Break
The remaining 14 players are now on a 15-minute break.
The remaining 14 players are now on a 15-minute break.
Tournament Director Matt Savage wandered over to one of the outer feature tables as Dan Fleyshman was all in preflop. Savage announced that Fleyshman was all in with against for Gavin Smith. Fleyshman couldn't find the miracle double up and was eliminated in 15th place.
With the elimination of Fleyshman, there is now only one Pro/Am qualifier left in the field. That player is Brandon Meyers.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dan Fleyshman | Busted |
Thanks for the Epic Poker League's live reporting team, we now have some details on the elimination hand of Hafiz Khan.
Khan moved all in preflop holding offsuit and was called by Brandon Meyers holding pocket eights. Khan was all in for 135,000 and failed to crack Meyers' pair of snowmen.
Meyers began the day with 109,500 and thanks to some early doubles and now this pot, he's over 500,000.
Hafiz Khan has been eliminated in 16th place. We'll have details coming shortly. In order to balance the tables, Gavin Smith is in the process of relocating to take the same seat Khan just vacated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Hafiz Khan | Busted |
From under the gun, Hasan Habib raised to 14,000 and found calls from Eugene Katchalov next to act, Sam Trickett on the button and Erik Seidel in the big blind.
The flop was which prompted checks from both Seidel and Habib. Katchalov took the lead at that point with a bet of 30,000. The remaining three players folded and Katchalov raked in the pot.
Hoyt Corkins has just been eliminated in 17th place. According to the Epic Poker League live reporting team, Corkins was all in preflop against Adam Levy holding the . Levy had him dominated with the .
The board provided no held to Corkins and he was eliminated with the same hand that he lost a good portion of his stack to Hafiz Khan earlier.
Matt Glantz yelled over to Jason Mercier from one of the outer tables and asked, "Jason, you won a flip today?"
"Yeah, but I don't have all the chips I should. Gave some of them away already," responded Mercier.
"You got unlucky though, he only doubled up twice before you won the flip versus him," joked Glantz. With that comment, most of the room got a nice laugh.
According to the Epic Poker League's live reporting team, Hafiz Khan was able to double through Hoyt Corkins with the against the . All of the money went into the middle preflop with Khan shoving from the small blind and Corkins calling from the big blind. The board ran out to save Khan from elimination.
The flop was seen three-ways. Hasan Habib was in the small blind position, Eugene Katchalov was in the big blind position and Jason Mercier was in middle position.
Habib and Katchalov checked to Mercier who bet 16,000. Habib called while Katchalov folded. The turn was the and this time both players checked. The river was the and Habib fired out this time 30,000 which was good enough to take the pot from Mercier.
The very next hand, Mercier raised from under the gun to 12,000 and was called by Habib on the button and Sam Trickett in the big blind. The flop was and Mercier continued for 14,000. Habib called while Trickett opted to check-fold.
The turn was the and just like the previous hand, both players checked. The river was the and Mercier checked again before Habib bet 35,000. Mercier checked one of his cards, then the other, then both together and slowly slid them to the dealer.
Brandon Meyers stood from his chair as the announcement of "All in and call!" came from the dealer at his table.
"Kings versus king-queen," said Meyers to some of his fans up in the stands. Although we couldn't see the action from where we're seated, Meyers sat back down in his chair after the dealer ran the board and appeared to have doubled up. Isaac Baron was the opponent who sent over the chips to double him up.