Jason Mercier was eliminated when he raised preflop and Steven Merrifield reraised. Mercier quickly moved all in and Merrifield made the call. Mercier showed pocket fours and was up against Merrifield's pocket eights.
In perhaps the biggest hand of the tournament, Duncan Bell raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and Napoleon Ta moved all in for 390,000. Yuri Shapiro went all in from the small blind and Bell made the call. Here were the hands:
Bell:
Ta:
Shapiro:
With Bell calling for his kings to hold up they did just that, as the board ran out to triple Bell up to over 1 million. Shapiro was left with just 49,000 and Ta around 60,000.
Yuri Shapiro, who became short-stacked on a previous hand, called after Brent Hanks put him all in preflop. Hanks showed pocket threes while Shapiro held A-9. Hanks spiked a three on the flop and Shapiro was eliminated.
We're back from break and we'll play until one more player is eliminated. Or until the sun expands and engulfs the solar system. Whichever comes first.
There hasn't been much to report on here inside the Amazon Room as most play around the table consists of one player raising and everyone else folding around. There's been the occasional reraise, which has led to folds and nothing more. We haven't seen a flop in over thirty minutes of play, but as soon as we do, we'll report it.
On the button Adam Katz raised to 62,000 and Duncan Bell surveyed the situation for about a minute before announcing raise. He carefully measured out 227,000 and pushed it into the middle of the pot, and about 30 seconds later Katz announced he was all in.
As the crowd gathered around the table edged closer, Bell flipped over one of his cards--the --as he pushed them into the muck.
Under the gun Nicolas Levi went all in for 280,000. "OK, I'll be the hero," Adam Katz said as he made the call. He continued, "I know everyone's rooting for me."
But there's a large French contingent rooting Levi on and he said, "Not everyone here is rooting for you."
The action was folded around and before Katz showed his cards he said he had A-Q. "Ace-queen?" Levi asked, and as the players showed their cards he added, "That sounds good to me."
Yes, both players had A-Q, neither player flopped a flush draw and by the time the turn card was placed on the table the pot was gonna be chopped up. And about 50 sleepy people groaned in unison.
Doudney moved in from the cutoff and Ditzin called on the button. His left Doudney and his needing an ace. Which duly arrived on the flop. But Ditzin was holding the and that's what won him the pot when the spiked on the turn. Losing that pot left Doudney with just 29,000, barely enough to pay a single big blind.