Lewis Eliminates Spears
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1a chip leader Toby Lewis has skyrocketed during the last level and is now over 1 million chips. Along the way he eliminated Andy Spears.
The two got all in on the flop of 
. Spears opened on the flop with a bet of 36,000 and Lewis raised to 125,000. Spears shoved and Lewis called.
Spears held pocket aces, 
, and Lewis had two pair with 
. The turn and the river were no help to Spears and that was the end of his day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,053,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
. Barnes took his leave of the tournament.
against the pocket eights, 
flop, Jaffe bet 42,000, Tedeschi called, and Andy Spears folded. It was heads up to the turn.
, Jaffe checked and Tedeschi bet 64,000, Jaffe called.
and Jaffe check-called Tedeschi's river bet. Tedeschi had a king for two pair and Jaffe had pocket sevens.
. Eldridge had the 
and was looking to score the knockout of his opponent.
flop put Barnes in the lead. The 
turn and 
river kept him there, and Barnes doubled up.
against the dominating 
for Ivan Barbuto. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
.
flop gave Petre a pair of nines, but Pires did pick up an inside straight draw to a seven. The turn was the 
to give Petre trips, and the river completed the board with the 
turn and 
and Demlakian checked. Troyanovskiy bet 31,000 and Demlakian called.
