On a flop of , Steve Paul-Ambrose fired 12,500 before his opponent raised to 30,000. Ambrose reraised to put the player all in and was met with a quick call.
Ambrose held and would be looking for a straight or runner clubs against his opponent top set of nines.
The turn was the and then the river the . Ambrose hit a flush and eliminated the opponent, shooting up to 278,000.
OK, so we've got some word on what went down at Phil Ivey's table that allowed him to get so many chips.
According to one of the other players at the table, Ivey opened and Praz Bansi three-bet. Ivey made the call and the two saw a flop of . After a series of bets and raises, all of the money got in with Ivey holding a set of sevens. Bansi held bottom pair and a flush draw with the . Ivey's hand held up and he was able to double through Bansi.
Daniel Negreanu was getting short on chips when he moved all in for 35,000. Geoff Brite called and it would be a race with his pocket threes up against Negreanu's .
The threes held for Brite on a board of to send Negreanu to the rail short of the money.
A player in the cutoff seat opened the pot to 10,500, and action passed to the big blind. In that spot, Jon Aguiar three-bet it up to 44,000, and the original raiser went into the tank. After a couple minutes, he stuck out a big covering tower of blue chips, and Aguiar made the call all in for his full stack of 147,500.
Showdown
Aguiar:
Opponent:
The board ran safe for the all-in Aguiar as it came . He's all the way up to 300,600 just as the first break hits.
Jens Kyllönen checked the flop of to Wayne Bentley. Bentley fired 20,000 and Kyllönen called.
The turn card was the and Kyllönen checked. Bentley fired 30,000 and Kyllönen called again.
The river completed the board with the and Kyllönen checked again. Bentley fired 50,000 this time. Kyllönen tanked for about a minute and then announced that he was all in. The all-in bet was for 184,700. Bentley immediately stood from his chair and began pacing back and forth for a few minutes. Finally, he sat back down and mucked his hand, mumbling complaints under his breath.
Kyllönen is up to 240,000 while Bentley slipped to 650,000.
From the cutoff seat, Nick Binger raised to 26,500 and was all in. On the button was Danny Suied and he made the call.
Binger was ahead with against Suied's .
The flop came down , adding in a gutshot for Suied. The turn completed that draw with the , but Binger still had outs to a higher straight. After the hit the felt on the turn, Binger was eliminated from the tournament.