The action folded around to the player in the small blind, who opened with a bet of 3,700. Tomaz Yip was in the big blind, and made the call, as both players saw the flop come down . The quickest of continuation bets of 6,000 was met with a call, as the fell on the turn. The player in the small blind almost broke his own world record for committing chips into the flop, moving all in for his last 20,000 the split second the dealer released the turn-card. Yip didn’t seem impressed, but made the call, as both players tabled their cards.
Yip:
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Yip made a light call, and was unrewarded, as the river bricked the , dropping him down to 105,000 in chips.
The hand started with the player under the gun opening to 3,000, before being met with a raise to 6,600 from the player two seats down. The action arrived at Didier Guerin on the small blind, who moved all in for his last 19,900 in chips. The player sitting under the gun then went into the tank for almost 5-minutes, before releasing his hand, as the raiser made the call.
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The over-pair would be the end of Guerin, as the board ran out .
Tomaz Yip opened to 3,500 from the hijack, before the player in the cut-off bumped it up to 9,500. The big blind then moved all in for 64,400 as Yip was left with a big decision. He quietly announced all in as well, and was met with the third all in on the table.
Yip:
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With everyone all in, and the cards shown, the player with pocket jacks looked good for a triple-up, when the flop fell .
“Jack,” yelled Yip, as the dealer granted his request, turning the . Two players had now taken the lead with a straight, with the other player turning a set, and looking for a repeating card. The completed the board, as one player was sent to the rail, with Yip and his other opponent chopping the pot.
The player seated under the gun opened to 4,800 before Michael Mariakis moved all in for his last 24,100 in chips. The original better needed a few minutes to think about his decision, before making the call, as both players tabled their cards.
Mariakis:
Opponent:
It wasn’t looking good for Mariakis, as the flop and turn fell , but an unlikely on the river, brought a delayed cheer from Mariakis, who’s ace played as the best kicker on the double-paired board, to have him move up to 52,000 in chips.
With just under 20,000 in the pot, and the board showing , Saehoon Lee checked from the big blind, before Nan Hong moved all in for 112,200 in chips. The massive shove sent Lee into the tank, and after asking for an exact count from the dealer, he decided to make the call, as both players tabled their cards.
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Lee made a great call, as his flush was in front of Hong’s turned set of sevens. However, the would produce the worst result for Lee, who’s flush was counterfeited by Hong’s , as his stack was crippled down to 36,000.
An upset Ivan Zalac just made his way over to the media desk to inform us of how we was suddenly eliminated from the tournament. It came as a shock, as Zalac was sitting behind a stack of around 140,000 in chips not too long ago.
He recalled to us that he opened with a bet from under the gun holding , with only David Man making the call from the big blind with his . The board came down with two sixes as well as two diamonds, giving both players something to work with. Several bets later and the made its way on the turn. Man bet out, then called a raise from Zalac, as the completed the board.
All the money then went in on the river, with Zalac’s flush no good against Man’s rivered full-house. The big hand saw Man jump into the chip-lead with 290,000 in chips, as Zalac would be sent to the rail.
Shortly before his spectacular elimination, PokerStars Blog caught up with Ivan Zalac, who explained his amazing habit of qualifying for these events by crushing the online satellites.
With the flop showing , Tomaz Yip checked from middle position, before Matt Carter bet out 4,500. Yip reached for some chips, and counted out a raise to 20,500. Carter tanked for a minute, before sliding out his own raise to 41,000 in chips. Yip made the call, as the came on the turn. Yip then instantly moved all in for 118,500 in chips, as Carter once again went into the tank. He stood up from his chair, and counted his stack several times. In the end, he talked himself out of it, and folded his hand.
“Ok, show me the bluff,” said Carter, re-taking his seat. Yip then exposed the as he rises up to 210,000 in chips, as Carter slips down to 200,000.
. The quickest of continuation bets of 6,000 was met with a call, as the 
fell on the turn. The player in the small blind almost broke his own world record for committing chips into the flop, moving all in for his last 20,000 the split second the dealer released the turn-card. Yip didn’t seem impressed, but made the call, as both players tabled their cards.
, dropping him down to 105,000 in chips.
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. Two players had now taken the lead with a straight, with the other player turning a set, and looking for a repeating card. The 
completed the board, as one player was sent to the rail, with Yip and his other opponent chopping the pot.
, but an unlikely 
on the river, brought a delayed cheer from Mariakis, who’s ace played as the best kicker on the double-paired board, to have him move up to 52,000 in chips.
, Saehoon Lee checked from the big blind, before Nan Hong moved all in for 112,200 in chips. The massive shove sent Lee into the tank, and after asking for an exact count from the dealer, he decided to make the call, as both players tabled their cards.
, with only David Man making the call from the big blind with his 
