Another player who's seat was taken by someone else, Joris Ruys, has also been eliminated. His former neighbor told us he had gotten it in with against the of Manuel Bevand. An on the flop prevented a double up for Ruys.
Abdelhakim Zoufri was sitting where Steve O'Dwyer's started the day, ans so we asked former neighbor Simon Deadman if he knew what had happened to the current GPI frontrunner.
Deadman told us O'Dwyer had shoved his last 13 big blinds when action had folded to him in the small blind. The big blind called with and O'Dwyer's made no suck out.
We ran into Rob Strong as he was making his way to the exit. Strong told us he had folded for an hour and a half, only to find off suit and push all in from the hijack. Small blind Kees Alblas woke up with and busted Strong.
We moved over to the table of Alblas where both Raoul Refos and Marcel Goldenbelt praised Alblas' aggressive plays so far today. Alblas counted out his stack; 185,000.
As we arrived, Ali Reza Kashtiaray had a bet of 3,700 in front of him on a flop of . From middle position Jack Salter had raised to 13,100 and Kashtiaray made the call.
The turn came the and Kashtiaray checked. Salter bet 24,000 and Kashtiaray check shoved. Salter called.
Kashtiaray:
Salter:
"We need a five again!" said Salter.
It wouldn't come. Instead the completed the board and Salter left with a pout face.
Jason Mercier joins Remko Rinkema to talk about prop betting at the World Series of Poker, his three-bracelet bet against Vanessa Selbst, and some of the high-stakes cash games he's dabbling in.