Hands #1-5: Final Nine Players

Photo: Eric Afriat

HAND #1  –  Adam Hendrix raises from the hijack to 200,000, and he shows as he takes the blinds and ante.

HAND #2  –  Miguel Hernandez raises under the gun to 225,000, Eric Afriat reraises from the button to 500,000, and Hernandez calls. The flop comes , Hernandez checks, Afriat moves all in for about 1,100,000, and Hernandez folds. Afriat takes the pot.

Eric Afriat  –  2,350,000  (24 bb)

HAND #3  –  James Mackey raises from middle position to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #4  –  Adam Hendrix raises UTG+1 to 200,000, James Mackey reraises from middle position to 525,000, and Hendrix folds. Mackey takes the pot.

HAND #5  –  Danny Marx moves all in from the small blind for about 2,850,000, and James McGill folds his big blind. Marx takes the blinds and ante.

Danny Marx  –  3,050,000  (31 bb)
James McGill  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)