On a flop of , Jakub Mroczek and Pierre Chevalier were involved in a heads up pot. Mroczek had first action and he led out with a bet of 2,400. Chevalier came over the top with a raise all in for 21,700 and Mroczek slid out a call.
Mroczek:
Chevalier:
Chevalier led with his two eights and he retained his lead through the on the turn and the on the river. The double up allowed Chevalier to increase his stack to about 66,000.
Game over for Shannon Shorr, the American was crippled in a previous hand and his last 12,000 went in preflop against microstack Andre Dos Santos with Miguel Riera calling and covering both from the big blind.
Dos Santos:
Shorr:
Riera:
The board came and Dos Santos managed to triple up, Shorr finished in third-place and was knocked out.
After losing several pots Sergio Aido was knocked down far below the comfortable stack he once had. The pot that he just won put him back up over his previous high and Aido now finds among the biggest stacks in the room.
The action started on Mohamed Jaber who raised under the gun to 4,400 and Aido three-bet to 11,200. Jaber called when it got folded back to him and the flop brought out .
Jaber lead out on the flop for 11,300 and Aido raised it up to 25,000. Jaber gave it some thought before making it 50,000 and Aido made the call.
The turn was the and Jaber moved all in right away for 88,600 chips. Aido called with a look of disgust on his face, but the hand he was up against made him feel a lot better.
Aido:
Jaber:
The river brought the and Jaber was knocked out as Aido had him covered by a few thousand chips.
The board read when we found Yann Pineau all in and at risk for his tournament life against Sam Greenwood. The pot already held over 90,000 and Pineau was at risk for his last 69,400.
Pineau:
Greenwood:
Greenwood held top two pair but was currently the owner of the second best hand as Pineau's flopped set of jacks reigned supreme. Pineau looked to dodge an ace or a king on the river and he did exactly that as the completed the community cards.
Greenwood was forced to send a solid chunk of change to the opposite side of the table while Pineau increased his chip stack to right around 230,000.
The level of old school cool has just dropped down a bit as Govert Metaal has busted the Main Event. There had been a few calls of one open when a player called Metaal’s shove. The action remained open however and when it folded round to Dori Yacoub he re-shoved and despite a bit of a dwell up he got it heads-up and cards were on their backs.
Metall had and Yacoub the . The board ran out with the turn delivering the ultimately fatal blow.