Matt Jarvis had a stack of about 50,000 and picked up . Sounds good so far, right? Then he got his entire stack in against an opponent with more chips and with . It looked like a probable double-up to six figures for Jarvis, until a third king hit the turn. Jarvis was unable to recover, eliminated in the middle of Level 8.
Last year's fifth-place finisher, Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo, will not be making a return to the final table. He three-bet all in for about 18,000 with and was called by the original raiser. D'Angelo needed help with against , but found none as the board ran out .
Craig Bergeron opened the pot with a raise to 1,800 in middle position. The player in the cutoff went all in for about 16,000 and action folded back to Bergerson. He quickly called and tabled . He was racing against and unfortunately came up second best when the board ran out .
PokerStars Team Pro Sandra Naujoks was all in preflop moments ago holding . She was racing against her opponent's and while there was a king on the flop an eight also popped up on the board. The on the turn effectively ended the hand and after the rivered Naujoks was shipped the pot, doubling her stack to 68,000 chips.
David Bach was under the gun and raised to 1,525 and received a single caller in the form of young Matthias Habernig in the hijack. Bach continuation bet 2,000 on the flop and again Habernig called.
Both players checked the turn and the hit the river. Bach bet 3,700, Habernig called, and Bach showed . Habernig, who dropped to 26,000, could only muck as Bach raked in the pot and increased his stack to 21,000.
The board read and there was about 10,000 in the middle. Jean-Robert Bellande bet 8,000 into John Spadavecchia and after about two minutes, Spadavecchia called. Bellande tabled and Spadavecchia couldn't beat it, sliding his cards to the dealer.
Bellande: Up to about 55,000
Spadavecchia: Down to about 53,000
With about 9,000 in the pot and the board reading , an opponent checked to Joe Hachem. After a few moments, Hachem settled on a bet of 7,500. His opponent called, but mucked when Hachem tabled .
With that pot, Hachem increased his stack to about 54,000.