We join the action on the flop in a pot between Brian Greig and Harris Pavlou. The board showed , and Greig led out with a bet of 15,000. Pavlou then moved all in having his opponent well-covered. Grieg made the call, and he was at risk for his tournament life.
Showdown:
Greig:
Pavlou:
Grieg was behind, but he had both a flush draw and a straight draw. The turn was the , and another blank, the , hit the river. Greig failed to catch any of his outs, and he was eliminated. Harris Pavlou has worked his way up to 335,000.
Ali Khalil
Just before the break, Grant Levy raised to 12,000 from the cutoff before Ali Khalil bumped it up to 27,000. The duel we had been anxiously waiting for was set to erupt as Levy made the call.
They went to a flop of and Levy checked to Khalil who fired 40,000. Levy made the call.
Levy checked dark as the turn card was dealt as the . Khalil then moved all in for 120,000. Levy thought for a long time as the remaining players went on break, before eventually folding his hand.
Khalil slammed on the table for the stone-cold bluff shouting "Now we're even!" as he went to the break with a smile on his face.
Khalil is now up to 265,000 with Levy down to 351,000.
The clock has been paused, and the players are taking their second 15-minute break of the day.
During the first break, PokerNews' Gloria Balding had a chance to chat with big stack Ali "Peppermint Hippo" Khalil. While we have a few minutes of down time here, check out the video below:
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Just before the break James Potter relayed the details to us of a hand between Martin Copeland and John Pachos.
Copeland had raised from the button and Pachos called out of the big blind. They saw a king-high flop and Pachos led out with a bet. Copeland put in the raise and Pachos called for his tournament life.
Copeland held pocket aces to have Pachos in bad shape with his . The turn bricked but a fell on the river to give Pachos two pair and the pot. He's up to 105,000, with Copeland needing a break from the table as he is left with only 17,000 chips.
Bill Jordanou opened with an 11,000-chip raise from the hijack seat. On the button, Alex Ratke put in the call, as did Sam Sayed in the big blind.
Three-handed then, the flop brought , and all three men checked.
The turn was the . Sayed led out with a bet of 10,000, prompting Jordanou to move all in for about 70,000. Instantly, Ratke moved all in over the top, having both players covered. Sayed got the message and ducked out of the way.
Showdown:
Jordanou:
Ratke:
Ratke found a miracle flop, and his quad threes had Bill Jordanou drawing dead. The river was an unimportant , and Ratke eliminates his opponent, moving up to 265,000.
Dennis Huntly has just doubled through Michael Levy...twice!
In the first hand a short-stacked Huntly shipped his last 7,600 chips from the button with and Levy made the call in the big blind with . The board fell giving Huntly tens and sevens to collect the double-up.
The very next hand they were at it again, as Huntly moved all in from the cutoff for 18,400 and Levy called out of the small blind. Huntly tabled for a dominating hand against Levy's . The board arrived to give Huntly a pair of aces to get himself back in the game with close to 40,000 chips, as Levy slips to 62,000.
Abel Cabrera during Day 1 action
Kenneth Damm raised to 12,000 preflop and Andrew Rogers made the call. The action was then with Abel Cabrera who moved all in for a total of 130,000.
Damm folded, but with only around 25,000 behind Rogers decided to make the call.
Showdown:
Cabrera:
Rogers:
The board fell , missing Rogers to end his run in the Main Event. Cabrera, who took down the trophy in the HORSE event earlier in the week, is now flying high with nearly 200,000 chips.
, and Greig led out with a bet of 15,000. Pavlou then moved all in having his opponent well-covered. Grieg made the call, and he was at risk for his tournament life.
, and another blank, the 
, hit the river. Greig failed to catch any of his outs, and he was eliminated. Harris Pavlou has worked his way up to 335,000.
and Levy checked to Khalil who fired 40,000. Levy made the call.
. Khalil then moved all in for 120,000. Levy thought for a long time as the remaining players went on break, before eventually folding his hand.
on the table for the stone-cold bluff shouting "Now we're even!" as he went to the break with a smile on his face.
. The turn bricked but a 
, and all three men checked.
, and Ratke eliminates his opponent, moving up to 265,000.
and Levy made the call in the big blind with 
. The board fell 
for a dominating hand against Levy's 
. The board arrived 
to give Huntly a pair of aces to get himself back in the game with close to 40,000 chips, as Levy slips to 62,000.
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