Nick Palenni moves all in UTG for 30,000 and is called by Roger Spets in the big blind. Palenni has . Spetts has .
The flop comes , giving Spets top pair. Palenni is down to needing an ace or running flush or straight cards, but he misses the turn and river and is out of the tournament.
With 32 players remaining, the tournament has been redrawn and will now play out eight-handed until the final table of nine. It was an extremely smooth transition with the new software, and there were literally only three minutes of downtime while the players shuffled to their new seats. Very efficient.
From the cutoff, Daniel Francis raises to 8,000 and is called by Carlos Lascano on the button. They see a flop of:
Francis leads out on the flop for 14,000 and Lascano moves all in, covering Francis. Francis insantly calls, opening . Lascano is looking in bad shape with .
When the hits the turn, giving Lascano two pair, the crowd goes wild and with the river coming the , a dejected Daniel Francis heads for home.
Ronald Singson raises to 7,000 from mid position and Ira Blumenthal reraises to 17,000 from the cutoff. Singson moves all in for 120,000 and Ira instantly calls.
Ira:
Singson:
With a board of , Ira's aces hold up and he wins a massive 150,000 pot.
Danillo Pollsen moves all in for 20,000 from the button with only to run into Carlo Gosselin with . The board does not improve him and Pollsen is sent walking out the door.