Level: 9
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Ian Simpson raised to 5,000 under the gun and Ishaq Ilaj called in the big blind.
Simpson continued for 4,000 on the 7♠5♣K♥ flop, and Ilaj called. Simpson then bet 15,000 on the 3♥ turn, and Ilaj again called.
The river was the Q♠ and Simpson moved all in for 36,000. Ilaj took a minute, but this time he gave up his hand and surrendered the pot to Simpson.
Heads-up on a flop of J♥3♠6♣, Joe Hindry bet 6,000 from the cutoff and Yinchuan Liu called in the small blind.
The turn was the 5♠ and Hindry bet 17,000. Liu again called, and the 8♥ fell on the river.
Hindry then moved all in and Liu, with around 80,000 behind, tanked for a minute before folding.
Ian Simpson moved all in for 30,000 from the cutoff and Alper Gocer called in the hijack.
Ian Simpson: A♠K♥
Alper Gocer: K♣2♣
Simpson had Gocer dominated, and he remained in the lead with his ace through the J♦5♣7♦9♥10♥ board to earn the double up.
Andrew Hulme busted Vasileios Panagiotidis on the previous hand at this table as he moved up to 700,000.
Heads-up on a board of 9♦4♠4♦10♠, AB bet 8,000 from the big blind and Scott Berko raised to 25,000 in middle position. AB then moved all in for 47,000, and Berko snap-called.
AB showed 4♣3♠ for trips, while Berko had straight and flush draws with K♦Q♦. The 7♣ river was no help, and Berko was forced to hand over the double up.
Bryan Taylor and Brandon Sheils have recently fired another bullet.
Alexios Zervos raised to 5,000 in middle position and Jingbo Zhang called on the button. Bryan Taylor then three-bet to 12,000 in the small blind, and both Zervos and Zhang called.
The flop came 7♦8♣2♣ and Taylor checked to Zervos, who bet 20,000. Zhang then raised to 55,000, and Taylor moved all in for 90,000. Zervos reshoved for 136,500, and Zhang snap-called to put both opponents at risk.
Bryan Taylor: A♥A♠
Alexios Zervos: 10♣9♣
Jingbo Zhang: 7♥7♣
Taylor had two aces, but Zhang had taken the lead with a flopped set. Zervos had straight and flush draws, and he hit his flush on the Q♣ turn. The river was the K♣ and Zervos scooped the pot, sending Taylor to the rail while earning a double up off Zhang.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Ian Simpson raised to 4,000 in the hijack while peeling a banana before Igor D'Ursel three-bet to 12,000 in the cutoff. Simpson called.
The flop came 3♥7♠2♠ and D'Ursel bet 8,000. Simpson called, and the A♥ fell on the turn.
D'Ursel then bet 12,000, and Simpson stopped to take a bite of his banana before calling. The 3♣ fell on the river, and D'Ursel moved all in. Simpson had 47,000 behind and took about 30 seconds before folding.
Arthur Conan three-bet to 18,000 in the big blind before Pascal Pflock four-bet to 38,000 in the cutoff. Conan called, and they went heads-up to the K♠4♥4♦ flop.
Pflock then bet 7,000 and Conan called. Both players then checked the A♥ turn.
The river was the 2♦ and Pflock moved all in. Conan, with around 55,000 behind, quickly folded.
Bryan Taylor just joined this table.
Brandon Sheils led out for 5,000 from the small blind on a flop of 6♣4♠7♣ and Jingbo Zhang called under the gun.
The turn was the 5♦ and Sheils bet 9,000. Zhang called, and the Q♣ fell on the river. Sheils then moved all in for 30,000, and Zhang snap-called.
Zhang turned over A♣2♣ for a rivered flush. "That's so sick," Sheils said as he flung his cards into the muck and headed to the exit.
As Sheils left the tournament, Chris Balmforth hopped back in on another bullet. Christopher Yong has also reentered.