Robert Campbell was first to act in the small blind and he decided to complete the small blind instead of raising. Paren Arzoomanian, in the big blind, raised to 25,000 and was called by Campbell.
Campbell then checked the flop, opening the door for Arzoomanian to bet 25,000 chips, but no sooner had he done that, Campbell check-raised to 75,000. Arzoomanian looked at how many chips Campbell had behind before seind his cards into the muck.
David Lappin only recently doubled his stack when his pocket threes held against ace-queen, but he's lost those chips to Scott Byron.
Nick Smith opened from the button and Lappin three-bet all-in from the small blind. Byron then reshoved over the top of Lappin for 175,000 and Smith folded. Lappin had Smith covered by 87,000 and would eliminate him if his could pair up versus the . However, the board ran a jacks-friendly to knock Lappin back down to a push-or-fold stack.
We caught the action on a board of and Robert Campbell in the big blind asked how much Nick Smith in the hijack was playing behind. Smith answered he had about 190,000 left, and soon faced a bet of 200,000.
Smith tanked for a fair bit, and at one point admitted he had an ace. He thought about it for just a bit more after that statement, and finally said "Ok, I call"
The dealer forced both players to show their hands, and Campbell soon enough admitted not to have much of anything. Campbell showed the and Smith tabled .
David Hill opened to 26,000 from early position and his neighbor James Walsh three-bet. Hill called and check called a 40,000 bet on .
The turn came the and Hill moved all in for 137,000. Walsh just about snap called.
"Diamond one time?" Hill said as he saw his needed to improve against Walsh's .
The river was the wrong red card and he was left with just a couple of big blinds.
"A chip and a chair" he said, but it wasn't meant to be as the next hand would be his last. Hill shoved all in blind under the gun for his last 24,000 and Chris Swinden on the button was the one calling. Despite shoving blind, he had picked up quite a decent hand:
David Hill:
Chris Swinden:
The board came making Swinden a flush on the turn and David Hill was eliminated.
David Lappin's roller coaster ride since returning from the dinner break is over, and so is his tournament.
Craig Sewell opened from the button and then instantly called when David Lappin reraised all-in. Lappin turned over and Sewell . Lappin paired his queen on the turn, but it turned out to be too little too late as the five community cards fell sending Lappin to the rail in 19th place.
PokerStars employee Pasquale Egisto's quest to win the UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event has ended after he ran into Dan Stacey in one of the larger pots of the tournament.
Stacey opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Elliott Hayes called from the small blind. Egisto the squeezed to 87,000 from the big blind, prompting Stacey to make it 142,000 to continue. Hayes soon folded but after much deliberation, Egisto pushed all-in and Stacey called without much thinking.
Egisto turned over and his face looked resigned to defeat when he saw the of Stacey.
"I though maybe you had ace-king," said Egisto.
The sevens never looked like catching up at any point of the board and Egisto exited the tournament area in 18th place.
Robert Campbell was just eliminated in 17th place, and non other than the already leading Paren Arzoomanian was the one responsible.
Campbell made it 25,000 from the hijack and Arzoomanian three-bet to 75,000 from the button. Campbell called and open shoved for 330,000 on and Arzoomanian called with the . Campbell had just the to show, and failed for improve on the turn and river.
With that the tournament was down to its final 16 players, and a redraw was done.