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It was folded to Alexander Kostritsyn who moved all in for his remaining 80,500. Next to act was Chris Ferguson who used almost all of his 30 second time bank debating the call, but ended up folding. Juanda asked for a count and continued to think about calling, but opted to fold. The blinds, without much thought, also released and Kostritsyn took the blind and antes.
Over at the side table, we caught up with a big hand right before the flop. We didn't catch the exact action but it was certainly a three-bet pot, and the only players standing when we went to the flop were Sam Trickett and Paul Phua.
The flop was 
, and Trickett checked over to Phua who slid out 62,000. Trickett quickly folded, and Phua couldn't help but show his monster, 
, top-pair and the nut-flush draw. Trickett said it was an easy fold for him, as he told the table he had pocket jacks.
The next hand Erik Seidel made it 10,000 to go, and Daniel Cates made it 25,000 and Seidel made the call. Both players checked the 
flop.
The turn was the 
, and Erik Seidel tossed out a bet of 43,000. Cates started counting his chips right away, looking to pounce with a check-raise. After a few moments, he tossed in his whole stack, 157,500 worth. Seidel pondered, his face looking pained. When the dealer announced he had twenty-seconds, Seidel mucked his hand.
Daniel Cates is now back to around the 250,000 mark.
"He takes long, but you take twice as long!" Phil Ivey said to Tom Dwan.
Apparently, Tom Dwan thinks John Juanda takes the longest to make a decision at the poker table. Ivey has a different opinion.
Dwan is trying to plead his case, and Ivey said, "Why don't you argue with eight people?"
Dwan keeps it up and Roland de Wolfe chimes in, "You take 10 minutes to check-raise with the nuts."
"Alright, I'll play faster," Dwan said.
If you guys were wondering about the prizepool and the payouts, here it is.
Prizepool: $5,000,000
Three places will walk away with the cash. First place will take $2.5 million. Second will get $1.5 million and third takes home $1 million.
Daniel Cates just lost back-to-back pots at the hands of Paul Phua, and David Benyamine.
We caught up with the first hand on a flop of 
with Phua betting 11,000, and Cates making the call. Both players checked the 
on the turn, and when the 
hit the river Phua slid out a bet of 37,000.
Cates tanked for as long as he possibly could, but when the dealer said zero, Cates flicked his hand into the muck.
The next hand saw Cates min-raise to 8,000 from middle position, and only getting David Benyamine to call from the big blind.
The flop was 
and both players checked. They also checked the turn. When the 
hit on the river, Benyamine bet 10,000 and Cates quickly called. Benyamine showed 
for a rivered straight, and Cates mucked.
Phil Ivey made it 11,000 to go and Alexander Kostritsyn moved all in for his remaining 41,000. It folded back around to Ivey and he made the call.
Ivey: 
Kostritsyn:
The board ran out 
with the river saving Kostritsyn from elimination and doubling his stack to 82,000.
From the cutoff, Tom Dwan made it 11,000. Phil Ivey called from the button and the blinds released.
The flop came down 
and Dwan tossed out a bet of 22,000. Ivey made the call and the two were off to a turn of the 
.
Dwan's time bank made it down to about ten seconds left before he checked to Ivey. Ivey also used most of his time bank before tossing out 60,000. Dwan then moved all in and after some thought, Ivey called.
Ivey: 
Dwan: 
The river brought the 
and Ivey doubled to 454,000.
Level: 3
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000 | -5,000 |
|
485,500 | 235,500 |
|
467,000 | 47,000 |
|
413,500 | 83,500 |
|
321,000 | -59,000 |
|
303,000 | 53,000 |
|
257,000 | 7,000 |
|
253,000 | 3,000 |
|
249,000 | -1,000 |
|
247,000 | -3,000 |
|
246,500 | -3,500 |
|
246,000 | -4,000 |
|
237,500 | -12,500 |
|
218,000 | -32,000 |
|
195,000 | -55,000 |
|
160,000 | 20,000 |
|
137,500 | -112,500 |
|
44,000 | -206,000 |
Five minute break folks.
