Fabian Quoss raised to 37,000 from early position and action folded all of the way around to Jason Mercier in the small blind. Mercier cut out a three-bet to 72,000 and Mike Watson gave up his big blind. Quoss called and the duo took in a flop of . Mercier came out with a continuation of 88,000 and Quoss thought for a moment before tossing out a call.
The turn was the and Mercier shoved all in for what looked to be 205,000. Quoss tanked for quite some time before finally kicking his cards in. Mercier picked up the pot and now sits at about 560,000.
There's no two ways about it... Vitaly Lunkin has been on fire the last few levels. That run good continued in a big hand at the feature table that resulted in the elimination of Philipp Gruissem.
It began when Lunkin opened for 32,000 from middle position and Gruissem defended from the big blind. The flop saw Gruissem check-call a bet of 35,000 before he turned right around and led out for 60,000 on the turn.
Lunkin made the call, the completed the board on the river and Gruissem bet 110,000. Lunkin snap-shoved and Gruissem seemed taken aback.
"It might be a slow roll," Gruissem said aloud as he began to talk about the hand. Eventually he called off for 276,000 more and tabled the for a full house. Unfortunately for him, Lunkin had a better one with the . Gruissem, who fired just one bullet in this tournament, seemed a bit shock but soon collected himself and exited the tournament.
Ole Schemion opened from early position to 31,000, Jason Mercier raised with his new found chips to 84,000. Quoss folded the small blind and Tim Adams in the big blind asked for a count of Mercier’s chips. “Just over four seventy five.” Came the answer. Adam’s gave it some thought and pushed out a bet of 185,000. Schemion and Mercier folded.
Dani Stern raised before the flop to an unknown amount and received calls from David Benefield on the button and Erik Seidel from the small blind. The flop brought and Seidel checked. Stern continued for 55,000 and Benefield called. Seidel folded his cards, leaving Benefield and Stern heads up to fourth street.
The turn was the and Stern continued the aggression with a 145,000-chip bet. Benefield called once again and the completed the board. Stern dropped 425,000 into the middle and Benefield quickly let it it go. Stern dragged in the pot and now has 1,888,000 in chips.
From early position, Juha Helppi raised to 32,000. Fabian Quoss made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down . After Quoss checked, Helppi bet 32,000. Quoss called.
The turn was the , and Quoss checked again. Helppi bet 75,000, and Quoss called. Finally, the paired the board on the river. Quoss checked, Helppi fired 88,000, and Quoss tank-called.
Helppi showed the for trip kings, and Quoss mucked his hand with a smile.
Action folded to David Benefield's small blind and he completed. Erik Seidel checked from the big blind and the flop came . Benefield led for 20,000 and Seidel cut out a raise to 75,000. Benefield wasted little time moving out a large stack of chips which was enough to put Seidel all in. Seidel called for his tournament life and the cards were turned over.
Seidel:
Benefield:
Benefield flopped top two pair while Seidel flopped an inside straight flush draw. The on the turn gave Seidel a couple more outs to make a winning hand but it was the on the river that came through for him. Seidel was ultimately able to make a straight and double through Benefield to about 616,000.
. Mercier came out with a continuation of 88,000 and Quoss thought for a moment before tossing out a call.
and Mercier shoved all in for what looked to be 205,000. Quoss tanked for quite some time before finally kicking his cards in. Mercier picked up the pot and now sits at about 560,000.
flop saw Gruissem check-call a bet of 35,000 before he turned right around and led out for 60,000 on the 
turn.
completed the board on the river and Gruissem bet 110,000. Lunkin snap-shoved and Gruissem seemed taken aback.
. Gruissem, who fired just one bullet in this tournament, seemed a bit shock but soon collected himself and exited the tournament.
. After Quoss checked, Helppi bet 32,000. Quoss called.
, and Quoss checked again. Helppi bet 75,000, and Quoss called. Finally, the 
paired the board on the river. Quoss checked, Helppi fired 88,000, and Quoss tank-called.
for trip kings, and Quoss mucked his hand with a smile.
. Benefield led for 20,000 and Seidel cut out a raise to 75,000. Benefield wasted little time moving out a large stack of chips which was enough to put Seidel all in. Seidel called for his tournament life and the cards were turned over.
on the turn gave Seidel a couple more outs to make a winning hand but it was the 
