Massimiliano Martinez check-called a bet of 4,800 from Bryn Kenney on the flop of before seeing the land on the turn. Martinez checked again and Kenney checked behind.
The river was the and Martinez fired 13,400. Kenney tanked for a bit and then folded his hand.
From the cutoff seat, Andrew Robl raised to 2,800. Bruno Fitoussi called from the big blind and the flop came down . Fitoussi checked and Robl bet 4,200. Fitoussi check-raised to 10,200 and then Robl began to tank. He tanked for roughly two minutes and then reraised to 22,000. Fitoussi now tanked for a minute, asked Robl how much he had behind, which was 33,000, and then made the call.
The turn brought the and Fitoussi checked. Robl tanked with his decision for a solid four minutes, maybe even five. He then checked.
The river was the and Fitoussi announced that he was all in, sliding a bunch of chips forward. Robl gave it another minute or two of thought and then folded his hand.
In a battle of the blinds, Brian Powell came into the pot with a limp from the small, and Tom Dwan raised to 3,800 from the big. Powell quickly called, and they took a flop heads-up. Powell checked it over, and Dwan continued out with another 5,600. Now Powell studied the situation carefully, and he eventually tossed out three or four big blue T10,000 chips, enough to put Dwan to the decision for the ~30,000 he had behind. The call came quickly, and the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Powell:
Dwan:
Powell didn't have to wait long for his straight draw to come in. The on the turn left Dwan drawing dead right there, and he was already a few steps from the table by the time the meaningless rivered.
Dwan's day is done with 37 players left, and Powell has climbed to about 160,000 as he rids the table of a fellow shark.
Event #5: €10,400 No-Limit Hold'em (Split Format) just got down to 36 players after the elimination of Randy Dorfman in 37th place.
From under the gun, Brian Hastings raised to 3,200. Jason Mercier flatted from the cutoff seat and then Dorfman reraised all in for 19,100. Play folded back around to Hastings and he tossed his cards in. Mercier called quickly after.
Dorfman:
Mercier:
"Can I win a race against Jason?" asked Dorfman awaiting his fate.
The board ran out and Dorfman couldn't find what he needed. He headed to the rail while the remaining players at the table were broken to other seats in the room.
Matt Waxman raised to 3,600 from middle position and Roger Hairabedian called from the button to see the flop come down . Waxman bet 4,600 and Hairabedian called.
The turn was the and Waxman bet 13,500. Hairabedian called again.
The river was the and Waxman checked. Hairabedian fired 14,000 and Waxman folded.
We turned our backs for one second, and when we looked back, Vanessa Rousso was gone. The last remaining lady was trending downwards the last few times we checked on her, and her latest trend takes her all the way down to zero, unfortunately.
We're now left with 32 men, and half of them will go home empty-handed before this day is through.
Juahn Lauttamus was all in for 63,000 on the turn of a board reading . Erik Seidel gave it some thought and then made the call with the . Lauttamus held the for a worse pair and a flush draw.
The river completed the board with the and Lauttamus headed out the door.
After a player raised in front of him, Tony G three-bet shoved for ~25,000 with pocket tens. It's not usually a good thing to get cold-called in that spot, and it was Erik Seidel who did just that next door, coming in cold to put The G at risk. Seidel turned over two jacks, and they held up for him as the board ran out blank.
That's the end of the line for Tony G, while Seidel moves himself further in front, stacking up more than 250,000 chips now.