With around 80,000 in the pot and a board reading , Bryn Kenney checked from the big blind and watched [Removed:283] fired out 30,000. Kenney wasted little time in making the call and then checked the river, inspiring [Removed:288] to do the same. The latter rolled over for nines and eights, which was good as Kenney sent his hand to the muck.
Phil Ivey has been eliminated. The man who got all of his chips was [Removed:283] and here's how it happened.
Ivey had raised preflop to 5,000 and was called by three players, including [Removed:288] in the small blind. The flop was and [Removed:288] led out for 8,500. Ivey raised to 30,000 and play folded back to [Removed:288]. He made the call.
The turn was a and [Removed:288] led again, this time for 65,000 into Ivey. Ivey moved all in for approximately 140,000 and [Removed:288] called. Ivey held , but was behind the for [Removed:288] who had turned two pair.
The river card provided no help for Ivey and his aces went down in flames to [Removed:288]'s two pair. [Removed:288] collected the chips and moved to nearly 400,000. Ivey hit the rail, but we'll keep an eye out for a possible rebuy from him.
Sorel Mizzi is seated in the tournament. Either he slipped in uninvited or he ponied up €50,000 and is taking his shot at EPT glory... we're going with the latter.
Players are now on a break. During this time Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier's table, which includes Sami Kelopuro, Luke Schwartz and Cheung Yin Sun, will be moved to the TV feature table.
Cards should be back in the air in about 20 minutes.
After Bryn Kenney and [Removed:283] checked the flop, Marc-Andre Ladouceur fired 13,500. Phil Ivey called before Ignat Liviu and Philipp Gruissem folded. Kenney and [Removed:288] also folded, leaving heads-up action to the turn.
On fourth street, the fell and both players checked. Then, the completed the board on the river. Ladouceur fired 35,300 and Ivey tank-called.
Ladouceur showed the for two pair and Ivey mucked his hand.
Action folded to Mike "Timex" McDonald in the hijack and he raised to 5,000, which Igor Kurganov three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Andrew Lichtenberger was in the small blind and choose to four-bet to 31,000, which inspired McDonald to five-bet 52,500.
Kurganov thought long and hard before putting in a six-bet to 95,000, and it proved a wise decision as both Lichtenberger and McDonald released their hands.
Dan Shak opened for 5,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Justin Bonomo in the small blind. The latter, who had just relocated after having his starting table broken, opted for a three-bet to 17,000, which Shak called.
When the flop came down , Bonomo led out for 17,000 and Shak hit the tank. The clock ticked for a solid two minutes before Shak quietly released his hand.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier is wearing his lucky shirt today in the €50,000 Super High Roller event at EPT Barcelona. Will it help him win despite his particularly tough table with Phil Ivey?
John Juanda and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised back and forth preflop before Duhamel finally shoved his entire stack in. Juanda quickly made the call holding the . Duhamel held the for the second best preflop pair.
After the board ran out , Duhamel's remained second best and he lost the pot. Juanda had him covered and collected all of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion's chips.