Justin Brocato, who qualified for this event via a $55 satellite, has been eliminated in ninth place. Brocato moved all in for 92,000 from under the gun with and Nicholas Goetz reshoved from the small blind with . Matt Brunskole folded his big blind, and the board ran out . Goetz's pair held up, giving him a few more big blinds to add to his stack. Brocato picks up $6,131 for his two days of work.
Michael Wachowski made it 33k, only to see Hunsi Aga make it 63k right behind him.
After the rest of the table let it go, Wachowski took his time about it, but made the call and the two went heads up to the flop.
Wachowski checked, but after Aga fired out a 90k continuation bet, he shipped it in for an additional 70k.
Aga took very little time making the call with just and was well behind Wachowski's . The on the turn gave Aga some outs, but the river wasn't one and Wachowski doubled through.
The good-humored Mike Crystal had a blast during his impressive run through this tournament. Unfortunately for Crystal, his day has officially ended. Crystal moved his his short stack all-in preflop with from the button, and Tom Krol called from the small blind with .
"Wait, I need my makeup!" Crystal said as the TV cameras rushed over to the table. The dealer spread a board, and Crystal made his way over to do an interview with DeepStacks hostess Meredith McCannel.
Nachman Berlin's wall of chips just came crumbling down. Bachman was the overall chip leader just an hour ago, but his massive stack has been dispersed to the remaining players at Table 2. Most of the chips went to William Vogel after Berlin five-bet shoved preflop for around 420,000 with and Vogel called with . The board gave no help to Berlin, and the player known as "The Landlord" is no longer with us.
Earlier today, we lost last year's DeepStacks Poker Open champion, Randy Pfeifer. The runner up of that event, Steve Przybyl, is still hanging around with two tables left. In the most recent hand over at Table 2, Michael Wachowski raised to 34,000 from under-the-gun and Steve Przybyl shoved for 155,000 from the small blind. Wachowski made the call, but his was trailing Przybyl's . The flop gave Wachowski a flush draw, but he bricked on the turn and river, sending some valuable chips over to Przybyl.
The action has certainly slowed at Table 1 here in the final 11. Most hands have been of the raise and take it variety, and while the shorter stacks have shown a willingness to shove, the bigger one's seem less than willing, or able, to call.
The first meaningful flop we've seen in the past half of a level came just moments ago after Husni Aga made it 35k pre-flop and Nicholas P. Goetz called from the small blind.
Goetz checked dark, but shoved for 175,000 more after Aga fired 40k at the flop.
Aga tanked for a good four minutes, but eventually laid it down.
It was an ugly way to end a tournament, but Jonathan Dimmig handled it extremely well. Dimmig got his 300,000-plus chip stack all in preflop with against the of Lou Procopio, but the board gave an animated Procopio a set of kings for a massive pot. Dimmig shugged his shoulders, shook the hand of Steve Przybyl, and made his way out of the tournament area.
"That's how you do it," Nachman Berlin said to Procopio, who is the first player to cross the seven-figure mark.
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and Nicholas Goetz reshoved from the small blind with 
. Matt Brunskole folded his big blind, and the board ran out 
. Goetz's pair held up, giving him a few more big blinds to add to his stack. Brocato picks up $6,131 for his two days of work.
flop.
and was well behind Wachowski's 
. The 
on the turn gave Aga some outs, but the 
river wasn't one and Wachowski doubled through.
from the button, and Tom Krol called from the small blind with 
board, and Crystal made his way over to do an interview with DeepStacks hostess Meredith McCannel.
and Vogel called with 
. The 
flop gave Wachowski a flush draw, but he bricked on the turn and river, sending some valuable chips over to Przybyl.
flop.
board gave an animated Procopio a set of kings for a massive pot. Dimmig shugged his shoulders, shook the hand of Steve Przybyl, and made his way out of the tournament area.
