Event #81: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

Andres Gonzalez opened to 600,000 from middle position with the    and Shundan Xiao called from the cutoff. Niklas Astedt also came along from the big blind.

The     flop checked through to the   turn. Astedt led out for 1,500,000, folding out Gonzalez while Xiao stuck around.

The   completed the board and Astedt made it 4,200,000. Xiao thought for a bit and made the call.

Astedt tabled   , and was bested by Xiao's   , which was good for a pair of aces.

Shundan Xiao	30,000,000	0
Niklas Astedt	10,000,000	0

From under the gun, Giovanni Zanette raised to 700,000. Two seats over, Malo Latinois three-bet to 1,700,000 and Zanette called to see a flop of    . Zanette check-called a bet worth 800,000 and they then checked the   on the turn.

Zanette checked the   river and Latinois moved forward a stack worth 10,000,000 to send Zanette into agony. One minute later, the South African sigh-folded.

Malo Latinois	25,500,000	2,500,000
Giovanni Zanette	4,300,000	-1,875,000

Malcolm Franchi went all in for 3,875,000 on the button and was looked up by Jessie Bryant in the small blind.

Malcolm Franchi:   
Jessie Bryant:   

Bryant found pocket kings twice in two hands, but this time he would lose with them as the       flop made Franchi trips to double up.

Malcolm Franchi	8,350,000	3,325,000
Jessie Bryant	5,600,000	150,000

Garrett Bok raised to 675,000 in early position with the    and Kyosuke Nagami called in the big blind with the   .

Both players checked the     flop and Bok then bet 550,000 on the   turn. Nagami called.

The river was the   and Bok bet another 800,000. Nagami tanked for a minute before giving up his hand as Bok took the pot.

Jonathan Tamayo	24,600,000	-375,000
Garrett Bok	15,000,000	1,275,000
Kyosuke Nagami	5,100,000	-1,500,000

Guillermo Sanchez Otero raised to 600,000 in the cutoff and Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni called on the button. The flop fell    , and Sanchez Otero checked to Garrido Portaleoni.

Garrido Portaleoni then bet 550,000 and Sanchez Otero called. On the   turn, Garrido Portaleoni sized up to 1,600,000, which Sanchez Otero check-called again.

The   river was checked by both, and Garrido Portaleoni won the pot with his    for a pair of aces against Sanchez Otero's    for a pair of kings.

Guillermo Sanchez Otero	18,200,000	-3,300,000
Daniel Erlandsson	14,100,000	-3,400,000
Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni	12,600,000	7,600,000
Adrian Lopez	9,800,000	2,500,000
Kevin Theodore	8,350,000	-2,725,000
Robert Renaud	6,300,000	1,200,000
Jean Lhuillier	6,200,000	1,300,000
Jessie Bryant	3,200,000	-1,100,000
Malcolm Franchi	3,075,000	-2,200,000

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Luis Vazquez opened to 625,000 from the cutoff and then called after Julio Trimmer three-bet jammed for 3,875,000 out of the big blind.

Julio Trimmer:   
Luis Vazquez:   

Trimmer was marginally ahead and saw a clean flop of     spread on the felt. The   turn, however, was a dagger that left the at risk player needing some help from Barry Greenstein on the river to survive. It did not come as the   completed the board instead to condemn Trimmer to a 44th place finish.

Luis Vazquez	16,000,000	5,000,000
Julio Trimmer	0	-4,200,000

Shundan Xiao opened to 600,000 from the hijack with the    and Joe Serock defended his big blind with the   . Serock led out for 425,000 on the     flop and was called. The board paired with the   turn and Serock sized up to 1,400,000 and was called once more.

The   completed the board, and with 5,300,000 in the pot, action checked through to showdown. Xiao tabled a pair of kings, which was good enough to take the pot.

Shundan Xiao	24,000,000	3,000,000
Joe Serock	19,000,000	-1,700,000

Hiroki Nawa raised to 600,000 in the hijack before Diogo Coelho three-bet to 1,350,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Nawa, who spent a few minutes in the tank.

Eventually, the clock was called on him. During his countdown, he jammed all in for roughly 6,000,000 chips and was snap-called by Coelho.

Hiroki Nawa:   
Diogo Coelho:   

Nawa's rail pleaded for a jack, but none came on the       runout, eliminating him from the Main Event in 45th place.

Diogo Coelho	34,700,000	6,900,000
Hiroki Nawa	0	-6,800,000

Andres Gonzalez opened to 600,000 from muddle position with the    and Brian Rast called from one seat over with the   .

Rast called for 600,000 on the     flop, bringing in the   turn, where Gonzalez checked. Rast spent several moments thinking over his options before folding out his opponent with a 1,950,000 bet.

Brian Rast	14,000,000	2,000,000
Andres Gonzalez	10,000,000	-1,000,000