Benjamin Toury moved all in on a flop, and Chris Elliott called. However, Elliott had failed to register that it was in fact Talal Shakerchi's turn, and Shakerchi was in the process of raising. Shakerchi's raise stood, as did Elliott's call, but Elliott got away from it on the turn and the two remaining players were on their proverbial backs.
Toury:
Shakerchi:
River:
With pain very thoroughly twisting up Toury's face, he slumped back down in his chair and stayed there until the next hand was well under way. He wasn't dealt any cards though, and left.
Chip-stacking, usually such a personal thing, one of the few ways available to players to express themselves at the table without being given a penalty for it, seems to have been clamped down on somewhere along the line.
Justin Smith's stack, for instance, was suffering earlier from being so large that he appeared to be all in, all the time as his stack crept out into the middle of the table -- but that has now thankfully been solved by constructing a gigantic pyramid out of the sprawling towers.
Meanwhile, Chris Elliott's style seems to have been somewhat cramped. For three days his stack was recognizable even when he was absent, the chips stacked up apparently by the dozen, tipped over against the edge of the table. Since the last break, however, his stack has been transformed into messy stacks of 20 like everyone else. I think someone may have had a quiet word...
Short-stacked Perttu Bergius open-shoved for 34,000 and after a lengthy think, Stanislav Alekhin made the call. Though Bergius' was dominated by , he paired his kicker when the flop came down . No help for Alekhin on the turn or river and Bergius got a much-needed double-up as we approach bubble time.
David "Devilfish" Ulliott opened for 8,000 and Daniel Negreanu called from the small blind. The flop was . Negreanu checked, Devilfish bet 12,000 and Negreanu called. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the , followed by two more checks.
A tense few moments for Max Steinberg as he called Christofer Williamsson's all in with . Williamsson tabled so looking pretty good for a split, but the board came ..... . Phew.
On a flop of Peter Neff led out for 8,300 from the small blind and Brian Townsend called from the big blind. The turn was the and Neff thought for about two minutes before deciding to check. Townsend gathered up 19,700 and slid it into the middle, Neff making the call. The river fell the . Neff quickly checked, Townsend bet 72,000, Neff moved all in and Townsend folded. Neff raked in the monster pot.
After the hand, Neff was up over the 400,000 mark while Townsend's stack was decimated-- he has only about 52,000 left.
It folded around to John Juanda on the cutoff, who made it 7,200 to go. To his left on the button, Ross Boatman reraised all in. The blinds passed, but Juanda was happy to make the call.
Boatman:
Juanda:
Boatman was now standing and looking a little unwell.
Flop:
Juanda: "You've got outs."
Turn:
Boatman: "I'd settle for a six."
Juanda: "Really?"
Boatman: "Nah, just kidding, I wanna go home."
Chris Elliott bet 60,000 into a massive pot on the river of a board and Alexis Guimbal called -- and then expelled a profound groan that sounded as though it took some of his soul with it, along with most of his stack. The groan was due to Elliott tabling for the nuts, while Guimbal had been screwed by the same card that made good for Elliott -- with some disgust, he showed . Down to 54,000 and quite depressed.
A full double-up for Perttu Bergius just after returning from the break, getting it in thoroughly ahead with against Stanislav Alekhin's apparently on the flop of the board.