Josh Field got his chips in good. He moved in preflop with and was called by John MacNaughton's . Unfortunately for Field, MacNaughton was the one who connected with the board when it came . MacNaughton is on 160,000 as a result, and Field is on the rail.
Antonis "Toothpick Tony" Kambouroglou made a good fold. After Tom Pongrass opened for 7,000 and Ben Delaney three-bet for his whole stack of 35,000, Kambouris had a tough decision with pocket threes. His hand "timed out" after Kambouroglou took longer than the allotted twenty seconds to act. That brought the action back to Pongrass, who made the call.
Pongrass:
Delaney:
The flop came down , causing Kambouroglou to bemoan his bad luck and giving Delaney a sweat over Pongrass' flush draw. The on the turn gave Pongrass a few more outs, but he missed them all when the river blanked . Delaney doubled up to 75,000, and Kambouroglou was left to wonder what might have been.
Neville Eber was the first aggressor, raising to 8,000. That brought the action around to Matthew Lea, who three-bet to 18,000. Once all other players cleared out, Eber moved all in for a sizable amount. Lea had a difficult decision, but made the call with . He caught Eber on a stone bluff as Eber sheepishly tabled !
That hand may have worked for Grant Hinkle in Event #2 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, but it didn't work for Eber. The board ran out to send a shocked Eber to the rail. Lea is up to 210,000.
The biggest pot of the tournament has just gone down on Table 27. Cort Kibler-Melby opened the action with a raise to 7,000 and watched as John MacNaughton put in a small re-raise to 15,000. Kibler-Melby thought things through before committing all 178,000 of his chips to the pot. MacNaughton snap-called for 159,000 but was in serious trouble.
MacNaughton:
Kibler-Melby:
It was incredibly bad luck for MacNaughton, moreso when he couldn't improve on a board of . He's out, and Kibler-Melby now has the chip lead with 340,000.
There wasn't much for Con Angelakis to do after he was dealt . He pushed his stack of 45,000 chips into the middle when the action came to him. Players passed to Stephen Boots, who called with pocket queens. A board of meant Angelakis's tournament was over. Boots is up to 170,000.
Table 25 has been the quietest of the four tables in action today, but two big hands went down almost back-to-back.
First, Andrew Jacobs moved all in for about 35,000 and was called by Steve Topakas. Jacobs held a dominating favorite, against the of Topakas. The flop brought Topakas some extra outs, , but nothing changed from there. The turn and river were both deuces, sending the pot to Jacobs. He's now on about 73,000.
A short time later, Topakas opened for 20,000, then called after Con Kamaras moved all in. Topakas was ahead this time with against Kamaras' . He stayed that way, making aces and fours by the time the river fell to knock Kamaras out. Topakas is on about 150,000 chips.
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All four tables remain in play. Table 25 and Table 27 both have five players remaining; Table 26 is down to four. Table 28 is already at three remaining, with each of the three -- Liv Boeree, Matthew Lea, and Edison Nguyen -- roughly evenly stacked.
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and was called by John MacNaughton's 
. Unfortunately for Field, MacNaughton was the one who connected with the board when it came 
. MacNaughton is on 160,000 as a result, and Field is on the rail.
, causing Kambouroglou to bemoan his bad luck and giving Delaney a sweat over Pongrass' flush draw. The 
on the turn gave Pongrass a few more outs, but he missed them all when the river blanked 
. Delaney doubled up to 75,000, and Kambouroglou was left to wonder what might have been.
. He caught Eber on a stone bluff as Eber sheepishly tabled 
! 
to send a shocked Eber to the rail. Lea is up to 210,000.
. He pushed his stack of 45,000 chips into the middle when the action came to him. Players passed to Stephen Boots, who called with pocket queens. A board of 
meant Angelakis's tournament was over. Boots is up to 170,000.
against Kamaras' 
