In early position, David Bernstein came in raising to 85,000, and Corey Burbick stuck his last ~600,000 in there with . Bernstein made the call with the covering stack, and his was flipping for the knockout.
Board: (bink!)
Burbick's sevens can't hold strong, and he's run out of chips here in the Main Event. It was an impressive run for "comandr_cool", but he'll have to settle for a 21st-place result worth $52,000.
In a battle of the blinds, Xuan Liu and Mark Drover mixed up in a raising war that left Liu all in for 895,000. She was well ahead, though, and her had her poised to double against Drover's .
The flop was a sigh of relief for Liu, and the turn secured her double up one card early. The river was meaningless, and Liu has doubled her way back over the chip average.
We picked up the action on a flop in a heads-up pot between Ruben Visser and Maksim Semisoshenko. As you can probably tell from the post title, things did not end well for Semisoshenko. He check-raised from 65,000 to 180,000 on that flop, and Visser flatted to see the put trips on board on the turn. Semisoshenko bet 200,000, Visser called, and the hit the river. Semisoshenko had less than 400,000 chips left by that point, and he announced his all in. It's hard to fault him for going with there, but Visser's had that soundly beaten.
Quads are good enough for Visser to tally the knockout, and Semisoshenko's kings go under to send him out as the 20th-place finisher.
Ruben Visser is on a tear right now. After he opened the cutoff to 80,000 in the last pot, Charles Furey three-bet all in for what looked like 365,000. Visser made the call with , and Furey's was drawing slim to survive.
Furey picked up a flush draw when the turn arrived on the board, but he couldn't connect with the river. The was a blank, and Furey has been sent off in 19th place.
After starting the level on the second shortest stack in the room, Visser has put himself back in the mix of chip leaders with 2.45 million now.
Mark Drover raised first in from the hijack, and Martin Jacobson stuck in a reraise from the button. From the cold, Anthony Gregg made another raise, pushing all in over the top. That folded Drover, but Jacobson called all in for his last 830,000.
Showdown
Jacobson:
Gregg:
Jacobson's overpair was the best all the way through the board, and the perennial EPT finalist has doubled back above average.
More Ruben Visser updates, and news that's making our Dutch colleague rather happy.
From the button, Visser opened the last pot to 80,000, and Kyle Julius three-bet to 175,000. Visser called the reraise, and he called a bet of 120,000 after the flop. The turn went check-check, and the was the last card off the deck. Julius took another shot with 225,000, but Visser called him down.
"You got it," Julius conceded.
"Show," Visser instructed. Julius tabled his , and Visser's was never the worst hand. He's moved up even further now, and his 3.1-million-chip stack appears to be the biggest in the room right now.
Byron Kaverman raised to 80,000 from the hijack seat, and Martin Jacobson made it 165,000 from the cutoff. Kaverman decided a shove was in order, and he put his last ~900,000 chips across the line. Jacobson couldn't have called any faster, and that was likely not good news for Kaverman's . Indeed, the Swede tabled , and he was five cards from the knockout.
The first four cards off were , and Kaverman had six outs to try and make the winning set or straight. The river was a board pair, though, and the was the last card of his day. Kaverman is out in 18th place.
Alex Fitzgerald opened to 90,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Schmieding shoved on the button for 725,000. Action folded back to Fitzgerald and after a few moments he called with .
Schmieding was behind with and was unable to pull ahead when the board ran out .
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. Bernstein made the call with the covering stack, and his 
was flipping for the knockout.
(bink!) 
had her poised to double against Drover's 
.
flop was a sigh of relief for Liu, and the 
turn secured her double up one card early. The 
river was meaningless, and Liu has doubled her way back over the chip average.
flop in a heads-up pot between Ruben Visser and Maksim Semisoshenko. As you can probably tell from the post title, things did not end well for Semisoshenko. He check-raised from 65,000 to 180,000 on that flop, and Visser flatted to see the 
put trips on board on the turn. Semisoshenko bet 200,000, Visser called, and the 
there, but Visser's 
had that soundly beaten.
, and Furey's 
was drawing slim to survive.
was a blank, and Furey has been sent off in 19th place.
flop. The 
was never the worst hand. He's moved up even further now, and his 3.1-million-chip stack appears to be the biggest in the room right now.
. Indeed, the Swede tabled 
was the last card of his day. Kaverman is out in 18th place.
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