After a brief lull, there's been another spate of eliminations.
Martin Stewart is out after flopping a gutshot Broadway draw, moving all in and running into Rober Karian's top set. Karian wound up making a full house by the river to send Stewart to the rail and increase his stack to 180,000.
Chong Wing Cheong ended Kai Paulsen's APT Macau Main Event by limping in with pocket eights, then calling when Paulsen shoved for 50,000 from the small blind with . The board came , making Cheong's eights the best hand. He now has 140,000.
Yvo Molin was also recently eliminated. He was all in preflop with and was called by Moritz Schmejkal and his pocket tens. Schmejkal wound up making a ten-high straight and now has about 90,000 in chips.
Stewart, Paulsen and Molin each collected $11,250 at the payout table.
Party Poker qualifier Moritz Schmejkal
Fortunes are changing here in the eighth floor ballroom at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino. Moritz Schmejkal raised from under the gun to 12,000. Action folded to Michele Ferrari in the small blind, who made it 36,000 to go. After the big blind passed, Schmejkal shoved all in for about 80,000.
Ferrari went into the tank for a few minutes before finally calling and tabling . Schmejkal triumphantly turned over pocket kings, which quickly became a full house after the flop. The turn and river came , nowhere near enough to win the hand for Ferrari.
"I didn't expect you to call with ace-queen there," remarked a grateful Schmejkal after the hand.
Daniel Francis - 20th Place
Rober Karian opened with a raise from early position to 12,000 and Daniel Francis called on the button. Casey Kastle then squeezed from the small blind, moving all in for 92,000 more. Karian folded but Francis decided to commit his last 80,000 chips.
Francis:
Kastle:
The board ran out and Kastle makes kings and queens to take down the pot worth over 200,000 chips, sending Francis home.
Tyrone Kerrigan - 19th Place
An all-in confrontation before the flop ended in Tyrone Kerrigan's elimination from the tournament. His couldn't outrace William Te's pocket threes. Kerrigan will collect $11,250 for his performance over the last few days.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 8,000 from under the gun before Grant Levy made it 18,000 from the cutoff. The blinds folded as did Timoshenko, giving the pot to Levy as he flashed !
Some people on the rail yelled out "Double down!" in reference to his perfect Blackjack hand.
Levy reply "Yeh, a ten on the flop and I win!"
Timoshenko chirped "Were you calling a shove?"
"Of course!" laughed Levy as he now sits with 95,000 chips.
Easy come, easy go for Moritz Schmejkal. He recently lost a huge pot with the same pocket kings that helped build his stack.
Joon Hee Yeah opened the pot with a raise from middle position before Schmejkal reraised from the small blind. When action got back to Yeah he shoved all in. Schmejkal snap-called with his kings, a big favorite against Yeah's pocket nines.
Everything looked great for Schmejkal through the turn, . Then disaster struck when Yeah hit his two-outer on the river with the .
"What the hell!" shouted an observer from the rail as the pot was pushed to Yeah. He now has about 108,000, while Schmejkal has dropped back to 50,000.
Ryan Gentry - 18th Place
Another player has fallen. Ryan Gentry moved all in before the flop with and was called by Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who tabled . Each player flopped a pair when the board came , but Timoshenko proved victorious by making two pair when the turn and river were the and .
Gentry's effort will earn him $11,250. Timoshenko now has about 300,000 in chips.
Players have been dismissed from the tournament area for a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7:52pm local time with 17 players still in the hunt for tomorrow's final table.
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, making Cheong's eights the best hand. He now has 140,000.
and was called by Moritz Schmejkal and his pocket tens. Schmejkal wound up making a ten-high straight and now has about 90,000 in chips.
. Schmejkal triumphantly turned over pocket kings, which quickly became a full house after the 
flop. The turn and river came 
, nowhere near enough to win the hand for Ferrari.
and Kastle makes kings and queens to take down the pot worth over 200,000 chips, sending Francis home.
couldn't outrace William Te's pocket threes. Kerrigan will collect $11,250 for his performance over the last few days.
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. Then disaster struck when Yeah hit his two-outer on the river with the 
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