Sam Korman Eliminated
Sam Korman has been eliminated after a cruel twist of fate. In a battle of the blinds both players saw a flop of . The small blind bet out to 1,500 and Korman made the call. At the turn the small blind once again bet out 4,500, with Korman moving all in over the top for 12,650. The small blind player made the call and tabled for a bigger two pair then Korman's . With the river blanking the Korman hit the rail, his Main Event over.
Andrew Scott and Eddy Sabat drew the same starting table today. Both are out. Scott moved all in preflop from the small blind 4,200 after the button opened for 600. The player in the big blind called, but the button did not. Scott showed and was up against . He caught a pair of eights on the flop, but never improved from there. The turn was the and the river was the .
Michael Vartan
Michael Vartan hasn't had a good day so far. In the early going he's been chipped down to 6,600. He shipped those chips into the middle preflop with and was called by a player who tabled . Vartan won the race, . He doubled up to about 13,500 chips and is back in the thick of things.
Jai Kemp had pocket aces in the small blind, , and reraised an early raiser to 1,700. He got a whopping three callers, creating an out-of-control pot of 6,800 chips. Kemp led out for 3,600 on a flop. Two of his opponent folded, but one stuck around to the turn. Kemp fired again, for 6,000 chips, then called when his opponent raised all in for 16,400. Kemp's opponent showed for a flopped set of fives. Kemp was already walking away from the table when the dealer peeled off the for the river, making a straight for Kemp. As a result he's up to 53,000 in chips.
The perfect flop for Jonathan Karamalikis turned into a shallow grave on the turn. Karamalikis took a flop of . It fit perfectly with his , giving him trip jacks. He made a bet of 2,000 chips that one opponent called.
The turn was the . Karamalikis fired off another 3,500, then moved all in after his opponent raised to 11,000. His opponent snap-called, turning over for a turned diamond flush. Karamalikis missed his full house draw when the river blanked. He's out.
Luke Abolins is carrying the hopes of many, thanks to a ChipMeUp promotion
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Team PokerNews players in today's field include Karl-Heinz Metz, and Gianni Vulcano (Germany), Peter Bäckman (Sweden), William Zemljaric (Canada), Rene Riomar (Estonia), and Jacob Rasmussen (Denmark).
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Guzzardi on the move up the counts
Team PokerNews player Karl-Heinz Metz has just been eliminated by Michael "TheBigSiCkO" Guzzardi.
Guzzardi, ever the tight passive player, raised with and was flat called by both Michael Guttman and Karl-Heinz Metz. His reward for raising light was a flop, that saw him bet out and Metz call to go the turn.
The on the turn saw both players put all the chips in and Metz found he would need a miracle when he tabled his . The river didn't bring a queen and he was eliminated from the tournament.