From middle position, Mario Puccini raised to 160,000 with the . In the big blind, Davidi Kitai reraised to 420,000 holding the . Puccini called and the flop came down . Kitai fired 275,000 with his ace high and Puccini called with his straight draw.
The turn was the and Kitai fired a second barrel worth 550,000. Again, Puccini stuck around.
The river was the and Kitai checked. Puccini fired 875,000 and Kitai tanked for a bit, staring Puccini down the entire time. At one point, he reached for a stack of chips, slid it around his cards and hoped to get a reaction from Puccini. Puccini didn't flinch and after another minute, Kitai folded.
Pratyush Buddiga departs in eighth place, a great performance and one aided by his coach Mike McDonald, who talked about his teaching role, with the PokerStars Blog.
We are down to five in the Main Event after César García's tournament came to an abrupt end.
Mario Puccini opened to 120,000 from under the gun and Andrew Chen made a loose three-bet to 310,000 holding just . César García was in the big blind and he woke up with and moved all in for 1,580,000. Unfortunately for him Puccini had opened with and re-shoved all in. Chen instantly folded and the dealer got busy putting out the community bards.
By the river they read and with that García became the sixth place finisher.
Bahadir Kilickeser is unconventional but he sure is fun to watch.
He was sat in the big blind with and defended a 130,000 button raise from Andrew Chen holding .
The flop fell and Kilickeser checked to face a 180,000 c-bet. He check-called and faced a 350,000 bet on the turn when he checked again. Chen fired again for 350,000 and it looked as if Kilickeser was going to make a move but he decided aginast it and folded.
Andrew Chen opened to 130,000 with and when the action was on Bahadir Kilickeser moved all in for 1,485,000 holding . Chen gave him a sideways glance and we thought he was going to make the loose call but he got out of the way and Kilickeser mucked his hand.
From early position, César García raised to 125,000 with the . Davidi Kitai reraised to 265,000 from the big blind with the . García jammed all in for over 1.2 million and Kitai folded.
. In the big blind, Davidi Kitai reraised to 420,000 holding the 
. Puccini called and the flop came down 
. Kitai fired 275,000 with his ace high and Puccini called with his straight draw.
and Kitai fired a second barrel worth 550,000. Again, Puccini stuck around.
and Kitai checked. Puccini fired 875,000 and Kitai tanked for a bit, staring Puccini down the entire time. At one point, he reached for a stack of chips, slid it around his cards and hoped to get a reaction from Puccini. Puccini didn't flinch and after another minute, Kitai folded.
. César García was in the big blind and he woke up with 
and re-shoved all in. Chen instantly folded and the dealer got busy putting out the community bards.
and with that García became the sixth place finisher.
and defended a 130,000 button raise from Andrew Chen holding 
.
. Chen gave him a sideways glance and we thought he was going to make the loose call but he got out of the way and Kilickeser mucked his hand.
