Dan O'Brien raised to 1,600 from the button and Tom Marchese called from the big blind before the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn produced the . Marchese led for 2,200 and O'Brien folded.
Will Failla was all in with against the of Hafiz Khan. The first four cards of kept Failla in the lead and it appeared to be a good chance for him to double up. However, the changed the tides and sent him to the rail.
Amnon Filippi got his final 14,000 all in with against the of Jeff Papola. The flop was which gave Filippi some extra outs. The turn gave him even more out to the point that any card above a nine would keep Filippi alive. The gave Filippi broadway and crushed Papola down to only 17,000.
We caught the action on a board reading . The full turn action is unknown but eventually Eugene Katchalov forced Carlos Mortensen to put in his remaining stack that still stood at over 80,000 on the turn. Mortensen decided to call and tabled for top pair and the nut flush draw. However, Katchalov was in good shape with a set of queens and held on when the hit the river.
That hand ends Mortensen's run while Katchalov jumps up to the top of the leaderboard with 210,000.
From the button, Brandon Cantu opened the pot with a raise to 2,400. Sean Getzwiller was next to act and raised to 7,600. The player in the big blind folded before Cantu moved all in for 28,700. After some thought, Getzwiller made the call to put Cantu at risk.
Cantu:
Getzwiller:
The board ran out which spiked the pot to Cantu right on the last card. Getzwiller could only shake his head as Cantu sheepishly raked in the pot. Getzwiller still has above the starting stack though with 55,000.
There were officially 137 entrants in the inauguaral Epic Poker League Event and we are now down to our final 84. That means that they are all in one room and at one of our final 14 tables.
Our tournament director, Matt Savage, just told the players that the prizepool will be announced shortly but could tell them already that they would be paying 18 places. As soon as it's available, we will get that prizepool information to you.
Matt Hawrilenko held the to Jonathan Little's in all-in-preflop action. After the board ran out , Hawrilenko's ace-king won the hand and he doubled up.
Both Allen Bari and Vivek Rajkumar have been eliminated. Rajkumar went down to Justin young after his pocket fives failed to improve against Young's pocket jacks. Bari fell with offsuit to McLean Karr's pocket threes.
Sorel Mizzi and David Chiu got all the money in on the flop. Mizzi held the and Chiu the . Chiu was the shorter-stacked player and at risk in the hand.
The turn brought the and the river landed with the . On the river, Mizzi picked up a better two pair and was able to win the hand, moving over the 200,000-mark in the process.. Chiu was eliminated.
. Both players checked and the turn produced the 
. Marchese led for 2,200 and O'Brien folded.
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against the 
of Hafiz Khan. The first four cards of 
kept Failla in the lead and it appeared to be a good chance for him to double up. However, the 
changed the tides and sent him to the rail.
against the 
of Jeff Papola. The flop was 
turn gave him even more out to the point that any card above a nine would keep Filippi alive. The 
. The full turn action is unknown but eventually Eugene Katchalov forced Carlos Mortensen to put in his remaining stack that still stood at over 80,000 on the turn. Mortensen decided to call and tabled 
hit the river.
to Jonathan Little's 
in all-in-preflop action. After the board ran out 
offsuit to McLean Karr's pocket threes.
