On a board of Liv Boeree bet 26,000 from the big blind. Charlie Carrel was her opponent and looked at Boeree while making his decision. Boeree jokingly covered her face to hide any tells, but it wasn't working as Carrell called and Boeree showed for two pair with a nine kicker. Carrel tabled and took down the small pot.
Bryn Kenney raised from under the gun and Ivan Luca moved all in for his last 14,000 from late position. The action folded back to Kenney and he called with the . Luca had two over cards in , but failed to get there on the board of to join the rail.
It was the second bullet for Luca, and he won't be returning to the tables in the Single-Day High Roller, as just one reentry is allowed.
Hannes Speiser and Koray Aldemir walked out of the tournament area and had previously shared the same table. According to the Austrian, Speiser had shoved the button for 10 big blinds with and Aldemir shoved for slightly more with . Dario Sammartino had found in the big blind and an ace on the river locked it up for the Italian.
The other players below have also been eliminated as well.
Davidi Kitai open-shoved from under the gun for 78,500 and the action folded to Paul Newey in the small blind, who called all in for less. Kitai showed and Newey had .
The flop of was no threat for Newey, but the turn made things spicy. However, the river blanked and left Kitai with less than three big blinds. Those chips vanished one hand later to Anton Astapau and the Belgian left the tournament area just shy of the second break.
Byron Kaverman raised under the gun and the action folded to Gerard Pique on the button. Pique hadn't seen that Kaverman had opened, and tried to raise to 11,500 himself. It was ruled a call and both blinds folded.
The flop came and Kaverman bet out 12,000. Pique made the call and the hit the turn. Kaverman now checked, and called the 22,000 bet that followed from Pique.
The river came the , pairing the board. Kaverman checked, and called the shove that followed. Pique turned over for the second nuts, and Kaverman open mucked his with a big smile.
Kaverman, Pique and Kornuth laughed where Kaverman said something to the effect of "I thought you turned over king-queen for a second" and then made his exit. Pique now at a stack worth over 300,000.
The end of level eight has been reached and the players have been sent into a 75-minute break. Since it's too late for lunch and too early for dinner, let's just call it a siesta break.
Registration remains open until the restart of level nine and the action resumes at approximately 4.20 p.m. local time.
Here is some entertainment from the Right to Play Charity Tournament from last night to keep you entertained on the Siesta Break.
Martin Kozlov and Stephen Chidwick have been eliminated soon after coming back from the long break. Chidwick had and turned an open-ended straight draw before the stacks went in on an ace-high river, only to see Parker Talbot with the for a flopped flush.
Byron Kaverman, Joseph Cheong and Christoph Vogelsang reentered before the start of level nine whereas the other players were already in prior to the siesta break.
Liv Boeree bet 26,000 from the big blind. Charlie Carrel was her opponent and looked at Boeree while making his decision. Boeree jokingly covered her face to hide any tells, but it wasn't working as Carrell called and Boeree showed 
for two pair with a nine kicker. Carrel tabled 
and took down the small pot.
. Luca had two over cards in 
, but failed to get there on the board of 
and Aldemir shoved for slightly more with 
. Dario Sammartino had found 
in the big blind and an ace on the river locked it up for the Italian.
and Newey had 
was no threat for Newey, but the 
turn made things spicy. However, the 
river blanked and left Kitai with less than three big blinds. Those chips vanished one hand later to Anton Astapau and the Belgian left the tournament area just shy of the second break.
with a big smile. 
