John Dibella raised to 65,000 from the button, and Corey Burbick moved all in for 510,000 in the small blind. It would cost Dibella about a third of his chips to call, and he did just that to put Burbick at risk. Dibella was dominated, though.
Showdown
Dibella:
Burbick:
The flop was a good one for Burbick, and the turn and river secured his double to move over a million chips.
Danny Chevalier open-shoved three straight hands, and on the third, Daniel Shiff re-jammed from the cutoff seat. The action behind folded, and the hands were opened.
Showdown
Shiff:
Chevalier:
Shiff's kings held as the board ran , and Chevalier was eliminated from the tournament.
Under the gun, Alex Venovski shoved all in for about a half-million chips, and right next door, Ruben Visser did the same. He had Venovski covered by a bit, and when the rest of the table folded, the coin flip was shown down.
Showdown
Venovski:
Visser:
Visser's ladies held fast on the board, and Venovski has run out of chips. He'll notch a 23rd-place result worth $52,000 while Visser almost doubles up to about 1.1 million.
When the table folded around to the button, David Peters shoved his last 316,000 into the middle, and Ruben Visser re-shoved from the small blind. At showdown, Visser's and Peters' looked a lot alike, and the board split the pot between them.
From early position, Anthony Gregg raised to 51,000. Nikolaos Alafogiannis called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Alafogiannis shoved all in for approximately 300,000 and Gregg quickly folded, claiming to have the "worst two pair possible."
On the next hand, Xuan Liu raised to 50,000 from early position and action folded to Alafogiannis in the small blind. He tanked for a couple minutes before Daniel Shiff in the big blind asked if Alafogiannis knew the action was on him. Alafogiannis didn't and was surprised. He checked his hand and then went to raise to 53,000. Of course, Liu had already made a raise to 50,000, so Alafogiannis was ruled to just call. Shiff then called as well.
The flop came down and Alafogiannis bet 83,000. After Shiff folded, Liu raised all in. Alafogiannis folded and showed the from his hand and Liu scooped the pot.
Corey Burbick opened to 55,000 from under the gun, and found three callers, including Phil D'Auteuil (button), David Granados (small blind), and John Dibella (big blind). Granados checked dark, and the flop fell . Dibella checked, Burbick continued for 112,000, and only D'Auteuil called.
The turn was the , and Burbick went into the tank. He eventually led for 185,000, and D'Auteuil quickly called. The completed the board, and Burbick sat quietly. After nearly a minute, he reached for three stacks of blue T5,000 chips, added two green T25,000 chips on top, and slid forward 350,000. D'Auteuil immediately called, and Burbick mucked his hand.
D'Auteuil turned over for two pair, and raked in a massive pot.
From the hijack seat, Maksim Semisoshenko raised to 50,000. Alex Fitzgerald called from the button and the flop came down . Semisoshenko bet 90,000 and Fitzgerald called.
The turn was the and Semisoshenko checked. Fitzgerald fired 110,000 and Semisoshenko made the call.
The river was the and Semisoshenko checked again. Fitzgerald bet 185,000 and Semisoshenko called.
Fitzgerald tabled the for two pair, aces and fours. Semisoshenko mucked and the pot was shipped over to Fitzgerald.
Under the gun, Phil D'Auteuil raised to 52,000, and the action folded around to the blinds. In the small, Faraz Jaka three-bet to 180,000, and that ended the hand right there.
One or two hands later, it was John Dibella opening to 55,000, and Sam Greenwood reraised to 111,000. Jaka was thinking sinister thoughts again, and he stuck in a cold four-bet to 320,000 total. That folded Dibella quickly, and Greenwood spent about three minutes in the tank before he too surrendered.
The two chip leaders are doing their jobs today and keeping the heat on the shorter stacks. We just picked up Ale Fitzgerald as he opened to 55,000, and Daniel Schmieding reraised to 133,000 next door. When it folded back around to Fitzgerald, he popped it back to 265,000, and Schmieding tanked and folded.
In position or not, having to deal with Fitzgerald will be a tall task today for Schmieding and the rest of his table.
The action folded to Corey Burbick on the button, and he open-shoved his last 350,000 or so. The small blind released, and Lee Goldman snap-called from the big.
Showdown
Burbick:
Goldman:
The flop gave Burbick a set of sixes, and Goldman needed running diamonds to win the hand. The turn was the case six however, giving Burbick quads, and the chips were already being exchanged before the meaningless river card hit the felt. Burbick doubled to over 700,000 chips, while Goldman slipped to around 1.3 million.