Jean-Pascal Savard just busted out in 63rd place for $5,553 after he lost a preflop all in for his tournament life. Savard was all in for 58,000 chips and up against Canadian Jiachen Gong. The showdown went as following.
Savard:
Gong:
The board ran out and Savard hit the rail to collect his payout.
Pedro Oliveira raised from the cutoff, Louis Salter three-bet to 31,000 from the button, Oliveira four-bet to 78,000, Salter five-bet shoved for about 325,000 and Oliveira called.
Oliveira:
Salter:
The board ran out , no help to Salter, securing the sizable pot for Oliveira.
With that, the remaining 63 players are in the money.
Jason Somerville is in the dirty basement for this episode, but he is replaced by the legendary Mickey Doft, who STILL DOESN'T HAVE PIZZA. The gang, broadcasting from the Hollywood Poker Open $2,500 Championship Event at the M Resort Spa Casino, discusses a bad day in the 25K Fantasy League, the recent bracelet winners, and the ABSENCE OF PIZZA.
From the cutoff seat, Ryan Riess raised to 12,000. Markus Gonsalves called from the big blind, and the flop fell . Gonsalves checked, Riess bet 12,000, and Gonsalves called.
Both players checked the turn card before seeing the land on the river. Gonsalves led for 18,000, and Riess gave it some thought while counting out his own stack.
"I'll just call," he eventually said, tossing in the 18,000 to make the call.
Gonsalves tabled the for top two pair on the flop, and Riess showed top and bottom pair on the flop with the .
Daniel Moorman opened with a raise to 14,000 from the hijack seat, and Dmitry Vitkind reraised to 35,000 out of the big blind. Moorman called, and the flop came down . Vitkind bet 30,000, and Moorman called.
The turn was the , and Vitkind moved all in. With 111,000 left, Moorman quickly folded, and Vitkind picked up the pot.
Jim Collopy raised all in for 58,000 from the button and Bas De Laat tanked for a bit in the small blind before he reraised all in for about 230,000. Michael Wasserman sweated his hand in the big blind, but folded after a few moments.
Collopy:
De Laat:
The flop came down , giving De Laat a set of sevens. The turn gave Collopy outs to Broadway, but the river further improved De Laat to quads to score the elimination.
With that, 64 players remain and hand-for-hand play has commenced.
Levels that is, because we are just two eliminations removed from the money. There are 65 players left and at the completion of the eleventh level of the day play will halt. Tomorrow, on Sunday, a winner will be determined.
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and Savard hit the rail to collect his payout.
turn card before seeing the 
land on the river. Gonsalves led for 18,000, and Riess gave it some thought while counting out his own stack.
. Vitkind bet 30,000, and Moorman called.
, and Vitkind moved all in. With 111,000 left, Moorman quickly folded, and Vitkind picked up the pot.
, giving De Laat a set of sevens. The 
turn gave Collopy outs to Broadway, but the 
river further improved De Laat to quads to score the elimination.
