Matt Berkey raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Christoph Vogelsang called on the button. Berkey bet 45,000 on the flop and 130,000 on the turn, and Vogelsang called twice. Both players checked the on the river.
Berkey showed but was second best to Vogelsang's .
While Pierre Calamusa was eliminated, another showdown took place on the outer tables. In a three-bet pot, Felipe Pantoja had raised to 40,000 and called the 120,000-three-bet by table neighbor Scott Wellenbach.
On the flop, Pantoja got his stack in for 689,000 and both players tabled pocket pairs.
Felipe Pantoja:
Scott Wellenbach:
"Let me hold please," Pantoja said and saw the turn and river blank off, awarding a vital double to Pantoja.
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To say it hasn't been the best of days for Pierre Calamusa at the table is quite the understatement. The Frenchman, who started off as the chip leader, couldn't get much going throughout Day 3 and was down to about 200,000 in chips when his final hand occured.
After unknown preflop action, the flop came . Calamusa checked, Daniel Strelitz bet 45,000, Calamusa check-shoved and Strelitz had a very easy call.
Pierre Calamusa:
Daniel Strelitz:
The turn and river completed the board to end Calamusa's tournament in 25th place ($44,060). The 24 remaining players will redraw for the final three tables.
After an open raise, Aleksandr Gofman on the button three-bet to 100,000 and Daniel Strelitz in the small blind four-bet to 275,000. The initial raiser folded and Gofman called to see a flop of . Strelitz continued right away for 150,000 and Gofman called.
On the turn, Strelitz fired a second barrel of 225,000 and Gofman tossed in calling chips to see the on the river. Strelitz moved all in and Gofman asked for a call. The shove was for 621,000 total and Gofman tossed in a single chip for the call.
As soon as Strelitz turned over his , Gofman mucked his cards in disgust. They were revealed as the for the inferior full house and Gofman lost a big portion of his stack.
Felipe Pantoja limped and four players headed to the flop including the Brazilian, Scott Wellenbach, Brian Altman and Bob Bounahra in the big blind. The flop, action checked to Pantoja and his bet of 30,000 was called only by Bounahra. After the turn, Bounahra checked once more and Pantoja made it 100,000 to go.
Bounahra used one time bank and folded.
One table over, Jeff Hakim oped and Vicent Bosca came along on the button. On a flop, Hakim checked and called a bet of 30,000. The turn went check, check, and Hakim's bet of 90,000 on the river won the pot without showdown, as Bosca ended up folding.
Franz Ditz raised to 140,000 from under the gun, leaving a small stack of T-1,000 chips behind. Felipe Pantoja called from the small blind, Scott Wellenbach folded the big blind and Pantoja already revealed before realizing a few more chips needed to go in.
Pantoja stuck those in on the flop and Ditz quickly called it off with . Neither turn nor river helped him and he was eliminated in 26th place.