Catching the action on the turn on a board of , Perry Friedman fired 2,400 before Peter Peeters raised it up to 6,000. Friedman moved all in and Peeters snap-called.
Friedman:
Peeters:
Ouch! It was Friedman's top set running into the nut straight for Peeters as the river bricked the to see Friedman sent to the rail as Peeters now sits with 41,000 chips.
High roller Masa Kagawa is now up to 68,000 in chips with the recent elimination of an unknown opponent.
On a board showing , an opponent in the small blind led out with a 1,100 bet and received two callers before the action reached Kagawa in the hijack, who kicked it up to 6,500. The original bettor folded, the big blind called, and the other caller folded as well, sending the action heads-up to the turn: .
The big blind then checked to Kagawa who bet 8,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in. A call was made and the following showdown ensued:
Kagawa:
Opponent:
The last card off the deck was the , giving Kagawa an overkill full house to send his opponent to the rail.
Manny Stavropoulos opened with a raise to 600 before Joe Cabret re-raised to 1,800 from the hijack position. A player seated in the cutoff called as did Stavropoulos to see a flop of .
Action checked to Cabret who made it 2,500 to go. The cutoff called as Stavropoulos decided to wait for a better spot.
The turn was the and Cabret fired out 4,000, which again was met with a call.
The fell on the river and both players checked it down with Cabret's two pair good to take it down as his opponent flashed a rather large .
A flop that could've had so much potential for Cabret but he was content to collect the chips and jump up to 26,000 chips.
"Wow, look at that river...!"
David Steicke has surged up the chip count leaderboard after a big clash with an unknown opponent on a board of .
Catching the action on the river, Steicke fired out 1,500 before his opponent raised to 4,500. Steicke moved all in over the top and his opponent made the call with for a set of kings but Steicke showed for a rivered straight.
We caught up to the following hand on the turn with the board showing .
Warwick Mirzikinian led out with a 6,000 bet and an unknown opponent, playing from the button, moved all in over the top for about 25,000 in chips. Mirzikinian made the call and tabled for nothing but an open-ended straight draw, finding himself up against a pocket pair of kings.
As fortune would have it, Mirzikinian was able to complete his straight on the river -- -- to improved to just over 80,000 in chips.
As far as we can tell, that makes him top dawg for the time being.
Usually when Leo Boxell is firing bets he has the goods, but this time Luke Thomas caught Boxell with his hand in the cookie jar as Thomas collected a nice pot.
Catching the action on a multi-way flop of , play checked around to Boxell in late position who fired 700. Thomas check-raised to 1,400 from the small blind and Boxell was the lone caller.
The turn was the and Thomas checked to Boxell who fired 3,500. Thomas made the call and the completed the board. Thomas checked and Boxell released another 5,500 into the middle to send Thomas into deep thought. With only around 3,000 behind, Thomas made the call and Boxell flipped over for ten-high as Thomas' read was good with his .
The Ivey/Durrrr Deathmatch table has been moved to the final table area directly next to the rail. We happened to walk in just as Phil Ivey was making a raise to 600 from the cut off, shocker huh? Leo Boxell called 600 on the button and when the action made it's way to Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, he let a stack of chips equalling 2,750 slide to the felt.
Ivey asked the dealer how much it was, and quickly grabbed enough chips to make the call. Boxell on the other hand, decided it was best to stay out of this battle and folded.
The flop came down and Dwan, with an absolutely blank expression on his face concocted, what in his mind must have been the perfect bet size; 4,575. Ivey insta-mucked and Dwan scooped the pot into his stack, which looked to be about 38,000. Ivey, on the other hand slipped a bit but still looked to have about 37,000.
, Perry Friedman fired 2,400 before Peter Peeters raised it up to 6,000. Friedman moved all in and Peeters snap-called.
to see Friedman sent to the rail as Peeters now sits with 41,000 chips.
, an opponent in the small blind led out with a 1,100 bet and received two callers before the action reached Kagawa in the hijack, who kicked it up to 6,500. The original bettor folded, the big blind called, and the other caller folded as well, sending the action heads-up to the turn: 
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and Cabret fired out 4,000, which again was met with a call.
fell on the river and both players checked it down with Cabret's 
two pair good to take it down as his opponent flashed a rather large 
for a rivered straight.
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-- to improved to just over 80,000 in chips. 
and Thomas checked to Boxell who fired 3,500. Thomas made the call and the 
for ten-high as Thomas' read was good with his 
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and Ramakrishnan's Main Event hopes were sent to the rail.
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