From under the gun plus one, Pat Pezzin raised to 1,500. Jason Somerville reraised all in from middle position for 13,325. When action got back to the Team PokerStars Pro Canada member, he made the call.
Pezzin:
Somerville:
The flop came down and Somerville stayed in front. The turn brought the and the river the . Somerville was able to double up as Pezzin missed.
Greg DeBora was all in with the against the for Daniel Illingworth. The board ran out and DeBora doubled for 11,700. He's back to about 25,000 while Illingworth dropped to 33,000.
Joe Cada raised to 1,400 from the cutoff seat and Alex Wice reraised to 3,500 from the small blind. Jason Mercier then made it 7,150 from the big blind and action folded back to Wice. He moved all in for around 25,000 and Mercier made the call.
Mercier:
Wice:
The flop came down and, well, everyone knew again what was coming on the turn or river. The dealer wasted no time in delivering Mercier's straight on the turn with the . Wice did have a redraw though, but missed when the fell.
Wice was eliminated while Mercier collected his second bounty and saw his stack soar to 93,000 in chips. Remember, Mercier won the $25,000 version of this event last year at the North American Poker Tour stop.
Nenad Medic put Dan Heimiller all in on the board. Heimiller tanked for a bit and then called all in. Medic showed the for a straight. Heimiller held the for a set of tens, but lost and was eliminated from the tournament.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko bet 2,250 on the flop. Joe Sweeney raised to 5,500 and then Timoshenko came back over the top with an all-in shove for 19,600. Sweeney thought for a little bit and then folded his hand.
Barry Greenstein and Jason Mercier got all of the money in preflop. Mercier held the and was dominated by the for Greenstein. Now, if anyone knows how Mercier runs in poker, they'd say that Greenstein was really the player who was dominated in this hand.
The flop came down and everyone pretty much knew what was coming on the turn. The rolled off and just like that, Mercier went from being dominated to being unbeatable in the hand. He'd only chop if a king rolled off on the river.
The river was the and Greenstein was already signing a copy of his book for Mercier. Mercier collected the chips to move to 50,000, the $2,000 bounty and the autographed book.
Jonathan Jaffe and Matt Waxman got all of the money in on the flop. Waxman held the , but Jaffe had flopped gold with the for two pair.
The turn brought the and the river the . Jaffe was all in on the flop for 20,225 and now has about 47,000 in chips. Waxman was knocked all the way back to 2,200.
Andrew Li was all in preflop with the . He was up against the for George Lind III. The board ran out and the PokerStars Team Online member Lind earned the $2,000 bounty for eliminating Li.
and Somerville stayed in front. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
. Somerville was able to double up as Pezzin missed.
. Lind held the 
. The board ran out 
to give Lind the winning hand with queens and tens.
against the 
for Daniel Illingworth. The board ran out 
and DeBora doubled for 11,700. He's back to about 25,000 while Illingworth dropped to 33,000.
and, well, everyone knew again what was coming on the turn or river. The dealer wasted no time in delivering Mercier's straight on the turn with the 
fell.
for a straight. Heimiller held the 
and everyone pretty much knew what was coming on the turn. The 
rolled off and just like that, Mercier went from being dominated to being unbeatable in the hand. He'd only chop if a king rolled off on the river.
and Greenstein was already signing a copy of his book for Mercier. Mercier collected the chips to move to 50,000, the $2,000 bounty and the autographed book.
, but Jaffe had flopped gold with the 
and the river the 
. Jaffe was all in on the flop for 20,225 and now has about 47,000 in chips. Waxman was knocked all the way back to 2,200.
and the PokerStars Team Online member Lind earned the $2,000 bounty for eliminating Li.