Naoya Kihara is having some day, and just eliminated Joe Monro. The pot saw his stack break the million mark and now has more chips than the average player will have at tomorrow's final table!
All the chips between him and Monro went in on a flop, and the cards were flipped up.
Kihara: for bottom set.
Monro: for straight and flush draws.
David Benyamine took a long time over a couple of decisions in hand versus Chris De Maci. It was like his instincts were telling him he was in bad shape, but he couldn't find that fold button.
De Maci opened to 11,000 off the button and called when Benyamine three-bet to 27,500 from the small blind.
The flop fell and Benyamine took around three minutes before he continued for 25,500. De Maci clicked it to 51,000 and Beyamine took another minute to call.
The turn came and Benyamine checked quickly, and again took a long time to call the remaining 70,000 that De Maci had bet.
De Maci opened for a flush and Benyamine mucked, obviously drawing dead.
Our chip leader Naoya Kihara has eliminated Tom Marchese, we didn't see the hand but here is the Big Cheese telling the world all about it.
BigCheese_poker Thomas MarcheseBust in 225k pot after dinner. Raise ajt5 w j high clubs. Kid w all the chips calls from sb w j986 and wins on k96ccJune 19 2012
Another player eliminated in the opening hands of Level 17 is Don Nguyen. David Colin is the recipient of Nguyen's chips.
Finally, Andrew Watson is alive and well (despite our accidental bust-out earlier). He has just caused some serious damage to Adam Junglen in the following hand.
Junglen opened from the hijack seat, Watson three-bet from the cutoff and Junglen made the call. The flop was and Junglen bet 'pot' for 67,500. Watson took a few seconds while he considered his decision before making the call. The turn card was the and Junglen didn't look too happy. In the end he decided to go with his hand, and both players went all-in.
Watson
Junglen
So Watson had the set and Junglen the draw. The two players wished each other luck and the dealer placed the on the river. The pot went the way of Watson and a few hands later Junglen was moved to a new table.
The upshot of those hands were as follows: Naoyo Kihara 1,250,000, David Collin 200,000, Andrew Watson 420,000 & Adam Junglen 55,000
Naoya Kihara raised to 12,000 in the hijack seat, Bahram Zohri called in the cutoff and Adam Junglen was priced in from the big blind.
Flop:
The action checked around to Zohri, who bet pot for 35,500, Junglen moved all-in for 51,000 and the chip leader folded. It was a showdown with Junglen at risk of elimination.
Junglen
Zohri
Zohri held bottom set and Junglen held the draw. The dealer first pulled out the and then the and the sun shone on Junglen's face. Not so Zohri who had to ship 51,000 over to Junglen and is now the short stack.
Kevin MacPhee was one of the shortest stacks in the room, and really needed to reverse his chip trend. He managed to do that thanks to the help of Andrew Watson.
Watson raised to 10,000 and called when MacPhee three-bet to 32,500. Before the flop came down Watson asked how much his opponent had left. MacPhee counted out and answered, "Thirty-four thousand."
After the flop appeared MacPhee waited a minute before moving all in. Watson asked how much it was and that prompted MacPhee to respond with, "Thirty-four thousand. The same as when you asked just before!"
Watson called with for a flush draw.
MacPhee was ahead with and stayed there through the turn and river.
Adam Junglen has left us in 20th place just a few hands after doubling up. We didn't see the hand but the table told us that it was a cooler with v and Michael Fosco woke up with the aces. The hand held, Junglen was out and Fosco moved up to 280,000.
flop, and the cards were flipped up.
for bottom set.
for straight and flush draws.
to miss all the draws.
and Benyamine took around three minutes before he continued for 25,500. De Maci clicked it to 51,000 and Beyamine took another minute to call.
and Benyamine checked quickly, and again took a long time to call the remaining 70,000 that De Maci had bet.
for a flush and Benyamine mucked, obviously drawing dead.
and Junglen bet 'pot' for 67,500. Watson took a few seconds while he considered his decision before making the call. The turn card was the 
and Junglen didn't look too happy. In the end he decided to go with his hand, and both players went all-in.
on the river. The pot went the way of Watson and a few hands later Junglen was moved to a new table.
and then the 
for a flush draw.
