Antonio Buonanno put in his last 7,000 on a board of 
, and his big blind opponent seemed less than thrilled as he called after a minute or two.
Buonanno: 
Opponent: 
Buonanno's opponent hit a 
on the river but it did him no good against aces and eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,900 | -25,100 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Players are on break for 75 minutes to get dinner, and here's some entertainment while you wait.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has been mixing it up on Twitch lately, and we caught up with him during the EPT Grand Final. Negreanu was streaming on his laptop from his hotel room, and he was clearly having a good time playing $400/$800 8-Game.
After Patrick Leonard opened for 1,400 and Anthony Zinno called, Simon Higgins raised to 5,500 from the small blind. Quan Zhou was in the big and simply moved all in for roughly 60,000. Leonard folded, as did Zinno, and Higgins snap-called off for 30,000.
Higgins:
Zhou: 
Zhou was way behind, though he did pair up on the 
flop. Higgins was still a heavy favorite, but then disaster struck when the 
spiked on the turn.
"Yeah," Zhou exclaimed. To make matters worse for Higgins, the 
completed the board on the river to give Zhou quads. Higgins lamented his bad luck, collected his things, and exited the tournament just shy of the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
Busted |
Justin Bonomo was eliminated early in this tournament, but he exercised his reentry option. Unfortunately for him, he fared no better.
We're not sure of the action, but we do know that Bonomo got his stack of 50,000 or so all in on the turn with the board reading 
. His opponent, David Dayan, had him in dire straits.
Bonomo: 
Dayan: 
Bonomo held two pair, but it was behind Dayan's straight. The turn failed to help Bonomo, and he has officially been eliminated for good from this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 40,000 |
|
Busted |
Ismail Erkenov, Stephen Chidwick, and Uskov were involved in a three-way all-in clash. Erkenov had the , Chidwick had the 
, and XXX had the 
.
The sevens of Uskov held up with the board running out 
, and he moved to 32,000 in chips. Chidwick resulted on 57,500, and Erkenov was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,500 | |
|
32,000 | 20,075 |
|
Busted |
Patrick Leonard opened for 1,500 and received a call from reigning World Poker Tour Player of the Year Anthony Zinno. When action reached Tamer Kamel in the small blind, he three-bet to 6,800, Leonard folded, and Zinno opted to four-bet all in. Kamel, who only had 23,000 or so total, called it off.
Zinno: 
Kamel:
Kamel was a favorite to double, but not after the flop came down 
. Zinno spiked his set, and then locked it up when the dealer burned and turned the 
to give him quads. The meaningless was put out on the river and Kamel headed toward the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 25,000 |
|
Busted |
With around 7,000 in the pot and a flop of , Ilkin Amirov checked from the small blind and Huidong Gu did the same from the big. One more check by Ramin Hajiyev opened the door for Saneh Hanibael to bet 4,000 from the button, Amirov called, and that is when Gu woke up with a check-raise to 15,000.
Hajiyev folded, as did Hanibael, and then Amirov moved all in for 38,000 total. Gu made the call and Amirov discovered the bad news.
Amirov: 
Gu: 
Both players flopped trips, but Gu's kicker was best. Amirov could still win with an eight, and of course there were chop opportunities, but none materialized as the 
blanked on the turn followed by the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
27,500 | -14,800 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | |
|
120,000 | 56,000 |
|
115,000 | 65,000 |
|
113,000 | 22,550 |
|
112,000 | 62,000 |
|
105,000 | 21,500 |
|
101,000 | -10,000 |
|
100,000 | -3,600 |
|
100,000 | |
|
90,000 | 28,000 |
|
90,000 | 41,000 |
|
88,000 | -12,000 |
|
87,000 | 37,000 |
|
86,000 | 4,000 |
|
86,000 | 23,175 |
|
86,000 | 22,000 |
|
84,000 | 13,800 |
|
83,000 | 15,700 |
|
82,000 | 7,000 |
|
77,000 | 37,000 |
|
76,000 | -25,000 |
|
74,000 | 6,000 |
|
70,000 | 5,575 |
|
68,000 | 39,375 |
|
62,000 | 10,000 |
