A set-over-set debacle has seen Felix Bleiker hit the rail early and EPT Berlin and WSOPE Main Event champ Kevin MacPhee soar up the leader board.
It was Macphee's fives over Bleiker's threes that did the trick. Ironically, Bleiker also made the final table of the WSOPE Main Event in Berlin that MacPhee won this past fall, finishing sixth.
Steve O'Dwyer made it 2,400 and Ben Heath flatted before Jeff Rossiter bumped it to 8,200.
O'Dwyer four-bet, making it 21,000 total and Heath promptly five-bet shoved for 109,000. Rossiter called all in for 80,000 and his tournament life and after O'Dwyer folded, Rossiter showed the .
It was a classic cooler with Heath on the and the board brought no surprises, giving Rossiter the double up and leaving Heath with less than a third of a starting stack.
Mike McDonald opened to 3,000 under the gun plus one. A few seats behind, Ivan Luca three-bet to 8,000 and when it folded back to McDonald, he four-bet, making it 19,000.
Luca called and they went heads-up to a flop where McDonald led for 12,000. Luca called and they both checked the turn. The river saw another check from McDonald, but Luca pushed all in, putting McDonald to the test for the remainder of his 42,000-chip stack.
McDonald took a minute to think it over, but made the call with just the . Luca showed the and McDonald's two pair were good. giving him the double up.
In the cutoff, Kevin MacPhee raised to 3,500. Action folded to Demetrio Barreca in the big blind and the Italian made the call.
Barreca check called a bet of 4,000 on and check called another 10,000 on the turn.
The river came the and Barreca checked for the third time. MacPhee casually tossed in 25,000 and Barreca went into the tank. After about 90 seconds, he made the call.
MacPhee showed for not much of anything, Barreca tabled for a mere pair of fours, and took down the sizable pot.