Bryn Kenney just explained to us how he sent Andrei Streltsou to the rail. Streltsou shoved all in for 73,000 from the button and Kenney made the call from the big blind.
Kenney:
Streltsou:
The board ran out and Kenney sent Streltsou to the rail.
Tobias Reinkemeier opened for 10,500 from the hijack, Ivan Luca called from the cutoff, and EPT12 Barcelona champ John Juanda three-bet jammed for 109,500 from the button. Both blinds folded, Reinkemeier moved all in over the top, and Luca got out of the way.
Reinkemeier:
Juanda:
Juanda was well out in front with his big pocket pair, and it held after the board ran out a clean .
Jeff Rossiter raised to 9,500 from the cutoff and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Badziakouski check-called a bet of 8,000.
The turn brought the and Badziakousi checked again, after which Rossiter bet 23,000. The Belarusian pro called once more, and on the river the completed the board.
Badziakouski checked a third time and Rossiter moved all in for 78,000 chips. Badziakouski put on a wry smile, and sighed a few times, but about two minutes later he made the call.
Rossiter showed and he lost most of his chips as Badziakouski showed to rake in the pot. Rossiter was left with 2,500 chips, and on the very next hand he got knocked out.
Juha Helppi, who finished third in this tournament last season, has bust and needs to reenter if he is to put in a repeat performances.
Helppi open-shoved for 59,000 with what turned out to be and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called with . No help arrived for Helppi on the board and Helppi's tournament ended.
We're not sure how the chips went in, but we do know Leonid Markin, who has already exercised his reentry option, was at risk against Mike Watson, who is also on his second bullet.
Markin:
Watson:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down . The turn meant Markin needed a nine on the river to stay alive, and it actually came when the spiked.
Adrian Mateos opened the cutoff and Ole Schemion defended from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of and the hit the turn. Schemion fired 13,500 and Mateos called.
The river brought the into play and Schemion bet 36,500. Mateos raised to 110,000 and Schemion thought about it for a bit before moving all in for 332,500. Mateos clearly wasn't too happy with that move, but called after some tanking anyway. Schemion showed the for quads. Mateos wanted to muck but his was tabled by the dealer.
While Schemion doubled Mateos was left with just 40,000 or so. The next hand Luuk Gieles opened for 9,000 and Mateos right next to him shoved all in. Action folded back around to Gieles and he instantly called with his . Mateos tabled and was drawing dead by the time the turn was on the board: .
Jean-Noel Thorel was knocked out just before Mateos, but bought back in right away. If Mateos follows his French opponent remains to be seen.
The action folded around to Timothy Adams in the small blind and he limped in for 4,000. Sam greenwood was the big blind and he wasn't going to allow Adams to see a cheap flop and ramped up the cost to 16,000. Adams called, and the dealer spread the flop.
Adams check-called a 20,000 bet, but then led for 35,000 on the turn. Greenwood sat motionless for more than a minute before moving all-in, covering Adams. Adams quickly folded and Greenwood is now over 500,000 chips.
In one of the last hands before the break Igor Kurganov opened for 8,500 under the gun and David Peters in the hijack was the sole caller. Kurganov check called a bet of 13,500 on and check called another 26,600 on the turn. The made both players check and Kurganov took it down with the .