James Dempsey has joined Phil Ivey and Jason Koon's table and all three of them have way above average chips. I wish all their table mates luck as they're going to need it.
Sam Capra has already had a big Aussie Millions, finishing on the final table of the bounties event. Capra will have to be content with that score though as his Main Event is now over.
Tony G opened the action from the cutoff, making it 8,000 to go. Capra was next to act on the button and he moved all in. An unknown small blind player then moved his stack all in from the small blind. Tony G looked like he wanted to make the call, but ended up flashing his as he folded.
Capra:
Small Blind:
When the flop was dealt, Tony G looked a little irked as he perhaps wished he made the call. The board completed with a and a and it was all over for Capra.
Ben Jenkins' stack had been on the slide but he's fixed that by eliminating his neighbour. Jenkins raised to 7,200 from the button before the small blind three-bet all-in for 39,000. Jenkins gave the decision a good deal of thought and made the call with .
The small blind tabled and the board ran to make a pair, then a straight for the Brit.
We rolled up on a hand on a flop with about 40,000 in the pot. The player in the big blind position was first to act and moved all in for 53,400. Phil Ivey, who was under the gun, asked for a count before nonchalantly tossing in a call.
Showdown
Ivey
Big Blind
Ivey had the right read and was rewarded as neither the turn nor river helped his opponent. With that, Ivey is up to 400K.
Just before the dinner break Tom Grigg took out Robin Ylitalo. We asked the Aussie what happened, and he told us the following. After a limper Grigg raised to 7,200 from the cut-off and Ylitalo called from the button, as did the limper.
The flop came down with two spades and Ylitalo called the 8,600 continuation bet Grigg threw out there. The limper folded and they went heads up to the turn.
The turn was a and the action went check-check. On the river a hit and Grigg checked again. Ylitalo bet 17,000 and Grigg decided to put his opponent all-in. "He tanked for ages", Grigg said, but finally Ylitalo made the call. "I showed ", Grigg smiled and he is now back up to 250,000. When we mentioned his big swings he smiled again and said, "That's always the thing with me". Grigg is far from done today and we could be up for some more interesting pots!
An unknown player limped from early position and Ben Savage then limped behind him. The action was then on Melanie Weisner and she moved all in. The rest of the table got out of the way, along with the original limper. Savage got the dealer to count out the stacks and decided Weisner's stack of around 30,000 was worth the call.
Weisner:
Savage:
The board meant that Weisner and Savage would chop it up. "How'd i fade that?" asked Weisner as she was looking ready to exit the tournament area.
David Steicke has just put has huge hit on Tom Dwan's stack. Unfortunately we didn't catch the action and barely caught the board as the dealer was counting down the stacks.
The board read and Tom Dwan had in front of him as Steicke had the winner with . We overheard that the money went in on the flop in this massive pot giving Steicke a double up. Dwan is knocked far down but he still has to chips to fight with.
We're not sure when the eliminations happened, but it just came to our attention that both Raymond Rahme and William Haughey are missing from the field. Rahme, of course, is most famous for finishing third in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2007, while Haughey is known as the man who purchased Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event gold bracelet, which he recently told PokerNews he would like to return to the WSOP if they're willing to work with him on hosting a charity event in an effort to raise $2 million!
Brian 'flawless_victory' Roberts is no longer in the tournament. We missed his bustout but had the information relayed to us.
Apparently Roberts got his stack all in holding and ran into . The flop then fell , giving Roberts a sweat. The on the turn gave Roberts' opponent the straight and when the hit the river, it was all over for Roberts.
Table 25 has been a happy hunting ground for Jason Koon. The same cannot be said for James Dempsey. The two just clashed in a pot where a third player was all-in, and it didn't end well for the Brit.
We reached the action after the flop had fallen as and the small blind had moved all-in for 23,100. Dempsey was in early position and raised up to 49,300. Koon called from the button and the action passed to the turn. Dempsey slowed to a check and called when the American bet 30,000.
The river brought another queen in the and Dempsey checked. Koon bet 55,000 and this bet really got under Dempsey's skin. He went into the tank for a few minutes and tried to reason (sometime mumbling thoughts) what was going on. His instincts seemed to tell him to fold but he threw in the calling chips.
Koon opened , beating Dempsey's .
"How did you get there?" asked Dempsey. "I fold if it doesn't come a queen."
as he folded.
flop was dealt, Tony G looked a little irked as he perhaps wished he made the call. The board completed with a 
and a 
and it was all over for Capra.
.
and the board ran 
turn nor 
river helped his opponent. With that, Ivey is up to 400K.
with two spades and Ylitalo called the 8,600 continuation bet Grigg threw out there. The limper folded and they went heads up to the turn.
", Grigg smiled and he is now back up to 250,000. When we mentioned his big swings he smiled again and said, "That's always the thing with me". Grigg is far from done today and we could be up for some more interesting pots!
in front of him as Steicke had the winner with 
. We overheard that the money went in on the flop in this massive pot giving Steicke a double up. Dwan is knocked far down but he still has to chips to fight with.
, giving Roberts a sweat. The 
on the turn gave Roberts' opponent the straight and when the 
hit the river, it was all over for Roberts.
turn. Dempsey slowed to a check and called when the American bet 30,000.
