Jolyne Thompson was sitting on a micro 6,000 stack and moved it all in from the cut-off. Max Pescatori reraised to 10,000 from the next seat and that was enough to force out the blinds leaving us heads-up.
Thompson:
Pescatori:
The board came making the nut flush for Thompson and moving her to a short-stacked 15,000.
(Table 1)
Seat 1: Justin Smith
Seat 2: Jolyne Thompson
Seat 3: Chris Ferguson
Seat 4: Chris Bjorin
Seat 5: Tomi Nyback
Seat 6: Stephen Ladowski
Seat 7: Sorel Mizzi
Seat 8: Erik Friberg
Seat 9: Bruno Fitoussi
(Table 2)
Seat 1: Mike McDonald
Seat 2: Eric Dalby
Seat 3: Dave Penly
Seat 4: Padraig Parkinson
Seat 5: Alessio Isaia
Seat 6: Shaun Deeb
Seat 7: Sami Kelopuro
Seat 8: Jason Mercier
Seat 9: Max Pescatori
(Table 3)
Seat 1: Allen Cunningham
Seat 2: Neil Channing
Seat 3: Donnacha O'Dea
Seat 4: Stephan Kjerstad
Seat 5: Ilkka Koskinen
Seat 6: Joe Beevers
Seat 7: Erik Seidel
Seat 8: Theo Jorgensen
Seat 9: Alex Kravchenko
Two more players have been eliminated in quick succession. First, Sami Kelopuro was eliminated holding on a board against Eric Dalby's after the river brought a bricky .
Then on the table next door, Erik Seidel put his last few chips in with against Theo Jorgensen's which outdrew Seidel on a board.
Action folded around to Shaun Deeb in the cutoff (essentially the button, as Sami Kelopuro was eliminated in the small blind on the hand before), and he made it 7,500 to go. Mercier made the call from the small blind and the two saw a flop.
Mercier passed the first option to Deeb who made a continuation bet of 13,500. Mercier called once more and the turn brought the .
Another check from Mercier sent the action to Deeb who upped the ante to 30,000. Mercier took one last peek at his hole cards before eventually tossing them into the muck.
"Nice bluff," Mercier chided.
"No bluff," Deeb replied as he turned over the . "I had it," he said with a laugh.
Alessio Isaia raises to 7,500 and Shaun Deeb reraises to 24,000 next to him. Alessio makes the call with around another 24,000 back.
The flop is , Isaia checks and Deeb puts out a stack of blue 5K chips. Isaia looks pained but calls for the remainder of his stack with and Deeb flips to put the Italian in big trouble. The turn is the giving Deeb the house and the river is the knocking Isaia out in 25th place.