Ilan Rouah opened from the button and Tai Tran called in the big blind. The flop came and Tran check-raised all-in against Rouah's 6,000 bet. Roah made the call against the short stack with behind to Tran's and while the turn changed nothing, the river was the and prompted a cry of "Allez!" from the Frenchman. Tran's elimination leaves us with 15 remaining.
Whilst there is a slight lull in play, I feel obliged to serve up a few words on Chris Bjorin. A silent assassin of the felt, Bjorin is perhaps one of the most underrated players in the game, having not only survived for decades, but also run up over $4.6 million in live tournament winnings including two bracelets (1997 & 2000) and a final table appearance in last year's WSOPE Main Event. But despite all these accolades, very few people have heard of the wily veteran, and he rarely receives the credit he deserves.
Swedish, but now residing in London, England, Bjorin is a cash game grinder who has an unrelenting penchant for these big tournaments, and can often be found alive and kicking come the business end. He's played in numerous cash games around the world, and even faced the legendary Stu Ungar during his prime.
If you ever want a poker story, then you can't go wrong with Bjorin, but if you want a soft spot in a tournament, then you'll need to look elsewhere. He doesn't make much noise, and often flies under the radar, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him taking his seat in tomorrow's final. With 225,000, he's certainly in with a shout.
Lawrie Inman raised to 5,500 to open the pot only to see Chris Moorman three-bet to 13,500 from the button. Inman called, and the two men took a flop of , and Inman checked it over. Moorman continued out with 15,700 chips, but Inman wanted to play for more. Or, maybe. He slid out a tall tower of yellow chips totaling 30,000, and the dealer made him put in an extra 1,400 for a legal raise. Moorman was stopped a bit dead in his tracks, and he shot a few quizzical looks across the table. Stacking up raising chips, Moorman slid out 15,700 chips to match Inman's raise, then clicked it back again with another 15,700 chips on top -- a total bet of 47,100. Inman announced an all-in shove in response, and Moorman couldn't have folded any quicker.
That three-bet took more than half of Moorman's stack, and he's left with just about 45,000 now, and unable to afford another misstep like that one.
One of the tables remaining boasts more jewelry than the love child of Scotty Nguyen and Mr. T, with Praz Bansi, Willie Tann and Chris Bjorin holding a combined five bracelets. And if the table weren't tough enough, then 2007 bracelet bubbler John Tabatabai is also present and dangerous.
Chris Bjorin - 200,000
Willie Tann - 45,000
John Tabatabai - 70,000
Praz Bansi - 90,000
Chris Moorman opened to 4,500 on the button and Nicola Pero pushed all-in from the small blind. A little fiddling about with chips and then Moorman made the call flipping a dominating to Pero's and a board later, it was the Brit with the chips.
Was Moorman missing the first two levels of the day just to give everyone else a chance?
Eli Heath was all in before the flop with pocket sevens, at risk and racing for his tournament life against the ace-jack of David Peters.
There was an ace right on the flop and nothing else for Heath to sweat, and he has been send out in 18th place before the three-table redraw could be called for.
We're now on just a quick break while our final 17 players are re-drawn for three tables.
Liv Boeree had fired out a bet on a before Lawrie Inman put out a decent raise. Boeree moved all-in before the bet-sizes could be counted and Inman made the call.
Boeree:
Inman:
The might have improved Boeree's hand but it didn't make a difference, the on the river had her celebrating for the briefest of moments before realising it had also made Inman a straight flush. Having the San Remo EPT champion well covered, Boeree was eliminated. Inman has 160,000. Incidentally this was on the same table as the other straight flush just half an hour or so ago.
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and Tran check-raised all-in against Rouah's 6,000 bet. Roah made the call against the short stack with 
behind to Tran's 
and while the 
turn changed nothing, the river was the 
, and Inman checked it over. Moorman continued out with 15,700 chips, but Inman wanted to play for more. Or, maybe. He slid out a tall tower of yellow chips totaling 30,000, and the dealer made him put in an extra 1,400 for a legal raise. Moorman was stopped a bit dead in his tracks, and he shot a few quizzical looks across the table. Stacking up raising chips, Moorman slid out 15,700 chips to match Inman's raise, then clicked it back again with another 15,700 chips on top -- a total bet of 47,100. Inman announced an all-in shove in response, and Moorman couldn't have folded any quicker.
and a 
board later, it was the Brit with the chips.
