Gino Gabriel open-raised under the gun, making it 50,000 straight. All the way around in the big blind, Ryan Franklin announced an all in, and Gabriel instantly called. Both men were just over 400,000 in chips, but it was Franklin with the covering stack. With Gabriel at risk then, the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Gabriel:
Franklin:
There would be no help whatsoever for Gabriel on a board full of blanks: . Unable to improve, Gino has become our 12th-place finisher. Franklin, on the other hand, is now right back in contention with about 845,000.
Andrei Vlasenko - 380,000
Jan Skampa - 900,000
Antonio Matias - 2,600,000, give or take
Michel Abecassis - 530,000
Pierre Neuville - 800,000
Claudio Coelho - 495,000
With Aurelien Guiglini going out during the last level, the hopes of the French now lie on the experienced Michel Abecassis. During a break, Glo caught up with him to chat about his day. Check it out:
Ryan Franklin made the opening raise, sticking out 48,000 under the gun. Next door, Gino Gabriel made a big three-bet to 170,000, and action came to Santiago Terrazas. He quickly grabbed all 207,000 of his chips and moved them in. Franklin got the message and quickly folded, and Gabriel called the extra few thousand to put Terrazas at risk.
Showdown
Gabriel:
Terrazas:
The flop was an awfully big sweat for the all-in Spaniard, coming . With the only heart out there, Gabriel now had nine more outs to the knockout. The that hit the turn was a blank, though, and the that filled out the board secured Terrazas' double up.
He's back to 470,000 now, just pipping ahead of Gabriel's 450,000.
Jeff Sarwer raised to 35,000, only for small blind Gino Gabriel to make it 100,000 to go. "Enough's enough, huh?" chuckled Sarwer, before making the call.
Both players checked the , so it surprised everyone when Gabriel open-shoved on the turn for 425,000. After a long period of thought, Sarwer passed, with a quiet, "Nice hand."
. Unable to improve, Gino has become our 12th-place finisher. Franklin, on the other hand, is now right back in contention with about 845,000.
flop and Coelho now announced all in. Vlasenko folded, much more speedily this time.
. With the only heart out there, Gabriel now had nine more outs to the knockout. The 
that hit the turn was a blank, though, and the 
that filled out the board secured Terrazas' double up.
, so it surprised everyone when Gabriel open-shoved on the 
turn for 425,000. After a long period of thought, Sarwer passed, with a quiet, "Nice hand."
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