The action folded to John Bampton in the small blind who moved all in but Tim English made the call in the big blind.
Bampton:
English:
The board ran out and in another emotional pot, Bampton went from hero on the turn to zero on the river as English made trip aces. Bampton is disappointed to hit the rail as English now sits behind over 300,000 chips.
APPT Manila final table player Manish Sansi has fallen tantalizingly short of the money here in Sydney. He was all in on a flop of , tabling when Tony Basile called. Basile was one pip better, showing an overpair of and leaving Sansi drawing at the two remaining eights in the deck. He didn't catch either of them; the turn came and river came . He's out. We're one player closer to being done for the night.
With all of the cooler hands we've seen so far in this tournament, what's another one on the bubble? Daniel Kowalski got things started, raising to 70,000, which was enough to put Patrick Carron all in. Carron called, only to see Eric Mutrie move all in behind him for 110,000. Kowalski called both raises as the spectators crowded around the table to watch the massive pot play out.
Kowalski:
Carron:
Mutrie:
Kowalski was roughly a sixty percent favorite to win the hand and knock out two players. The roars of the crowd told the story on the flop, however. It came to make a set for both Carron and Mutrie. There were still cards to come, and damn if the turn wasn't the to make a set of Kowalski's own! There was no miracle for Carron or Mutrie on the river; it fell . Kowalski dragged a massive 375,000-chip pot while Carron and Mutrie retired to the rail.
Robert Bechara, desperately short, open-shoved for just less than 40,000 chips. Jamie Pickering decided to take a flyer from the small blind with . He was disappointed to see that he didn't even have two live cards, as Bechara turned over . The board bricked out, to allow Bechara to double up to 80,000.
Singapore's last hope, Erique Tan, is out just a few spots short of the money. He was all in with against Lisa Delellis' . The board ran out , no help to Tan and his queens. Delellis is up to 120,000 as a result.
Cards are back in the air. The clock shows thirty minutes remaining in the level. Starting Level 16 tonight is almost a foregone conclusion at this point.
For the second time in this very strange tournament, someone has folded kings preflop. The culprit this time is David Kim. He popped it to 30,000 preflop after Marlon Goonawardana had opened for 10,000. Marlon thought things over for a while, then put in a third raise to 80,000.
Kim went into the tank, talking to himself and to Goonawardana as he did so. "I've been told I'm never supposed to fold this hand preflop," said Kim. He asked Goonawardana if he would show his hand if Kim folded.
Goonawardana did not agree to do so, instead asking Kim if he really wanted to bubble. Time was eventually called, and with thirty seconds left on the clock, Kim open-mucked .