From the hijack seat, Anthony Gregg open-shoved with , and John Dibella called all in for 1.055 million from the big blind. He was flipping for his tournament life with , and things would run out well for him.
Board: .
That's clean and safe for Dibella, and he's found another double to claw back into this match. Gregg, on the other hand, has been crippled down to his last few big blinds.
Under the gun, John Dibella moved all in for 825,000. Next door, Kyle Julius asked for the count before folding, and the rest of the table followed him into the muck to allow Dibella to stay afloat for now.
From the button, Ruben Visser made a mini-raise to 200,000 to start the action, and John Dibella defended his big blind for the extra 100,000.
The flop came out , and Dibella check-called 150,000. He couldn't continue, though. Visser fired another 315,000 behind the turn, and Dibella checked and folded his way down around the million-chip mark.
Two of these nine players will become poker millionaires tomorrow, and one of them will be crowned the PCA Main Event champion for 2012. We've got a small enough group to fit at one table now, so the nine have combined around the main featured table for one last redraw. It's a big one, because they'll be in these seats the rest of the way.
Seat
Player
Chips
1
Mark Drover
1,960,000
2
Anthony Gregg
1,915,000
3
David Bernstein
2,300,000
4
Ruben Visser
4,790,000
5
Faraz Jaka
5,590,000
6
John Dibella
1,335,000
7
Xuan Liu
5,995,000
8
Kyle Julius
6,200,000
9
Lee Goldman
1,605,000
The unofficial final table should be under way in just a few moments.
Well, this Martin Jacobson fella is going to win one of these at some point. The man who made headlines around the EPT this past season has come up just shy of a final table bid here at the PCA.
When the table folded to him in the cutoff seat, Jacobson pushed his last 1.41 million into the pot, and Xuan Liu re-shoved two seats over in the small blind. That got them heads up, and Jacobson needed to improve to stay alive.
Showdown
Jacobson:
Liu:
The flop paired them both, but it kept Liu in front with two to come. The turn was the blank , and Jacobson needed to find one of five outs in a hurry. The river was paint, but it was the , and that's not going to get it done.
Jacobson made three EPT final tables in EPT Season 7, and he almost managed to start 2012 off in typical final-table fashion. But the Swede will have to settle for 10th place this time around, and it's his eighth career six-figure cash.
Liu is back in the top two now, increasing to about 6 million with the knockout.
Since dropping that double against Bernstein, Faraz Jaka has been relentlessly aggressive. No one pot has been particularly noteworthy in that span, but he's worked his stack back up to about 5.5 million in just a couple orbits of the button.
Under the gun, Faraz Jaka raised to 235,000, and David Bernstein shoved all in on him for 1.18 million. Jaka made the call with , and he was flipping for the knockout as Bernstein rolled over .
But Bernstein's horse ran faster, and the board gave him the winning pair of queens. Just after notching a double of his own, Jaka grants one to Bernstein, and the latter is back up to 2.56 million. Jaka's back down to 4.1 million — essentially where he began the day.
Under the gun, Phil D'Auteuil raised big to 450,000, essentially committing himself to the pot with most of his chips already in. From the cutoff, Anthony Gregg reraised all in to isolate, but his shove would not get through. In the small blind, Faraz Jaka woke up with a monster, and he called all in for 2.375 million. D'Auteuil dropped his last few chips in the pot too, and Gregg was looking for a huge double knockout as the cards were turned up.
Showdown
D'Auteuil:
Gregg:
Jaka:
Gregg managed to pair up on the flop, but that's as close as he'd get. The turn and river kept Jaka's aces in front, and it's he who sends D'Auteuil off in 11th place. It was a fine run for the French Canadian who's better known as "takechip" from his online domination, but his bid for a major live title has come up just that short.
Jaka has rebounded fully from his midday slide, and he's back into the mix of the leaders with 5.55 million. That's second place right now.
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, and John Dibella called all in for 1.055 million from the big blind. He was flipping for his tournament life with 
, and things would run out well for him.
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and a check-fold from Visser, allowing Julius to chip his way up to about 6.4 million.
, and Dibella check-called 150,000. He couldn't continue, though. Visser fired another 315,000 behind the 
turn, and Dibella checked and folded his way down around the million-chip mark.
flop paired them both, but it kept Liu in front with two to come. The turn was the blank 
, and Jacobson needed to find one of five outs in a hurry. The river was paint, but it was the 
, and that's not going to get it done.
, and he was flipping for the knockout as Bernstein rolled over 
board gave him the winning pair of queens. Just after notching a double of his own, Jaka grants one to Bernstein, and the latter is back up to 2.56 million. Jaka's back down to 4.1 million — essentially where he began the day.
flop, but that's as close as he'd get. The turn 
and river 