Walid Bou-Habib and Caio Pimenta were heads up with the board reading when Bou-Habib bet 200,000 - essentially putting Pimenta all in. After tanking for a bit Pimenta indeed shoved for 42,000 more and Bou-Habib made the call.
Pimenta:
Bou-Habib:
Unfortunately Pimenta was punished for his fantastic call as the spiked on the river giving Bou-Habib a winning straight.
"YES!!!!!!" Bou-Habib shouted to his rail.
Pimenta is eliminated from the tournament while Bou-Habib is up to 1.2 million chips.
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From the cutoff seat, Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker raised to 32,000. David "Doc" Sands was in the small blind and reraised all in for 206,000. In the big blind sat Erika Cerasti and she peeled back the corners of her cards before pausing for a moment. Cerasti then called all in for 131,000. Moneymaker now had a decision to make: go for the double knockout or save the chips for later? He chose the first option and made the call.
Sands:
Cerasti:
Moneymaker:
The flop came down to give Sands the best of it with a pair of eights. The turn brought the and the river the . When the river hit the felt, Cerasti gave out a shriek of excitement because she won the hand to triple up to 407,000. Sands wasn't out. In fact, he won a side pot from Moneymaker to put himself at 150,000 -- not what he started with, but at least he wasn't out. Moneymaker dropped back to 1.55 million.
Martin van Gelder was all in for a total of 232,000 while Alexis Fourcade was in for his last 95,000. Ilan Rouah had both covered and the cards were turned up:
Rouah:
Fourcade:
Van Gelder:
The flop came down and Rouah jumped out to a huge lead. Fourcade would now need a jack or running straight cards while van Gelder needed even more help. The on the turn made things a little more interesting but it was the on the river that gave van Gelder a flush and silenced the table in disbelief. Fourcade was eliminated on the hand while van Gelder tripled to around 750,000.
Action folded to Mike Sowers in the small blind who raised to 42,000. David Robinson called out of the big blind and the flop fell . Sowers led for 61,000 and Robinson called.
The turn brought the and again Sowers led - this time for 142,000. Robinson did not call rather he moved all in for 400,000 and Sowers made the call.
Sowers:
Robinson:
Robinson was drawing to a nine, eight or any diamond but bricked when the rivered. Sowers raked in the monster pot, pushing his stack to 2.1 million chips and making him one of our chip leaders.
Wesley Wiemes opened with a raise to 32,000 from middle position, and Redmond Lee three-bet shoved for about 205,000 total. Next door, Chris Moneymaker made a smooth call with his big stack, and Wiemes ducked out of the way to let Lee go heads up for his tournament life. The news was not good:
Lee:
Moneymaker:
Lee stood up to sweat his fate as the dealer knocked the table and burned a card. The appeared right in the door, fairly bad news for Lee's hopes. The full flop came , giving Moneymaker the full house and leaving Lee drawing dead to miracle running sevens. The turn ended any drama, and the river ushered Lee to the payout desk.
Caio Pimenta was all in preflop with the against the of Walid Bou-Habib. Pimenta needed help and the flop gave him some extra outs to a straight. The dealer burned and turned the , which gave Pimenta the said straight. The on the river changed nothing and Pimenta doubled to around 340,000. Bou-Habib is still in decent shape with 700,000.
The table folded around to the blinds where Davide Nughes limped in from the small. Gregory Baksic raised to 41,000 from the big, and Nughes came along to see a flop.
"Hello!" someone at the table said as the dealer rolled out a very baller flop. Nughes fired out into the pot with 36,000 chips, and Nughes flat-called. That brought them to the innocent-looking on the turn, and Nughes bet another 43,000. Baksic raised to what looked like 111,000, and Nughes instantly uncapped his cards and sent them to the muck.
Baksic flashed his airball much to the delight of his lone cheerleader on the adjacent rail. He's up to about 375,000 now, dropping Nughes down to 285,000.
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when Bou-Habib bet 200,000 - essentially putting Pimenta all in. After tanking for a bit Pimenta indeed shoved for 42,000 more and Bou-Habib made the call.
spiked on the river giving Bou-Habib a winning straight.
and the river the 
. When the river hit the felt, Cerasti gave out a shriek of excitement because she won the hand to triple up to 407,000. Sands wasn't out. In fact, he won a side pot from Moneymaker to put himself at 150,000 -- not what he started with, but at least he wasn't out. Moneymaker dropped back to 1.55 million.
and was facing Weinberg's 
, giving Weinberg the better two pair to score the elimination.
and Rouah jumped out to a huge lead. Fourcade would now need a jack or running straight cards while van Gelder needed even more help. The 
. Sowers led for 61,000 and Robinson called.
rivered. Sowers raked in the monster pot, pushing his stack to 2.1 million chips and making him one of our chip leaders.
ushered Lee to the payout desk.
against the 
.
on the turn, and Nughes bet another 43,000. Baksic raised to what looked like 111,000, and Nughes instantly uncapped his cards and sent them to the muck.