Talal Shakerchi checked the board and Mike McDonald bet 177,000. After a minute of thought, Shakerchi made the call to see the river.
The completed the board on the river and Shakerchi checked. McDonald stacked up some chips and slid out a bet of 404,000. Shakerchi paused for a few moments before giving it up.
Ignat "0Human0" Liviu, who was recently featured in PokerNews' Online Chat Series, raised to 40,000 from the hijack and received a call from Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff. JC Alvarado then three-bet to 120,000 from the button, and after thinking for a few moments, Liviu moved all in for 570,000 total. O'Dwyer quickly got out of the way, but Alvarado snap-called.
Showdown
Liviu:
Alvarado:
It was a bad spot for the online sensation, and the flop was no help; in fact, it gave Alvarado the nut-flush draw, so a spade on the turn would end it. Sure enough, the peeled off and Liviu was up out of his seat, graciously shaking hands with his opponents, before taking his leave in 16th place.
Action folded to Sam Chartier who opened the hand with a 40,000 min raise on the button and Mike McDonald called in the big blind.
The flop ran and was checked by both players. The dealer then opened on the turn and McDonald lead for 62,000. Chartier tried to get a read on his opponent before making up his mind and finally decided to call.
The river card was and McDonald pushed a stack of 500,000 in front of him which was more than enough to put Chartier all-in. However, he wasn't ready for it just yet and mucked his hand.
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On a flop of , Talal Shakerchi checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 62,000 from John Juanda, who was in the cutoff. The former then check-called a bet of 120,000 on the turn, before checking for a third time on the river.
This time Juanda decided to slow down, checked, and sheepishly turned over . Shakerchi then rolled over for sevens and eights. "One more time," Peter Jetten told Juanda, referencing the fact that one more bet likely would have one given Shakerchi was counterfeited on the river.
From the hijack seat, Peter Jetten raised to 35,000. Anatoly Gurtovoy called on the button and then Sam Chartier moved all in from the small blind for approximately 250,000. Everyone folded and Chartier won the pot.
The elimination of Vadzim Kursevich at the feature table has brought the field down 16 players, meaning the remaining field has redrawn seats. Here's a look at the current lineup: