Torres Doubles
Oscar Teran had the and called Victorino Torres' all-in shove. Torres held the . The board ran out and Torres successfully doubled up. He was all in for about 35,000. Teran was left with just under 40,000.
Oscar Teran had the and called Victorino Torres' all-in shove. Torres held the . The board ran out and Torres successfully doubled up. He was all in for about 35,000. Teran was left with just under 40,000.
On the board of , Patrick Jensen fired 22,500. Elton Tsang min-raised in position to 45,000. After a couple minutes in the tank, Jensen mucked his hand, dropped down to under 100,000 chips.
On the next hand Jensen played a pot with Binh Nguyen. Jensen check-called a 16,500-chip count on the flop of . After the turn put the on board, Jensen checked and Nguyen checked behind.
The river completed the board with the and Jensen led with a bet of 26,000. Nguyen mucked his hand and Jensen got a nice pot to add back into his stack and make up for what he just lost to Tsang.
Rundulf Gonzales called Oscar Teran's all-in shove with pocket sixes. Teran held the for two suited overcards. The flop contained a jack as it fell . The turn was another jack and improved Teran's hand, but still left Gonzales needing a six. The river was the and left Gonzales with just 9,000 chips. Teran doubled to about 90,000.
Barbara Rose moved all in from middle position for 25,400. Mikhail Mazunin called her in the cutoff seat and then Alexandre Chieng called from the big blind. The flop came down and Chieng checked to Mazunin. He fired a bet of 36,000 and that knocked Chieng out of the hand, leaving Mazunin heads up with Rose.
Rose turned up a set of tens with the and Mazunin held the . Rose was behind preflop but ahead after the flop. On the turn, she fell behind again after the fell. The river completed the board with the and that was it for Rose. She finished in 34th place. With her exit leaves just one woman left in the field in Jessica Ngu.
Elton Tsang and John Chong got themselves into a raising war preflop. Eventually, Tsang raised all in and Chong went into the tank. He wound up making the call and did so with a very surprising hand, . Tsang held the .
Chong got there in the flop and then added two pair on the turn as the board ran out . Tsang was eliminated on the hand and while he was leaving the tournament area, tablemate Jonas Kronwitter yelled out, "That's how you play poker boys! Call it off with jack-nine!" Tsang finished in 33rd place.
Timothy Cherep had fallen back down considerably since his last double up when he got it all in with pocket sevens against Alexandre Chieng's ace-six offsuit. Cherep's hand held up, and he doubled to around 125,000 while Chieng fell to 70,000. Cherep went right back to muttering "all the chips...I'm going to get all the chips...all the chips."
After a whirlwind level since the money, it's time for a 10-minute break. Phew. We lost eight players in the last hour, 20 percent of the field.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Timothy Cherep checked the board of to Mikhail Mazunin. He fired 26,000. Next up was Team PokerStars Netherlands pro Marcel Luske and he folded. Cherep made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Cherep checked. Mazunin fired 40,500 and instantly, Cherep called. He waitied for Mazunin to turn his hand over, but mucked when he watched Mazunin tabled pocket jacks. Cherep slipped back to 75,000 while Mazunin moved up some more on the leaderboard and now has 575,000 chips.
On the flop of , Victorino Torres fired an unknown bet before Rundulf Gonzales moved all in for 49,000 more. Torres tanked for a couple minutes and then made the call. He held the and Gonzales a flush draw with the . His king would also be good if it fell on one of the two remaining streets.
The turn ended things though when the rolled off and gave Torress a full house, leaving Gonzales packing up his things for an exit to the rail. The river completed the semantics of things with the . Torres now has 180,000 chips.