With the board reading and more than 27,000 in the pot, Taylor Black put out a bet of 55,000 in the small blind. His bet was enough to put Rainer Kempe to an all-in decision for his remaining 37,500 chips.
Kempe went into the tank and eventually called. Kempe had and he was Black's . The couldn't save Kempe and he was eliminated shortly before the final level of play for the night.
Alex Rocha raised to 1,700, and the small blind made it 5,600. The big blind folded, and Rocha called. The flop came , and both players checked. On the turn, the small blind bet out 4,000, and Rocha raised to 10,800. His opponent folded, and Rocha took it down.
We missed the action, but according to the chatter at the table, Phil Hellmuth opened to 2,000 in middle position. Action folded to Uri Reichenstein who three-bet shoved in late position. Hellmuth put his last 19,000 at risk.
Phil Hellmuth:
Uri Reichenstein:
The board ran out and Reichenstein made a flush to scoop the pot and eliminate Hellmuth.
David Peters opened under the gun to 1,800. Action folded to the button, who called. The small blind folded, and Dough Polk, in the big blind, defended.
The flop was , and it was checked through, as was the turn. The river was the . Polk bet 5,200, and Peters shoved for 12,600. The button folded. After a few seconds of reflection, Polk let it go, too, and showed .
The player in middle position raised to 1,800 and Dhanjal Tanveer three-bet to 4,100 on the button. Jon Turner called in the big blind and the initial raiser called.
The flop was and Turner checked. The next player checked and Tanveer bet 6,500. Turner folded and the next player called. On the turn, both players checked and the river was the . The first player checked, Tanveer bet 10,000 and his opponent called.
Tanveer showed for two pair, queens and jacks, and that was good.
Three players put in 1,800 apiece preflop, and the flop came . Brian Yoon checked in the big blind, Jason Mercier bet 2,600 under the gun, and Gibert Diaz called in the cutoff. Yoon check-raised to 9,500, Mercier folded, and Diaz called.
On the turn, Yoon went all in for 19,700, and Diaz called, putting Yoon at risk.
Yoon:
Diaz:
Diaz was ahead with a pair of eights and an open-ended straight draw. Yoon needed a club, but he didn't get it on the river. The two-time bracelet winner was eliminated from the tournament.