Rosie Paules has pulled more then one rabbit out of her hat in this tournament. On Day 2, her cracked her opponents pocket aces, and she also won a huge pot against Michael Taylor, when her caught up with his . Well she has just pulled off another improbable double up through Jonathan Taylor.
Kevin Eyster opened the action for 90,000, and Paules shoved all in for her last 705,000. Taylor was next to act, and after about 30 seconds of thinking, he called. Eyster got out of the way, and the cards were tabled.
Paules:
Taylor:
The flop gave Paules a glimmer of hope, coming . Paules could catch a ten or runner runner to win, but the on the turn made it just the ten. Well, you can guess what came on the river.
River:
Paules let out a chuckle as she scooped the pot, while Taylor silently sent the chips over. After that pot, Taylor fell to 1.25 million, while Paules is back up to 1.55 million.
Benjamin Kim was on the wrong side of a pretty sick cooler that saw him bow out in 6th place. Kevin Eyster opened the action to 90,000 from the button, and Kim three bet it to 200,000. Eyster made the call, and the flop came all paint: . Kim led out for 100,000, and Eyster made the call. The exact same thing happened on the turn, the , and the river brought the .
For the third street in a row, Kim fired out 100,000, and Eyster responded by raising to 625,000. Kim moved all in, and Eyster snap called.
Eyster:
Kim:
Kim had the third best possible hand, but unfortunatley for him, Eyster slow played the nuts until the end. Kim will walk away with $26,883, while Eyster takes a commanding chip lead of 3.2 million.
Kevin Eyster opened the action for 90,000, and Jonathan Taylor three bet to 150,000 from the button. Eyster called, and the flop came . Eyster check called a 100,000 bet from Taylor, and the turn brought the .
Eyster checked again, and Taylor carefully counted out a bet of 250,000. It didn't take Eyster very long to drop all of his blue T100,000 chips into the middle, moving Taylor all in. Taylor made the call, and the cards were tabled.
Taylor:
Eyster:
Eyster was looking for a four or a diamond to win the hand and seize absolute control of the tournament, but the river brought the . Taylor jumped up to 2.4 million, while Eyster fell back down to 2.2 million.
The action has really picked up here over the last few hands, as we just saw Rosie Paules make her exit.
Kevin Eyster made it 90,000 out of the small blind, and Paules defended her big blind. The flop came all spades: , and the action was lightning quick. Eyster bet out 100,000, Paules moved all in, and Eyster snap called.
Eyster:
Paules:
Eyster had flopped the second nut flush, but Paules still had outs, as she had the nut flush draw. Paules had pulled out a number of miracles while behind all in, but her luck finally ran out, as the board finished and .
Paules made a great run, but she will have to settle for $35,124. Meanwhile Eyster, who won another huge pot against Jonathan Taylor just a few hands after, is back up to being our big chip leader with 4.2 million.
Action folded around to Alan Hedin in the small blind, and he raised it up to 120,000. From here, the action was quick, as Kevin Eyster three bet to 280,000 in the big blind. Hedin quickly shoved all in for his last 835,000, and Eyster called him.
Hedin:
Eyster:
The board ran down , and Hedin collected the double up to 1.68 million, while Eyster maintained his chip lead, dropping to 3.4 million.
Kevin Eyster made it 90,000 from under the gun, and Jonathan Taylor three bet it to 150,000 on the button. Eyster called, and the flop came down . Eyster checked to Taylor, who fired out 100,000. Eyster made the call, and the turn brought the . Both players checked, and the river came the .
Eyster checked a third time, and Taylor fired out 250,000. Eyster took about 30 seconds to call, but then mucked his hand when Taylor tabled for trip fives. Eyster dropped to 2.78 million, while Taylor jumped up to 2.92 million.
Jerry Johnson opened the action with a raise to 80,000, and Kevin Eyster three bet from the small blind to 210,000. Johnson called, and the flop came down . Eyster c-bet it to 175,000, and Johnson moved all in for his last 630,000. After a few moments, Eyster called, though he didn't look thrilled about it.
Johnson:
Eyster:
Johnson was looking to fade a diamond, and he did that on the turn, the . However, the came on the river, and Eyster collected the pot to up his stack to 3.5 million, while Johnson will have to settle for 4th place.
The players are taking 75 minutes for dinner. Kevin Eyster won a huge pot off of Allan Hedin in the last hand before the break, when Eyster value bet Jacks on a ten high board. We will post the updated counts shortly.
The players are in their seats, but there is a slight delay with the live streaming table that they transferred over to. The cards should be in the air any minute.
cracked her opponents pocket aces, and she also won a huge pot against Michael Taylor, when her 
caught up with his 
. Paules could catch a ten or runner runner to win, but the 
on the turn made it just the ten. Well, you can guess what came on the river.
. Kim led out for 100,000, and Eyster made the call. The exact same thing happened on the turn, the 
, and the river brought the 
.
. Eyster check called a 100,000 bet from Taylor, and the turn brought the 
. Taylor jumped up to 2.4 million, while Eyster fell back down to 2.2 million.
, and the action was lightning quick. Eyster bet out 100,000, Paules moved all in, and Eyster snap called.
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, and Hedin collected the double up to 1.68 million, while Eyster maintained his chip lead, dropping to 3.4 million.
. Eyster checked to Taylor, who fired out 100,000. Eyster made the call, and the turn brought the 
.
for trip fives. Eyster dropped to 2.78 million, while Taylor jumped up to 2.92 million.
came on the river, and Eyster collected the pot to up his stack to 3.5 million, while Johnson will have to settle for 4th place.