With the board reading and about 200,000 in the middle already, Ilan Rouah checked to David Burn who slid out 110,000. Rouah check-raised all in for effectively 218,000 and Burn tank-called, turning over for top two pair. Rouah turned over and was drawing to a king.
The river bricked off however and a massive, 430,000-chip pot was pushed to Burn. Rouah is still very with 630,000 chips to his name however, and is still amongst the chip leaders.
The first table scheduled to break today was selected to be the feature table so we are on a short break until they figure out which table will replace it. PokerStars Team Pro Chris Moneymaker was on the initial table, so we assume that wherever he is moved to will then become the new feature table.
The action has resumed and indeed Chris Moneymaker remains at the featured table. ESPN will be happy with his new tablemate too, he is now joined by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
Aaron Schaff raised from the hijack to 14,500 only to have Dwyte Pilgrim come over with a bunch of chips in hand. He cut out 45,000 and threw in a raise. Tomer Aminpour, who was in the big blind, then asked the dealer if Pilgrim could bring out a big stack and cut out a bet, taking the remainder back. The dealer explained that it was a legal raise and Aminpour clearly disagreed with the rule. Regardless, he decided to move all in.
Schaff, who had sat quietly during the entire situation, snap-called while Pilgrim quickly folded. Schaff, who was the one all in for about 130,000, turned over and was far ahead of Aminpour's .
The flop didn't change anything and neither did the turn. Schaff just needed to dodge an ace on the river to double to over 300,000; instead, the spiked on the river! Schaff was eliminated from the 2011 PCA on a mean river suckout.
Martin van Gelder raised to 15,000 before Eugene Katchalov reraised to 40,500. Van Gelder made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Van Gelder checked and Katchalov fired 27,000. Van Gelder check-raised all in for about 240,000 and Katchalov mucked.
Casey Jarzabek airs his frustration to the floorman
Alexander Haber opened from middle position and the action folded to Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek who moved all in. The blinds released and Haber asked for a count to which the dealer responded, "It's around 80,000."
Jarzabek refuted this estimate saying it was 130,000, but it was too late because Haber had already snap-called tabling before Jarzabek had a chance to correct her. Jarzabek opened and the board ran eliminating him from the tournament.
"That was ridiculous!" Jarzabek protested. "Call the floor. There's such a big difference between 80,000 and 130,000...it's almost double!"
When the floor arrived they informed Jarzabek that although it was a mistake, there's nothing they can do to change it now.
"There goes your shot at two million, sorry!" Jarzabek muttered mockingly as he walked away.
"I had a pair," Haber added. "I was calling anyway."
No one truly knows what Haber would've done if provided with the right count, but Jarzabek has a right to be angry with the dealer's egregious error.
Eugene Katchalov opened with a raise to 18,000 only to have Victor Ramdin move all in for 36,000. Another player flatted and Katchalov came over the top. The player caught in the crossfire folded face up, leaving Ramdin heads up against Katchalov for his tournament life:
Ramdin:
Katchalov:
The ended any suspense quickly as Katchalov flopped a full house. The turn left Ramdin drawing dead and the was put out on the river for good measure. Just like that, there was one less Team PokerStars Pro in the mix.
On the flop of , Simon Taberham fired 38,000. Alexis Fourcade raised all in for 82,000 and then action fell to Hernan De Leon. He thought and then made the call. Play moved back to Taberham and he tanked for quite some time. Eventually, Fourcade called the clock on him. About 30 seconds in, Taberham reraised all in for 279,500. De Leon went back into the tank before mucking his hand.
"You have a set?" asked Taberham.
Fourcade didn't say anything, but did turn over the for top two pair. Taberham held the .
The turn and river were the and the . Fourcade tripled while Taberham dropped to about 200,000.
With about 30,000 chips in the middle already, Michael Binger was all in on the flop of holding a set of kings. His opponent, Sami Aro, held top and bottom pair with the .
The turn was the and the river the allowing Binger to double up.
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and about 200,000 in the middle already, Ilan Rouah checked to David Burn who slid out 110,000. Rouah check-raised all in for effectively 218,000 and Burn tank-called, turning over 
for top two pair. Rouah turned over 
and was drawing to a king.
, Wade hit the rail and Kagawa is up to around 300,000 chips.
and was far ahead of Aminpour's 
.
flop didn't change anything and neither did the 
fall on the turn. Van Gelder checked and Katchalov fired 27,000. Van Gelder check-raised all in for about 240,000 and Katchalov mucked.
before Jarzabek had a chance to correct her. Jarzabek opened 
eliminating him from the tournament.
ended any suspense quickly as Katchalov flopped a full house. The 
was put out on the river for good measure. Just like that, there was one less Team PokerStars Pro in the mix.
, Simon Taberham fired 38,000. Alexis Fourcade raised all in for 82,000 and then action fell to Hernan De Leon. He thought and then made the call. Play moved back to Taberham and he tanked for quite some time. Eventually, Fourcade called the clock on him. About 30 seconds in, Taberham reraised all in for 279,500. De Leon went back into the tank before mucking his hand.
holding a set of kings. His opponent, Sami Aro, held top and bottom pair with the 
.