From the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton raised to 11,500. Marc-Andre Ladouceur reraised to 27,000 from the small blind, and Haxton called.
The flop came down , and Ladouceur bet 21,000. Haxton made the call to see the land on the turn. At this point, Ladouceur had 100,500 left in his stack, and Haxton had over 500,000. Ladouceur checked, and Haxton fired all in. Ladouceur made the call with the for a pair and a flush draw. Haxton also held a pair and a flush draw with the , but his pair was better.
The river was the , and although Ladouceur made two pair, Haxton had made his flush. Ladouceur was eliminated while Haxton climbed to over 700,000 in chips.
Stephen Chidwick shoved all in before the flop for around 70,000 and big-stacked Isaac Haxton made the call.
Showdown:
Chidwick:
Haxton:
Tens were good after the dealer flipped , although Haxton hit a straight draw and ironically the ten on the turn or the river would have eliminated Chidwick. Fortunately for him, the turn card was while the river brought giving Chidwick a double up.
We caught up to find Samuel Panzica all in and at risk before the flop against Alex Roumeliotis. Panzica was all in for his last roughly 150,000.
Roumeliotis:
Panzica:
The flop was giving Roumeliotis a set of nines but giving Panzica diamond outs to made a flush. Panzica picked up even more outs when the hit the turn. The river, however, was the , securing Panzica's fate in this tournament.
By scoring this knockout, Roumeliotis was able to build his stack to about 540,000.
Action folded to Luca Moschitta in the cutoff and he raised, which prompted Sebastian Gohr to move all in from the button for 90,000. The blinds got out of the way and Moschitta snap-called.
Showdown
Gohr:
Moschitta:
Moschitta was well out in front and never looked back as the board ran out . Gohr quietly collected his things and exited the tournament area.
The tournament director just announced that instead of the planned five levels, the players will only play four today. There will be one more 15-minute break after this level, and we'll call it a day after Level 18.
Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker was eliminated in 116th place, and while we didn't catch his elimination hand as it happened, Shaun Deeb was kind enough to fill us in on the details surrounding the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champ's demise.
According to Deeb, action folded to Moneymaker in the hijack and he moved all in for 42,500. Three folds put action on Alexander Ni in the big blind, and he made the call to put the poker icon at risk.
Showdown
Moneymaker:
Ni:
The flop was no help to Moneymaker, and neither was the . The river actually paired Ni, and Moneymaker's EPT Sanremo came to an end with a min-cash.
Guillaume Rivet raised to 10,000 from early position and it folded around to Torsten Brinkmann who moved all in for 67,500. Action went back to Rivet and he called.
Rivet:
Brinkmann:
Rivet took the lead with a pair of aces on the flop. The hit fourth street and the on fifth, securing Brinkmann's elimination from the tournament.
By scoring this knockout Rivet has boosted his stack to 180,000.
flop before Vamplew led for 16,000 on the 
turn. Maracchione called and Van Mol shoved for 22,000 more. Both players called.
and Vamplew led for 62,000 but had to painfully admit defeat and folded when Maracchione raised to 145,000.
but lost out to, and was eliminated by Maracchione's 
.
, and Ladouceur bet 21,000. Haxton made the call to see the 
land on the turn. At this point, Ladouceur had 100,500 left in his stack, and Haxton had over 500,000. Ladouceur checked, and Haxton fired all in. Ladouceur made the call with the 
for a pair and a flush draw. Haxton also held a pair and a flush draw with the 
, but his pair was better.
, and although Ladouceur made two pair, Haxton had made his flush. Ladouceur was eliminated while Haxton climbed to over 700,000 in chips.
while the river brought 
giving Chidwick a double up.
, securing Panzica's fate in this tournament.
. Gohr quietly collected his things and exited the tournament area.
flop was no help to Moneymaker, and neither was the 
river actually paired Ni, and Moneymaker's EPT Sanremo came to an end with a min-cash.
hit fourth street and the 
. Berende held the 
, which left Berende with nothing but the felt in front of him as he was off to the payout desk.
