Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
We weren't around to see the hand play out, but from information gathered from the table, Team Pokerstars Pro Matthias De Meulder has been eliminated in 94th place. Bradley McFarland opened from under the gun and De Meulder re-raised all in with . McFarland made the call with and the board ran dry for De Meulder, knocking him out of the tournament.
On our featured table, no less, we just saw the biggest pot of the tournament develop.
We caught the action on the flop, but according to table-mate Andy Black, the action occurred as follows. David Diaz raised from late position and Philippe Plouffe re-raised from one of the blinds. Diaz called and the two saw the flop heads up. Plouffe check-raised Diaz all in and Diaz made the call.
Diaz:
Plouffe:
The two were essentially flipping for an enormous stack and Diaz was playing for his tournament life. Diaz had to avoid a heart, a king or the board pairing any cards but the Five and Seven. The turn was the which kept Diaz in the lead and the river kept him there.
After they counted it out, Diaz had 61,800 left after the preflop bets. Those chips, plus what was already in the pot vaults him to 140,000. Plouffe dropped to 35,000 but was eliminated by Andy Black a few hands later.
After Joel Bullock raised to 4,500, Corey Hastings three-bet all in to 12,200. Bullock acknowledged he was probably behind but felt he had to make the call.
Hastings:
Bullock:
The board ran out and Hastings found the double up. He now has 30,000 while Bullock falls to 23,000.
After Craig Gray moved his entire stack in preflop, Nicholas Rampone made the call. The two hands were turned over and we were 5 cards away from Gray's fate.
Gray:
Rampone:
"That's okay, I can feel an ace coming," said Gray before the dealer began to deal the community cards. Unfortunately for Gray, an ace did not show up as the board fell . Winning this pot brings Rampone up to 96,500.
Three players went to the flop of and Gavin Polone bet 5,500 and got two calls. The turn was and Polone moved all in and Jeremy Cate called. The hands were tabled and Cate flopped a set holding and Polone held for top pair and a straight draw.
The dealer peeled off the river and it was the , giving Polone the straight. Palone is up to 75,000.
On the last hand before the featured table broke, David Diaz made a preflop raise from the button. Jonathan Karamalikis announced that he was all in and Diaz made the call, turning up which was racing against Karamalikis' .
There was little time for a sweat though, as Diaz took very strong control of the pot with a flop. Diaz was guaranteed the win when the hit the turn, giving him quad fours and a nice sized pot. By eliminating Karamalikis, Diaz brings his stack up to about 180,000.
Kenneth Martin knocked out Anh Van Nguyen when his won against Nguyen's . But apparently, Martin doesn't even like Ace-King that much.
Earlier, when he had pocket Jacks, he mentioned that he had never tried playing them that way. With his Ace-King, he seemed shocked that he won the hand. He's starting to think maybe his luck is changing.
Paul Dewald was facing a four bet from Steve Watts and had to call 18,200 more. After thinking for a minute or two, Dewald decided to move all in for about 65,000 but was immediately disappointed when Watts snap-called.
Dewald was well behind with against Watts' . Watts even had his suits covered. The flop came , and Watts was that much closer to regaining a spot among the top chip leaders. The turn and river made the result final and after a count, Dewald hit the rail.
Watts now surpassed his high point with 160,000.
We caught up with this hand as John Myung insta-called another player's all in on the turn. The board read and Myung flopped top set holding . The other player held and was drawing to a straight, a flush and a king. Myung's hand held as the river came Myung is up over 40,000.