Action folded to Erik Seidel in the hijack and he put in a raise, John Juanda flatted from the cutoff, and Kyle Julius, who finished runner-up in the 2012 PCA Main Event, three-bet to 14,200 in the big blind. Seidel responded with a four-bet to 34,000, Julius five-bet to 62,800, and then Seidel six-bet 100,000. Julius wasted little time in seven-betting all in for around 190,000, and Seidel made the call.
Showdown
Julius
Seidel
Julius was in a rough spot and in need of some help, most notable an ace. The flop didn't contain an ace, but it did give Julius Broadway outs to a ten. The turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the river. After the stacks were verified, Julius made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
Meanwhile, Steve O'Dwyer was eliminated at a nearby table. Unfortunately we didn't catch the details as it occurred at the same time as Julius' elimination, but he did shed some light on Twitter:
steveodwyer steveodwyersigh, busted my first bullet in the EPT €50k early level 3 vs philbort with my TT<his J6hh all in on QT6hhx. rebuy!August 17 2012
It looks like O'Dwyer will be rebuying, but no word yet on whether or not Julius will be abck.
Eugene Katchalov opened the hand in the hijack seat with a 3,000 raise and was called by Anatoly Gurtovoy in the cutoff. Action folded to Mike McDonald in the big blind who called as well and the three saw the flop go .
All three checked and the dealer opened the on the turn. McDonald checked again and Katchalov fired 7,000. Gurtovoy made a long and silent pause and had finally decided to let his hand go. McDonald, however, stuck around and pushed in the call.
The river brought the and McDonald checked again. Katchalov bet 17,000 and McDonald paused once again for a minute or two before folding. Katchalov mucked and collected the pot.
On the flop, Alec Torelli checked and [Removed:283] bet 7,500. Torelli check-raised to 20,000, but that wasn't enough as [Removed:288] reraised to 44,800. Torelli verified the amount of the reraise and then called.
The turn was the and Torelli checked. [Removed:288] bet 65,700 with just 75,400 behind. Torelli check-raised all in for 129,900 total. [Removed:288] tanked long and hard, but eventually folded his hand and Torelli won the pot.
From under the gun, [Removed:283] limped in. Phil Ivey limped behind from the cutoff seat and Ignat Liviu raised to 4,000 from the button. Jason Mercier flatted out of the small blind, Bryn Kenney folded from the big blind and then both [Removed:288] and Ivey called.
The four-way flop came and action checked to Liviu. He bet 7,100 and Mercier called. [Removed:288] and Ivey folded.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the land on the river. Both checked again.
Liviu tabled the , but Mercier had him beat with the and won the pot.
From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised to 2,400. [Removed:283] called from the hijack seat and Phil Ivey reraised to 11,000 from the small blind. Mercier folded and [Removed:288] called.
The flop came down with a lot of love as the rolled out. Ivey fired 15,000 and [Removed:288] raised to 35,000. Ivey folded and [Removed:288] won the pot.
[Removed:283] limped in from the cutoff seat before Alec Torelli raised to 4,200 on the button. In the small blind was Mike Watson and he reraised to 14,200. [Removed:288] and Torelli both made the call to see the flop.
The dealer spread the flop and Watson continued with a bet of 16,200. [Removed:288] folded, but Torelli called.
The turn brought the and Watson bet 36,600. Torelli didn't take long to make the call.
The completed the board on the river and both players checked.
Watson showed the for two pair, aces and deuces. Torelli mucked and Watson won the pot.