[Removed:283] was all in on the flop with the . He was up against Jeremy Kottler's . The turn brought the and the river the to eliminate [Removed:288].
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor raised to 14,000. Julien Burnay reraised all in from the big blind for 150,000 and that sent Pastor into the tank. He thought for a couple of minutes, but eventually folded his hand. Pastor claimed he was "very close to calling."
Spiro Con Tzerefos was all in preflop with the . He was up against Jamie Rosen holding the , another dominating position for Rosen with ace-king and his opponent on the ropes.
This time, the poker gods were on Rosen's side as the board ran out and he eliminated Tzerefos.
On the flop, Fowzi Baroukh checked and Benjamin Jenkins bet 15,500. Baroukh check-raised to 36,000 and Jenkins thought it over for a minute or two before making the call.
The turn was the and Baroukh fired out 46,000. Jenkins took his time again, but this time mucked and allowed Baroukh to scoop the chips.
Jamie Rosen just took a big hit to his stack as about 50% of his chips were taken away due to a bad beat delivered by Christopher McClung. Here's how it happened.
From under the gun, McClung raised to 13,000 and then play folded to Rosen on the button. He three-bet to 30,500. The two blinds got out of the way and McClung tanked for a minute before reraising to what looked to be 78,000. Rosen immediately moved all in and McClung called.
Cards please.
McClung turned over the , but was dominated by the that Rosen held. McClung was all in for a total of 272,500 in chips while Rosen had about double that to start the hand.
The flop came down and gave McClung a come-from-behind lead. The turn was the and Rosen began to count out some chips fearing no help on the river. The river was the and that was that. Rosen sent over the chips while McClung ran over to friend Sam Chartier (who is playing the High Roller event) to tell him what happened. He then returned to collect his chips while Rosen could only think of what could've been.
Benny Spindler opened from the cutoff seat to 12,000 and Matthijs Remie called from the big blind. The flop came down with a lot of love, falling . After Remie checked, Spindler bet 16,000. Remie mucked and Spindler won the pot.
Tobias Revenas raised to 12,000, [Removed:283] called and then Barny Boatman moved all in for 86,000 from the hijack seat. Jeremy Kottler called from the small blind while everyone else folded.
Kottler:
Boatman:
The board ran out and Boatman headed to the payout desk.
flop with the 
. He was up against Jeremy Kottler's 
. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
to eliminate [Removed:288].
. He was up against Jamie Rosen holding the 
, another dominating position for Rosen with ace-king and his opponent on the ropes.
and he eliminated Tzerefos.
flop, Fowzi Baroukh checked and Benjamin Jenkins bet 15,500. Baroukh check-raised to 36,000 and Jenkins thought it over for a minute or two before making the call.
and Baroukh fired out 46,000. Jenkins took his time again, but this time mucked and allowed Baroukh to scoop the chips.
, but was dominated by the 
that Rosen held. McClung was all in for a total of 272,500 in chips while Rosen had about double that to start the hand.
and gave McClung a come-from-behind lead. The turn was the 
and Rosen began to count out some chips fearing no help on the river. The river was the 
and that was that. Rosen sent over the chips while McClung ran over to friend Sam Chartier (who is playing the High Roller event) to tell him what happened. He then returned to collect his chips while Rosen could only think of what could've been.
. After Remie checked, Spindler bet 16,000. Remie mucked and Spindler won the pot.
flop. Benes checked and Demjan checked behind.
and Boatman headed to the payout desk.