Ring Event #9: $1,675 MAIN EVENT

From under the gun, Peter Vitantonio raises to 125,000. Ben Beever calls from middle position, as does Mike Younan, in the big blind, and it's three-handed to the flop.

The flop is     and Younan checks. Vitantonio bets 200,000 and Beever tanks for a moment, but eventually calls. Younan calls to see a   turn. Both players check and the dealer burns and turns the   river.

Younan bets 310,000 and Vitantonio snap-calls. Younan flips   , but Vitantonio holds    to scoop the pot with a pair of jacks, ace kicker.

Peter Vitantonio - 2,140,000 (35 bb)
Mike Younan - 2,550,000 (42 bb)

Kevin Saul opens the action with a raise to 140,000 from the cutoff.

Both Hao Sun, in the small blind, and Rob Kuhn, in the big blind, call, sending three players to the flop.

On the     flop, Sun checks and Kuhn bets 225,000. Saul folds, but Sun calls to see a   turn. Both players check and the   falls on the river.

Sun bets 300,000 and Kuhn calls. Sun flips    for a straight to the queen and Kuhn tosses his cards into the muck.

Hao Sun - 2,450,000 (40 bb)
Rob Kuhn - 1,610,000 (26 bb)

On the button, Joe Kuether opens with a raise to 120,000. In the small blind, Jeff Landherr (above) moves all in for 1,270,000 and, after asking for a count, Krzysztof Stybaniewicz calls from the big blind.

Kuether quickly folds, and Landherr is heads up with his tournament at stake.

Landherr holds    to Stybaniewicz's   . Landherr is looking for an ace or a queen, but Stybaniewicz spikes a jack on the     flop. Landherr has a straight draw, but the   turn is no help, and neither is the   river.

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz - 4,820,000 (80 bb)
Jeff Landherr - Eliminated in 11th Place ($28,483)

Kevin Saul raises to 135,000 from under the gun, Michael Younan calls from the hijack, Kelly Minkin calls from the cutoff and Lytle Allen three-bet shoves from the small blind for 1,155,000. Saul calls, Younan folds and Minkin folds.

Saul:   
Allen:   

The board runs out      , giving Allen jacks and threes to double through Saul

Lytle Allen - 2,700,000 (45 bb)
Kevin Saul - 3,000,000 (50 bb)

As he's been doing the entire level, Kevin Saul opens with a raise to 110,000. On the button, Mike Younan three-bets to 270,000. The blinds fold and it's back to Saul, who calls.

Both players check the     flop. On the   turn, Saul bets 390,000 and Younan calls.

The   falls on the river, and Saul wastes no time in betting 650,000. Younan tanks for over a minute, but eventually calls.

Saul flips over    for a pair of queens with a ten, but Younan holds    for two pair, queens and nines to scoop the pot.

Kevin Saul - 4,400,000 (88 bb)
Mike Younan - 3,150,000 (63 bb)

Kelly Minkin raises to 110,000 from under the gun, Robert Kuhn three-bets to 300,000 from the next seat over and action folds around to Minkin who calls.

They check to the river of a  [     board where Kuhn bets 350,000.

Minkin check-calls, but mucks when Kuhn tables    for kings and eights.

Robert Kuhn - 2,250,000 (45 bb)
Kelly Minkin - 3,200,000 (64 bb)

Kelly Minkin raises to 110,000 from the button, Andre Cosentino three-bets to 225,000 from the small blind and Minkin calls.

The flop is     and Cosentino shoves for 725,000. Minkin tanks for about 90 seconds before she calls.

Minkin:   
Cosentino:   

Neither the   turn nor the   river are of any help to Cosentino, locking up the pot for Minkin.

Kelly Minkin - 3,620,000 (72 bb)
Andre Cosentino - Eliminated in 14th Place ($23,220)

Table 1

Seat 1. Ben Beever - 1,480,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2. Kevin Saul - 2,940,000 (58 bb)
Seat 3. Kristopher Bradshaw - 555,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5. Mike Comisso - 1,695,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6. Kelly Minkin - 2,685,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7. Andre Cosentino - 1,030,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8. Robert Kuhn - 1,450,000 (29 bb)
Seat 9. Lytle Allen - 1,040,000 (20 bb)

Table 2

Seat 1.
Seat 2.
Seat 3. Aaron Steury - 590,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4. Jeffrey Landherr - 1,730,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5. Krzysztof Stybaniewicz - 3,000,000 (60 bb)
Seat 6. Michael Younan - 1,500,000 (30 bb)
Seat 7. Peter Vitantonio - 1,010,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8. Hao Sun - 2,650,000 (53 bb)
Seat 9. Joe Kuether - 3,950,000 (79 bb)

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Kevin Saul opens the action with an under-the-gun raise to 90,000.

Kristopher Bradshaw calls, as does Mike Comisso, and it's over to Kelly Minkin, on the button. Minkin takes only a second before moving all in for 740,000.

The blinds and Saul quickly fold, and it's back to Bradshaw. He moves all in, and Comisso folds, leaving Minkin and Bradshaw heads up.

Bradshaw holds    to Minkin's   . Minkin is looking for an ace or a king and doesn't need to wait long as she connects on the     flop. The   turn and   river change nothing and Minkin doubles up.

Kelly Minkin - 1,750,000 (43 bb)
Kristopher Bradshaw - 1,650,000 (41 bb)