Isaac Haxton recently doubled with through Keven Stammen. We unfortunately missed the action, and the board was being washed as we reached the table, but we know that Haxton now has 389,000 chips, and Stammen is down below 30,000 chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel has been absolutely crushing recently and he's up to 1.3 million now after busting fellow Team Pro Ville Wahlbeck.
According to Duhamel, Wahlbeck opened the button and he three-bet from the small blind. Wahlbeck came back with a four-bet and then Duhamel five-bet jammed all in. Wahlbeck called with two kings. Duhamel held .
Duhamel flopped a Broadway straight draw, then turned an ace to take the lead. From there he held and Wahlbeck was eliminated.
The reigning World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Elio Fox just doubled up through Josh Bergman. Bergman opened from under the gun to 10,000 and Fox shoved the button for 129,500. Bergman tank-called holding the . Fox held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Fox doubled up.
With 35,500 chips in the middle on the flop, Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck bet 26,000. Fellow Team Pro Jonathan Duhamel folded and Nicolas Fierro called.
The turn was the and Wahlbeck checked. Fierro bet 87,000 and Wahlbeck gave it up.
The field is down to 23 players, as two players just busted out at the same time, and here's how they are seated. Remember, only the top 16 spots will pay out.
Dan Shak opened to 13,000 from early position, and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel called out of the big blind. The flop came down , and Duhamel check-called 15,000 from Shak. The turn brought the , Duhamel checked again, and Shak tossed out 20,000. Duhamel check-raised to 60,000, Shak moved all in for 300,000, and Duhamel snapped it off.
Showdown
Duhamel:
Shak:
Shak needed a seven to survive, but the river was another ten - the - and Shak was eliminated from the tournament. Duhamel raked in the massive pot, and is now up to 975,000 chips.