From under the gun, Sterling Savill opened with a raise to 1,400. Action folded to Andy Seth on the button, and he reraised to 3,700. After the blinds folded, Savill reraised and made it 6,600 to go with a four-bet. Seth moved all in for approximately 23,000, and Savill quickly called.
Savill tabled the powerful and he had Seth's on the ropes. The flop, turn, and river ran out to eliminate Seth and move Savill to nearly 80,000 in chips.
On the flop, Ronnie Bardah was faced with an all-in bet of 8,300 from an opponent. After a little bit of thought, Bardah made the call holding the . His opponent had the for a weaker pair and Bardah was in front.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Bardah's eights held up to give him the win and bust his opponent. Bardah climbed to 65,000 in chips.
From the cutoff seat, Ronnie Bardah raised to 1,400. Stephen Sindler called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Sindler checked, and Bardah fired 1,500. Sindler check-raised to 5,000, but Bardah upped the bar even more with a reraise to 11,000. Sindler folded, and Bardah won the pot. Bardah showed the for a ten-high bluff.
World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Joe Ebanks has been eliminated. He was all in preflop for his last 8,000-9,000 with against the pocket nines for RJ Sullivan. The flop contained an ace for Ebanks, but a nine followed to give Sullivan a set. Sullivan's set held up, and he busted Ebanks from the tournament.
From early position, RJ Sullivan raised to 1,400. Dave Dee reraised from the next seat to 5,000 and behind him Robert Emmert called in the hijack seat. Action folded back to Sullivan, and he folded as well, leave Dee and Emmert heads up to the flop. The flop came down , and Dee bet 6,000. Emmert folded, and Dee won the pot.
On the next hand, Dee opened to 2,000 from under the gun, and the player in the cutoff seat made the call. The flop came down , and Dee bet 3,500. His opponent folded, and Dee scooped this pot, too.
Dee, whose wife Catherine is seated at the same table in Seat 1 (Dee is in Seat 8), is from England and won two events here in Aruba at the PPC South America Poker Classic back in May for $2,798 and $3,910 each. That same series, his wife won an event as well, taking home $2,480 for her victory. Needless to say, Aruba has treated this happily married couple very well, and they're back here for the PPC Aruba World Championship to try their luck again.
The defending champion of this event, Joe Serock, has just been eliminated. Fortunately for Serock, players can reenter up until the start of Day 2, so his title defense isn't over just yet.
Serock opened with a raise to 1,200 before Stephen Sindler reraised to 4,000. Serock moved all in for around 14,000, and Sindler called with the . Serock had .
A kind was on the flop as the board ran out to bust Serock.
Pam Buzzetto was all in preflop with the against chip leader Jimmy Peters holding the . The flop contained a queen to add to the hurt for Buzzetto when the rolled out. The on the turn and on the river finished out the board, and Buzzetto was eliminated. Peters moved to a commanding 138,000 in chips.
Emmert fired a bet of 3,000 on the board into Bokor. Bokor made the call, then the landed on the river. Emmert fired 4,000 with 15,600 behind. Bokor tanked for a bit, then called.
Emmert tabled the for trip tens, and Bokor mucked his hand.
From the hijack seat, Ronnie Bardah opened with a raise to 1,200. Stephen Sindler called out of the big blind, then checked the flop. Bardah fired a continuation bet of 1,300, and Sindler folded.