On a flop of , play checked to Tom "durrrr" Dwan in the big blind who fired out 725 into the pot. He found one call in middle position as the small blind released.
The turn brought the and Dwan fired again for 1,750. His opponent took a moment and made the call before the completed the board on the river. Dwan checked and his opponent checked it behind.
Dwan opened a monotone for trip fives which was good to take it down. He's up to 35,000 chips.
On a flop of Mike Matusow committed his last 3,725 into the middle but found himself a caller.
Matusow opened for the nut straight as his opponent revealed for top set. The turn changed nothing but the river was the to improve his opponent to quad aces to send "The Mouth" to the rail.
The flop was when Noah Schwartz fired 5,000 into the pot. Andy Black put in a min-raise to 10,000 before Schwartz responded by moving all in. Black made the call.
Schwartz:
Black:
Top set for Black as Schwartz would need to hit his flush outs to survive. He didn't have to wait long as the fell on the turn to give him the lead. The river bricked the and Schwartz gets himself back up to 32,000 with Black down to 25,000.
The under-the-gun player limped, and Michael Mizrachi made it 1,150. On the button, Kevin MacPhee raised to 4,000. The first guy called, and Mizrachi moved all in for about 43,000. MacPhee called all in for just over 10,000, and the third player joined them all in for his last 25,000. Time for a twelve-card showdown.
MacPhee:
Mizrachi:
UTG:
The flop kept Mizrachi in the lead, but the turn gave his under-the-gun opponent the lead with trip sevens. Then the river made him a full house to knock out MacPhee and double through Mizrachi. The Grinder was left with 16,400 and the $1,000 Bellagio chip he has on the table next to his stack.
PokerStars Team Pro Chad Brown was recently eliminated from the tournament, joining fellow PokerStars Pros David Williams and Juan Macieras on the sidelines.
At the other end of the spectrum Vanessa Selbst is once again proving her dominance in the PLO game as she sits with the tournament chip leaders on 78,000. Jason Mercier and Noah Boeken are both also progressing well with around 50,000, while Jose Nacho Barbero and Humberto Brenes are also not too far behind with about 40,000.
In a battle of the PokerStars Pros it was Germany versus the Netherlands as Florian Langmann and Noeh Boeken went into battle. Langmann started it off by raising to 1,100 from the button before Boeken re-popped it to 3,700 from the small blind. Langmann responded with a re-pot to 11,500 and Boeken made the call.
The flop landed and Boeken moved all in with Langmann making the call.
Boeken:
Langmann:
Nice flop for Boeken as he made trip queens which held on the turn and river to crack Langmann's aces and send the German Team PokerStars Pro to the rail.
Boeken is now up to a tournament-leading 120,000 chips.