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Tommy Le
When we got to Table 2 we thought, based on the board, that Tommy Le and Batsuren Tserendorj must have gotten the chips in on the flop. But according to Terry Fan, that wasn't the case. Le open-shoved from under the gun and was called by Tserendorj from the small blind. Le showed down against Tserendorj's big ace, . The flop? A nice sweat-inducing . Tserendorj had top pair while Le was looking for running cards or a single diamond. But the board bricked and to send him on his way.
Tserendorj is the last of the Mongolians still remaining in the tournament.
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"Yeeeeeeeeees!" said Martin Lundegren, popping out of his chair. He had made a desperation shovee with , then flopped a flush after Phillip Willcocks called.
"I have a diamond," Willcocks noted, pointing at his . And on cue, the turn fell to give Willcocks a nut flush.
"Noooooooooo," said Lundegren in despair. He was down to one single out the , to stay alive, but it wasn't to be. The river fell to send Lundegren to the rail.
"Always wait for the river," Rody Kaka chided Lundegren with a smile.
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Preflop, Dustin Bowman opened to 15,000 and was three-bet to 30,000 by Raliegh Harness. David Hilton took it upon himself to four-bet to 60,000 from the small blind and action folded to Bowman who unleashed all in, covering both Hilton and Harness.
Harness thought for a moment and called, before Hilton went deep into the tank. Eventually he announced, almost in a whisper, "I call".
Bowman:
Hilton:
Harness:
A huge crowd gathered around the table to watch the end of the monster pot. They were in awe as the dealer revealed the flop to put Hilton in control of the hand.
That shock was short-lived, replaced by another jolt when the hit the turn to make Hilton quads and give him an insurmountable lead in the hand.
The was the brick river.
Bowman drops to around 130,000. Hilton is up to about 650,000. Harness is eliminated.
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We're down to three tables after the recent elimination of Jerry Delisle. Delisle opened for 20,000 from late position and was called by small blind Allih Bansuan. Bansuan led out for 50,000 on a dry board, . Delisle responded by moving all in. After getting a count (112,000; 62,000 back) Bansuan called with . Delisle showed a straight draw, . That draw didn't hit on the turn or the river.
With Delisle's elimination, the tables are once again eight-handed.
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Brian Bumpas
Pots are all massive now with blinds at 4,000 and 8,000. There were 80,000 chips in the pot preflop for a had on Table 2 contested by Brian Bumpas and Terry Fan. Bumpas checked a flop of to Fan, who made a roughly half-pot bet of 45,000. Bumpas quickly announced that he was all in, forcing Fan to surrender his hand.
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against Tserendorj's big ace, 
. The flop? A nice sweat-inducing 
. Tserendorj had top pair while Le was looking for running cards or a single diamond. But the board bricked 
and 
to send him on his way.
, then flopped a flush 
after Phillip Willcocks called. 
. And on cue, the turn fell 
to give Willcocks a nut flush.
, to stay alive, but it wasn't to be. The river fell 
to send Lundegren to the rail.
flop to put Hilton in control of the hand. 
hit the turn to make Hilton quads and give him an insurmountable lead in the hand.
was the brick river.
turn and 
river to double up to about 240,000.
. Delisle responded by moving all in. After getting a count (112,000; 62,000 back) Bansuan called with 
. Delisle showed a straight draw, 
. That draw didn't hit on the 
river.
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