Abel Cabrera recently eliminated Scott Reddie from the tournament; here's how the hand went down:
With the board showing , Cabrera bet the pot. Reddie then moved all in and Cabrera made the call.
Showdown:
Cabrera:
Reddie:
The turn and river filled out , and Cabrera's top set bested Reddie's third nut hand to take down the pot. Cabrera stacked up 30,000 in chips after the hand.
Preflop, Roy Bhasin opened with a raise and Lisa Walsh reraised, moving all in for 4,000. The action then folded around to Antonis Kambouris in the big blind who moved all in over the top of Walsh's bet for 9,000 and Bhasin made the call:
Bhasin:
Walsh:
Kambouris:
The board then filled out giving both Walsh and Kambouris full boats, but Kambouris' was the higher of the two (jacks full of nines) and thus, Walsh was eliminated.
Kambouris piled up 22,000 in chips in the win and Bhasin dropped to 95,000 with the loss.
The action was limped preflop before all the chips went into the middle on a flop of . A short-stacked Tim Balaban held for two pair but chip leader Roy Bhasin had flopped a set of fives with .
The turn was the and river the to send Balaban to bed.
Manny Stavropoulos, Jim Sachinidis, Koray Turker, and Vince Moro were just involved in a huge all-in preflop confrontation.
Sachinidis:
Turker:
Stavropoulos:
Moro:
The board ran out and when the dust settled, remarkably Moro held the best hand with sixes and sevens, while Turker collected a healthy side pot with sixes and fives, as both Sachinidis and Stavropoulos were eliminated.
Aussie Jamie Pickering has just moved to second in chips after eliminating an opponent from the tournament in the following hand:
The unknown player (UP) kicked it up to 1,800 before the flop, and Pickering reraised to 5,000; his opponent made the call.
The flop came and UP led out with a 9,000 bet. Pickering then raised to 19,000 total and UP called and was all in:
Pickering:
UP:
The turn and river came , and Pickering took down the pot with two pair, aces and queens, sending UP to the rail. Pickering now sits with just under 60,000 in chips.
Chip leader Roy Bhasin has just eliminated Mitchell Carle from the tournament, adding a few thousand more chips to his field-leading stack.
With the board showing , Carle moved all in for his last 12,000 holding . Bhasin made the call and tabled for an open-ended straight draw and a backdoor flush draw.
The turn and river came , -- a favorable result for Bhasin who ended up with a winning flush. He now sits with ~70,000 in chips.