Championship Warm Up ($600)

A burly pot of 68,000 was centered around board 3♣ A♥ T♠ 6♦ A♣ when action was caught on Andres Fajardo firing a final bet of 38,000. Paul De Thomasson took a minute before putting in the call, only to muck as Fajardo revealed trip aces A♦ J♣ .

A pot of 37,200 was spread out across board 8♦ 7♦ Q♥ J♠ T♥ . Paul De Thomasson fired a bet of 16,000 and was sent deep in the tank after Tom Maguire moved all-in. De Thomasson found the fold, opting to save his 70 big blinds behind.

A pot of 12,000 was centered around flop A♥ Q♦ 8♣ when action was caught on Satac Turker with a bet of 5,300. Khayal Abbasov called behind, and faced another raise to 14,000 from Paul De Thomasson on the big blind.

Only Abbasov stuck around to see turn 7♥ , where he faced another 26,000 bet from his opponent. Abbasov paid the price once more, but eventually let it go after De Thomasson finished with an all-in on river 5♣ .

With 5,800 in the middle on flop 9♠ 8♥ 3♥ , Pham Bao continued for 1,700, and was met with a raise to 5,300 from Paul De Thomasson behind. Bao responded with an all-in for 17,900, snap called by his opponent with two pair.

Pham Bao A♥ T♦

Paul De Thomasson 9♥ 8♦

Pham in rough shape, found no help on runout 6♠ K♣ , busting him out entirely.

Action was caught on Danilo Fernandez Jr. firing a bet of 12,000 on board 3♦ 3♥ K♠ 2♠ in hopes to take down the 22,600 in the middle. Paul Jacques De Thomasson tank called, and arrived at showdown shortly after his opponent checked back river 7♥ .

De Thomasson showed T♥ T♣ and Fernandez mucked, shipping his opponent the pot.