We have just been told that Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin has just sent Austria's Erich Kollmann to the rail in an aces versus kings scenario.
Ramdin had initially flat-called an opening raise and two more players called behind. The action was then on Kollmann and he pumped up the ante to 3,000 which folded out the original raiser but Ramdin pounced and moved all in for 38,000. The other active players folded to Kollmann who tanked for five minutes before making the call with pocket kings, only to be shown a pair of aces.
In an interview with the German press shortly after his elimination, Kollmann said he was very disappointed because he felt it was an easy fold because Ramdin is never getting too out of line in that spot.
Action folded around to the small blind and he raised to 500. Salman Behbehani was in the big blind and made the call to see a flop. After the dealer ran out the , the small blind bet 500 and Behbehani called.
The was added on the turn and the small blind bet 1,500. Behbehani slid out the call and watched the pair the board on the river. After the small blind slowed down with a check, Behbehani bet 1,600. His opponent gave it up and Behbehani moved to 45,000 in chips.
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Rupert Elder, fresh from his fifth place finish in this weekend's Sunday Million, opened the betting from under the gun to 350 and after three players folded the reigning WSOPE Main Event champion Elio Fox and he three-bet to 1,200. Faraz Jaka shaped to at least call but he ultimately folded and after a brief pause Elder got out of the way also.
Ismail Yetis has just dodged bullets over on table 55 and as a result is still in this tournament. We missed the preflop action but were alerted to their table by the announcement of "all-in" from the dealer. We investigated to discover Yetis seated in the hijack with having bet to 3,500 and he was facing an all-in bet of 48,000 from Ramon Demon Cserei.
Yetis tanked for close to two minutes before letting his hand go, telling the table he had just folded queens. Cserei flipped over .
I caught up with this hand as both players revealed their hands for showdown.
Jason Wheeler was up against Rasmus Vogt and the flop had been dealt as . Wheeler had the bigger stack and flopped a straight with . The Dane had top and bottom pair with his . The board bricked out and Wheeler's on a roll.
It looks like we've lost our defending champion Ben Wilinofsky. According to Adam Levy, Wilinofsky got the last of his money in on a three-diamond board of holding the against an opponent holding the . Levy said on Twitter that the hand was "perplexing" as Wilinofsky's opponent, David Sonelin, bet 10,000 into 4,000 on the turn, then called Wilinofsky's shove of 17,000. The river was another diamond and Wilinofsky was eliminated.
, the small blind bet 500 and Behbehani called.
was added on the turn and the small blind bet 1,500. Behbehani slid out the call and watched the 
pair the board on the river. After the small blind slowed down with a check, Behbehani bet 1,600. His opponent gave it up and Behbehani moved to 45,000 in chips.
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. Wheeler had the bigger stack and flopped a straight with 
. The Dane had top and bottom pair with his 
holding the 
against an opponent holding the