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We got to the table with approximately 85,000 in the middle with four players having seen the flop of . Corey Hochman bet 35,000 and the player left to act after him folded. Shyam Srinivasan moved all in for 161,000 total. Maurice Hawkins folded and the decision was back on Hochman.
He leaned back, hands on his head, and then shifted forward in his seat, counting out how many chips he would have left if he made the call. He did just that and turned over which was well behind the Srinivasan held. The turn and river would be the and and Srivinisan would double up to 410,000 and leave Hochman with just 150,000.
Jason Mercier opened to 20,000 from the hijack, Emrah Cakmak three-bet to 60,000 from the big blind and Mercier four-bet shoved for about 420,000 after a few moments. Cakmak called instantly.
Mercier:
Cakmak:
The board ran out , giving Cakmak trip kings to eliminate Mercier in 41st place for $27,700.
Felipe Ramos opened the action in late position to 22,000 and was reraised by Carlos Chadha to 48,000. Ramos played with his chips, putting them in various stacks, before making the call.
The flop came and Chadha led out for 26,000. Ramos again went to messing with his stack before quietly saying "I'm all in" and then placing his chips into the middle. Chadha counted out his stack and looked as if he was trying to figure out the odds while mumbling numbers under his breath. He leaned back and said to no one in particular "flopped a draw."
Then Chadha went through several hand possibilities, again talking out loud. "Jack ten? Queen ten? King ten? Maybe random Ace queen?" Finally convincing himself, he made the call.
"I'm right," said Chadha as he saw Ramos had . Pleased with himself as he tabled , he turned to Ramos and said "been fun playing with you" and then the two bumped fists.
The turn was the to move Ramos into the lead. "There it is," said a dejected Chadha. "One time please," he begged, as the dealer started to put out the river card.
It was the and that would be the end of Chadha's tournament. "Good game guys," Chadha said politely.
"Good call," responded Ramos.
"Thanks, good luck guys," said Chadha, as he went to collect his winnings.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 25,000 from the small blind, and Andreas Samuelsson made it 60,000 in the big. The former Main Event champ shoved all in for 293,000, and Samuelsson called.
Samuelsson:
Duhamel:
Duhamel was dominated, but the flop gave him a flush draw to improve his equity. On the turn, he picked up still more outs, but it did him no good as a finished his tournament.
Stefan Jedlicka opened for a min-raise and was called by the small blind. JC Alvarado put his last 37,000 in from the big, and Jedlicka shoved over that to isolate him.