Justin Bonomo opened to 13,000 from the cutoff seat and Eugene Katchalov called from the big blind. After the flop came down 
, Katchalov check-folded to Bonomo's 20,000-chip continuation bet.
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From under the gun, Justin Bonomo raised to 13,000 and action folded around to Jason Mercier in the big blind. Mercier three-bet to 37,000 before Bonomo moved all in for almost 200,000. Mercier made the call.
Bonomo: 
Mercier: 
The flop was 
and it looked like Bonomo was going to double up again. However, the 
vaulted Mercier into a lead that he would hold through the 
river. Bonomo got up from the table, clearly disappointed, while Mercier stacked up 700,000 worth of chips.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
