From under the gun, Justin Bonomo raised to 40,000. Action folded to Masa Kagawa in the small blind and he made the call before Patrik Antonius was up in the big blind. Antonius took his time and then squeezed in a reraise to 120,000. Bonomo called and then Kagawa called, making for three-handed action in a three-bet pot to the flop.
The flop came down and Kagawa was first up. He checked and then Antonius bet 80,000. Bonomo gave it up, but Kagawa didn't go away so fast. He tanked for a bit and then check-raised all in for roughly 285,000. A quick fold came from Antonius and Kagawa collected the pot.
Dan Shak and Justin Bonomo have been trading all-in blows - all day. Finally, the two end up in a situation that left a fatal wound and it was inflicted on Shak. The pair moved all the chips into the middle pre flop and it was Bonomo with all the momentum.
Bonomo
Shak
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So Bonomo finally eliminated Shak and moved up to 3,040,00. We are now down to the final ten players.
Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and Talal Shakerchi defended his big blind. The flop was and Shakerchi checked to Reinkemeier who bet 47,000. Back to our Day 1 chip leader and he check-raise shoved for 382,000 putting Reinkemeier into the tank. After several minutes Reinkemeier made the call and it was a good one.
Reinkemeier
Shakerchi
The turn card was the - giving Shakerchi more outs - and then Reinkemeier shouted for a deuce, and got his wish when the dealer dealt the sending Shakerchi to the rail.
The cards are back in the air after the dinner break. Here's how the final table of nine is arranged. The button began with Jonathan Duhamel in Seat 7.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 50,000 in middle position and both Daniel Negreanu and Tobias Reinkemeier call in the blinds. The three of them share a flop of and Daniel Negreanu checks in the dark. Tobias Reinkenmeier also checks, ElkY bets 82,000, Negreanu calls before Reinkemeier check-raises to 235,000. ElkY goes through the permutations in his head before folding and Negreanu quickly follows suit.