez.
When the dust settled, Hen busted ninth and Perez eighth. Lindemulder raked a monster and took a massive chip lead. Halac was left with under 1,000,000.
Sergio PerezOry Hen
Ben Lindemulder – 10,250,000 (of 30,870,000 in play) Fernando Halac – 835,000 Sergio Perez – Eliminated in 8th place ($8,744) Ory Hen – Eliminated in 9th place ($6,167)