donpeters
The flop read when Eddy Scharf checked over to Christopher Kline. Kline bet 11,000 and then Scharf shoved all in. After a while in the tank, Kline made the call.
Scharf flopped two pair and had the best of it at the moment with . Kline held . The turn came the and then the river came the , giving Scharf the double-up.
Shamus
Tom Lutz raised to 16,000 from middle position, Maurizio Biasini raised to 45,000 behind him, then Lutz reraised all in. Biasini, covered by Lutz, shoveled all of his chips into the middle.
Lutz showed , while Biasini had . The flop came , and Biasini was still behind. The on the turn changed the situation, though.
Alas, the gave the hand back to Lutz, giving him a flush. Biasini actually sat back down, but when he saw the flush he headed for the door.
Lutz's up-and-down day continues. He is back up to 450,000.
donpeters
Andrey Zaichenko moved all in preflop and was called by Bryan Pope. Pope has been doing really well when it comes to eliminating opponents in this event.
Pope held two suited overcards in up against Zaichenko's .
The board ran out and the dealer didn't do the biggest damage until the river.
Pope gathered up all of Zaichenko's chips and increased to 405,000.
Shamus
The table folded around to Bertrand Grospellier in the small blind who raised to 13,000. The minimum raise would have been to 12,000, and Grospellier explained he hadn't intended to make such a small raise. Shannon Shorr called from the big blind.
The flop came . Grospellier bet 16,000, about two-thirds of the pot. Shorr raised 56,000 more, then Grospellier kicked it up to 151,000 total. Shorr counted out his chips and saw he'd have about 80,000 more should he call. He then pushed all in, and Grospellier made the call.
Grospellier had for the overpair. Shorr had for a pair of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river ended the day for Shorr.
Grospellier is our clear chip leader at the moment with 799,500.
Shamus
Tom Lutz got all of his chips in with and found himself up against Ray Henson's . Fortunately for Lutz, he flopped an eight. His hand held up and he was up to 340,000. Henson, meanwhile, had been knocked all of the way down to just 5,500.
Henson managed to double up once, but was soon eliminated when his couldn't catch up to Will Failla's .
Shamus
Richard Lyndaker pushed all in with a pair of sevens and was called by Elliot Smith who held . Lyndaker turned a third seven, and Smith was in desperate shape with just 29,500 left.
Soon after came a hand in which J.J. Liu raised to 16,000 from late position, then Lyndaker reraised to 34,000 from the small blind. Then Smith pushed his remaining chips in to call from the big blind. Liu got out of the way.
Lyndaker:
Smith:
The board ran out , and Smith's day was down. Lyndaker now has 307,000.
donpeters
Samuel Trickett's railbirds just stopped over to ask for a chip count on their boy. After informing them that he was chip leader and how much he would be paid right now if he busted, one of Trickett's mates said, "I'll tell you what, if he doesn't final table from here I'll slap him!"
Shamus
On the very next hand after the big one with Will Failla, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got involved in another big one with Tom Lutz.
Lutz checked the flop, and Grospellier bet 16,500. Lutz check-raised to 45,000, and Grospellier called.
The turn was the . Lutz checked, Grospellier bet 45,500, and Lutz called.
The river brought the . Lutz checked, Grospellier pushed all in for 192,000, and Lutz made the call.
Grospellier showed for the flopped straight and rivered flush, and Lutz mucked. Lutz slips to 180,000. And just like that, Grospellier is back up to a whopping 570,000.
donpeters
Ryan Daut has been eliminated
Riku Koivurinne and Samuel Trickett did a number on Ryan Daut a few hands prior to his final hand. On this hand, he was all in in the big blind. Koivurinne had raised the action to 18,000 from the cutoff with . Daut held only .
The board ran out and that would be all she wrote for Daut.
when Eddy Scharf checked over to Christopher Kline. Kline bet 11,000 and then Scharf shoved all in. After a while in the tank, Kline made the call.
. Kline held 
. The turn came the 
and then the river came the 
, giving Scharf the double-up.
, while Biasini had 
. The flop came 
, and Biasini was still behind. The 
on the turn changed the situation, though. 
and the dealer didn't do the biggest damage until the river.
. Grospellier bet 16,000, about two-thirds of the pot. Shorr raised 56,000 more, then Grospellier kicked it up to 151,000 total. Shorr counted out his chips and saw he'd have about 80,000 more should he call. He then pushed all in, and Grospellier made the call.
for the overpair. Shorr had 
for a pair of jacks. The 
on the river ended the day for Shorr.
. Lyndaker turned a third seven, and Smith was in desperate shape with just 29,500 left.
. Lutz checked, Grospellier bet 45,500, and Lutz called.
. Daut held only 
.
