Three-way action before the flop resulted in Sohale Khalili all in versus Alex Cordero, with Andrea Tropea having stepped aside in the face of the reraising.
Khalili had and Cordero and when the board came , then , then , the table reacted with an "ohhhh" at the sight of the fourth heart on board. Cordero had made a flush, and Khalili was out in 29th.
Tropea shook his head and smiled, saying he'd folded pocket jacks. "Nice hand," he told Cordero, who was shaking his head, too, saying "it just played itself out."
Cordero increases his chip lead with that one, while Tropea is sitting wondering what might have been.
In the hand that would cripple him, Erik Hellman opened to 33,000 from the hijack seat and action folded around to Fernando Suaya in the big blind, who made the call.
Both players checked the flop.
When the fell on the turn, Suaya check-called a 33,000 bet from Hellman.
The completed the board and this time, Suaya announced he was all in for his last 211,000. Hellman fell into the tank, but eventually called after much deliberation. Suaya tabled for a rivered flush and Hellman mucked.
Shortly thereafter, Hellman open pushed all in for his last 55,000 and action folded around to Evan Orman, who went all in himself. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Orman:
Hellman:
The board failed to improve Hellman's hand and he was eliminated.
Evan Orman was just getting up out of his chair to head to the payout desk when we arrived. All of Orman's chips were in the middle on a board reading . Orman had the in front of him for a pair of aces. His lone opponent, Sebastien Comel, held the for a set of eights, which was good enough to send Orman to the rail.
Alex Cordero raised from the hijack seat and got a caller in Andrea Tropea from the big blind. When checked to after the flop, Cordero fired and Tropea called. The turn brought the and bet of 70,000 from Tropea, which Cordero promptly raised to 195,000. After tanking for some time, Tropea called.
The river then brought the and a check from Tropea. Cordero bet 225,000 this time, and Tropea took about three minutes to consider what to do. Finally he called, tabling . Cordero showed his , somewhat amazed he had been called and yet still had the best hand.
"I was three-barrelling," he said. "I thought you had kings!"
That one knocks Tropea down to short-stacked status, while Cordero continues to increase his lead over the field.
Todor Plaseki's elimination occurred after getting all in with against Sebastien Comel's . The board left Comel, who had Plaseki covered, with a set of jacks for the knockout.
Andrea Tropea met his end after pushing all in preflop for his remaining stack with . He was called by Jonathan Miller's and the board kept Tropea behind and he was sent to the rail.
With only about 75,000 in the middle and the board showing , Fernando Suaya made a big all-in shove for more than 400,000, putting Dominik Nitsche to a tough decision. Nitsche had Suaya covered, though not by a lot, and after tanking for some time Nitsche emerged to make the call.
Nitsche showed for aces while Suaya turned over for a flush draw plus a gutshot. The river brought the , and Suaya is out.
A couple more eliminations to report here at the start of Level 23. Harald Olsen has been eliminated in 22nd, and was followed to the rail shortly thereafter by Christopher Bonita in 21st.
Olsen's last hand saw him all in before the flop with versus an opponent's . All was good for Olsen after the flop, but tens on both the turn and river spelled the end of Olsen's Event 59 run.
Meanwhile in Bonita's final hand, he'd committed the last of his 160,000 or so with and was hoping to catch against Wayne Brown's . But the board came , and Bonita is out.
and Cordero 
and when the board came 
, then 
, then 
, the table reacted with an "ohhhh" at the sight of the fourth heart on board. Cordero had made a flush, and Khalili was out in 29th.
flop.
completed the board and this time, Suaya announced he was all in for his last 211,000. Hellman fell into the tank, but eventually called after much deliberation. Suaya tabled 
for a rivered flush and Hellman mucked.
board failed to improve Hellman's hand and he was eliminated.
in front of him for a pair of aces. His lone opponent, Sebastien Comel, held the 
and a check from Tropea. Cordero bet 225,000 this time, and Tropea took about three minutes to consider what to do. Finally he called, tabling 
, somewhat amazed he had been called and yet still had the best hand.
board left Comel, who had Plaseki covered, with a set of jacks for the knockout.
and the 
board kept Tropea behind and he was sent to the rail.
. The board rolled out 
, Fernando Suaya made a big all-in shove for more than 400,000, putting Dominik Nitsche to a tough decision. Nitsche had Suaya covered, though not by a lot, and after tanking for some time Nitsche emerged to make the call.
versus an opponent's 
. All was good for Olsen after the 
flop, but tens on both the turn and river spelled the end of Olsen's Event 59 run.
