Corneliu Cretu checked the flop of to Shaun Deeb. Deeb checked behind.
The turn brought the and Cretu fired 11,000 with two yellow chips and one red. Deeb called, tossing in two yellow chips of his own along with two purple.
The river was the and Cretu fired 30,000. Deeb took a moment and then made the call. Cretu showed for a full house and Deeb mucked.
Deeb's at 264,000 after that hand while Cretu moved to 215,000.
Carter Phillips has doubled up player after player today and keeps sliding. He called the all-in bet of Dani Vargas for about 30,000 total after opening to 6,500 preflop. Phillips was again in a race. He held pocket fours against Vargas' .
Vargas found not one, but two kings on the flop of to take the lead. He went on to win the hand and double after the turn and river came the and . Phillips is now down to 180,000 chips.
Antony Lellouche raised to 6,500 from early position and Julian Hoffmann moved all in for 29,600 from middle position. On the button was Carter Phillips and he made the call of the all-in bet. Everyone else folded, including the initial raiser Lellouche.
Hoffmann tabled and Phillips tabled . Phillips was able to pull ahead on the flop when it came . The turn was the , keeping Phillips in the lead and moving Hoffmann closer to the door. But when the landed on the river, Hoffmann was right back in his seat as he hit a straight to double up.
Phillips slipped to 210,000.
"I'm zero for eight in flips." commented Phillips as he passed over the chips.
Jeff Sarwer recently was moved to Shaun Deeb and Sorel Mizzi's table. Picking up the action on the turn on a board of , Sarwer bet 21,600 and was called by Deeb. The river brought the and Sarwer checked. Deeb checked behind.
Sarwer showed , but lost to Deeb's . Deeb is up to 244,000 and Sarwer dropped to 305,000.
Carter Phillips and Jari Mahonen were back at it again. Phillips opened to 6,500 and Mahonen moved all in for 42,100. Phillips made the call holding . Mahonen had two red ladies with the .
The board ran clean for Mahonen, .
Phillips slipped to 270,000 and Mahonen doubled to about 90,000.
Carter Phillips won some chips back on the next hand following the hand where he doubled up Antony Lellouche. Phillips bet the river on a board of and Jari Mahonen called. Phillips revealed his hole cards -- -- and scooped in the pot, adding about 65,000 to his stack.
Antony Lellouche opened to 6,200, and Carter Phillips bumped it up to 17,500. When it came back to Lellouche, he four-bet to 59,700, leaving himself 51,000 in the well. Phillips eyed up that stack before shoving out a covering stack of yellow chips. Lellouche called for his tournament life.
Showdown
Lellouche:
Phillips:
The board would come safe for the French pro as it ran . After starting the day with less than 70,000, Lellouche has now worked his count to about 225,000 courtesy of that big double up.
"If I had known you only started the hand with that much," lamented Phillips, "I would have just shoved instead of three-betting." Either way, his stack has taken a big hit back under 250,000.
Shaun Deeb and Sorel Mizzi just played a small pot together while both in the blinds. Deeb was acting out of the small blind and Mizzi out of the big.
The flop was and Deeb fired 6,300. Mizzi made the call and the two players went to the turn. The was put on the board and Deeb checked. Mizzi checked behind. After the fell on the river, Deeb bet 12,200. Mizzi slid his cards into the muck and Deeb scooped the pot.
In the cutoff seat, Peter Eastgate came in raising to 6,100. Next door, Clayton Mozdzen three-bet it up to 16,100 from the button before Tome Cardoso Moreira moved all in from the big blind. Eastgate shrugged and made the call all in for 26,200, and Mozdzen smirked at the decision facing him. Moreira's all-in amount was right at 50,000, and Mozdzen eventually splashed the call into the pot to put both opponents at risk.
Showdown
Eastgate:
Mozdzen:
Moreira:
"Let's see some hearts," pleaded Mozdzen. The dealer ran out a board full of blanks, though: . That gives the pot to Moreira, sending Eastgate to the exit in the process.
Online qualifier Alexander Debus opened with a button raise to 6,200, and big blind Tomasz Krzesinski moved all in 43,000. Debus quickly called with , and Krzesinski was in trouble with .
The flop was promising for the at-risk player as it came . The on the turn gave Krzesinski the unbeatable flush, but Debus still had one out to chop. The river was indeed a black eight, but the was the wrong variety.
Krzesinski has notched himself the come-from-behind double up to about 90,000.