Brandon Demes raising it up from the small blind . . . to elimination
With the action folding round to Brandon Demes in the small blind, he bumped it to 2,200 and was called by his opponent in the big blind.
The flop fell down and Demes led out for 2,900 with his opponent making the call.
The turn landed the and Demes paused for a few moments before firing out 7,300.
His opponent scoped out what Demes had remaining in his stack before sliding in a stack of chips amounting to a raise of 35,000. Demes made the call for approximately his last 25,000 to be at risk.
Demes:
Opponent:
Unfortunately for the American, the river landed the to see him sent to the rail.
Yann Dion from Canada raised to 1,800 from middle position and got three callers. Felipe Ramos called in the cutoff seat, Dario Oliveira called from the small blind and the big blind came along as well.
The flop came down and Oliveria fired 1,400. The big blind folded and Dion raised to 5,100. Ramos folded, but Oliveira wanted to see a turn card and made the call.
The turn brought the and Oliveira fired a small 1,400 into the pot. Dion just called this time.
The river completed the board with the and Oliveira checked. Dio fired 11,400 and Oliveira folded.
Felipe Ramos raised the button to 2,100 and Dario Oliveira called from the big blind before the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn card produced the . Oliveira fired 2,000 and Ramos called.
Fifth street was the and Oliveira fired 3,000. Ramos made the call, but mucked his hand when he saw Oliveria's .
I quick walk round the main tournament floor and you won't be able to spot Angel Guillen.
Why?
Currently PokerStars and the LAPT staff are using the feature table in preparation for the final table, and that is where we find Guillen and his approximate 65,000-chip stack.
Dan Frank approached the PokerNews blogging desk to deliver some bad news...
He had been eliminated.
Detailing the hand in question, he called a button raise from the big blind with after the small blind also called. On a nine-high board with two hearts, he jammed the remainder of his stack in, but unfortunately for Frank, the button held and made the call with top set.
Frank managed to pick up a gutshot straight draw on the turn, but failed to spike on the river and the poker player agent -- who managed to outlast two of his clients in Joe Cada and Victor Ramdin -- was forced to join them on the beach!
and Demes led out for 2,900 with his opponent making the call.
and Demes paused for a few moments before firing out 7,300.
to see him sent to the rail.
and Oliveria fired 1,400. The big blind folded and Dion raised to 5,100. Ramos folded, but Oliveira wanted to see a turn card and made the call.
. Both players checked and the turn card produced the 
. Oliveira fired 2,000 and Ramos called.
and Oliveira fired 3,000. Ramos made the call, but mucked his hand when he saw Oliveria's 
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to Mario Mascioto. He bet 5,000 and the next player folded before the first player called.
and both checked again.
. Mascioto dropped back to 102,000 in chips after building back to about 110,000.
