Thorsten Schafer opened for 24,000, Jennifer Tilly called behind and Nicolas Levi popped it to 77,000 from the button. Schafer potted and Levi was able to get all in.
Levi:
Schafer:
The board ran and Levi doubled to 627,000 and Schafer was left with only 30,000.
Jennifer Tilly raised to 29,000 under the gun and received a call from Jason Somerville in the small blind. A short-stacked Thorsten Schafer then called all in from the big blinds and it was three players to the flop.
Somerville checked, Tilly bet 75,000, and her live opponent folded, leaving just Thorsten.
Tilly:
Thorsten:
Tilly was ahead with her tens, but Thorsten had an over with a flush draw. The dealer burned and turned the said over, the , which gave Thorsten the lead and left the rest of table awed in disbelief. The blanked on the river and Thorsten received a much-needed triple.
On the button Jennifer Tilly reraised Jason Somervile preflop. Somerville four-bet 135,000 more. Tilly sat back in her seat and counted her stack. She had 155,000 and had a short tank while thinking.
"Do you have a pair?" Tilly asked Somerville, who didn't reply and didn't look up. She kicked her cards into the muck and lamented, "No one ever folds to my raises."
Tommy Vinas raised to 25,000 under the gun and was met with a reraise to 90,000 by Marco Traniello in the hijack. When the flop came down , Vinas check-called Traniello's all-in bet of 150,000.
Traniello:
Vinas:
Traniello held pocket rockets but it was no good against the flopped set of Vinas. The turn and river provided no help to Traniello and he became our 23rd-place finisher.
At the same time, Binh Nguyen was eliminated from a neighboring table in 22nd place for $20,129.
On a flop of , Jennifer Tilly led out for 35,000 only to have Nicolas Levi put in a raise. Tilly called off for about 60,000 more and discovered the bad news.
Tilly:
Levi:
Both players had flopped a flush draw but Levi's was the better of the two; however, the turn delivered Tilly a pair and the lead. Obviously this is an elimination post, so you know the river was not kind to the Academy Award-winning actress. Indeed, the rolled off to give Levi a pair of queens and the win. Tilly was eliminated in 21st place.
A mountain of chips surrounded the board of . Jarred Solomon checked, Jason DeWitt bet 75,000 and Solomon called. The river was the putting an ace-king high flush on the board.
Solomon checked, followed by a check from DeWitt and Solomon turned over for the highest flush he could hold. DeWitt mucked his hand not having a diamond. Solomon said he was scared of the straight flush.
Action folded to Robert Mizrachi in the cutoff and he raised to 29,000. Mike Matusow was next to act on the button and potted. The blinds cleared out of the way and Mizrachi moved all in. Matusow called all in for a total of 200,000 or so and the cards were turned up.
Matusow:
Mizrachi:
Matusow desperately needed an ace, but found none on the flop. However, the spiked on the turn and left "The Mouth" jumping up and down shouting, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" As it turned out, Matusow's celebration was a little premature as the rolled off on the river.
"Nooooo," Matusow bemoaned in good humor. He knew he had gotten lucky on the turn and didn't seem to mind the sweet justice of the river. Matusow was eliminated in 19th place.
Owen Crowe potted in early position only to have Sam Stein repot. Takashi Ogura then called off from the big blind and Crowe got all his money in as well.
Stein:
Crowe:
Ogura:
Ogura held the best hand preflop, but he quickly went from first to worst when the flop came down . Crowe had flopped a set to take a commanding lead, one he held as the hit the turn followed by the on the river. Crowe tripled on the hand while Ogura was eliminated in 19th place.