Steeley has been chased out of the tournament, the man in pursuit being the wonderfully named Klinghammer Thibaut. Steely made the first incision, raising it up to 28,000 before being reraised by Klinghammer. Steely pushed all in for 62,000 and Klinghammer made the call.
On their backs and it was Klinghammer who had the goods, in dominating shape against the of Steely. The board was about as decisive as a Rooney strike on Saturday, and Steely was gone.
After a rare period of respite, it's business as usual as Denton Pfister and Tyler Patterson get it all in preflop with and respectively. The board came to award Tyler a crucial double up with the rivered flush. He's now flying high with 255,000, whilst Pfister is back down to 180,000.
Timothy Flanders returned from break with just 35,000 chips and got them all in the middle preflop against John "Tex" Barch.
Showdown
Flanders:
Barch:
The flop was a good sweat. Barch flopped top pair, but Flanders was double-gutted with a flush draw. The on the turn did not help Flanders and neither did the on the river however eliminating him in 15th place.
Flanders will have to settle with $12,258 in prize money.
Nick Binger, who is pretty good at remaining incognito, couldn't escape our preying eyes on departure, and despite a plucky performance that would make Rocky look like a quitter, he busted in 16th place.
Blair Rodman was the man responsible, the former bracelet winner putting Binger all in preflop with . Binger held , but was unable to improve on a board.
That was the third hand in a row that a player had busted from that table, and each time the sniper had a couple of bullets in his gun.
We unfortunately couldn't record the board or hands before the dealer washed the cards, but we were told that Chris Viox was eliminated by a player who held aces preflop.
That's the second hand in a row at Table 372 that a player has been eliminated by an opponent holding aces.
Oliver Gill Gaber opened to 21,000 from under the gun and Klinghammer Thibaut re-raised to 72,000 from middle position. The action folded back to Gaber who moved all in for 93,000 and Thibaut called.
Showdown
Gaber:
Thibaut:
Thibaut's aces held when the board ran , eliminating Gaber from the tournament.