The money is right around the corner, but the players are still mixing it up. Andras Nemeth did just that, but it resulted in his elimination.
It began when Nemeth opened for 13,000 from early position and only Shaun Deeb, who was in the big blind, made the call. Both players then checked the flop, and the dealer burned and turned the . Deeb opted to put out an 18,000 bet, Nemeth called, and the completed the board on the river.
This time Deeb grabbed a big stack of blues and spiked it in the middle. Nemeth, who had about 130,000 behind, called off only to muck when Deeb rolled over for a straight. With Nemeth's elimination, hand-for-hand play is in effect on the money bubble.
Rachid Ben Cherif and Vladimir Troyanovskiy were heads up on a board of . Troyanovskiy led out for 55,000 into a pot of around 85,000, and Ben Cherif raised to 183,000. Troyanovskiy tank-called.
Before the break, Brandon Meyers opened to 11,000 in late position, and Andras Nemeth moved all in for 89,000 from the blinds. Meyers checked the clock, examined the bet, then called.
Meyers:
Nemeth:
The board ran out , and Nemeth doubled to 185,000 chips. Meyers is down to 80,000.
Some hands are just flat out bad luck, but that doesn't make them any less disgusting, especially when such hands happen so close to the money. That's exactly what happened to Ariel Celestino as he was just coolered in a blind-vs-blind situation.
When we arrived, Rachid Ben Cherif had 81,000 laid out in front of him in the small blind while Celestino had 42,000 out in front in the big. The latter responded by making it 142,000 to go, Cherif moved all in, and Celestino called off for a little over 400K.
Celestino:
Cherif:
It was a major cooler and Celestino looked devastated. He was up out of his seat and went to his rail for consolation. He turned back to watch the cards, but one by one they fell until the board read . Celestino failed to get lucky and he watched his big stack pushed over to Cherif.
After being crippled down to just 3,000 chips, Jason Koon moved all in from middle position. The action folded to Stein in the big blind, who called for less.
From under the gun, Sam Stein raised to 10,500. Jason Koon reraised to 25,000 in the cutoff seat, then action folded back to Stein. He moved all in for 149,500, and Koon quickly called.
Koon tabled the , but was behind the for Stein.
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Koon was left with just 3,000 in chips.
flop, and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Deeb opted to put out an 18,000 bet, Nemeth called, and the 
completed the board on the river.
for a straight. With Nemeth's elimination, hand-for-hand play is in effect on the money bubble.
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. Troyanovskiy led out for 55,000 into a pot of around 85,000, and Ben Cherif raised to 183,000. Troyanovskiy tank-called.
for a flush, and won the pot.
. Celestino failed to get lucky and he watched his big stack pushed over to Cherif.
