Tony Licastro raised to 25,000 and Mike Sowers made the call before Joseph Sanders reraised the pot to 87,000. Licastro folded and Sowers called.
Sanders moved all in dark for his remaining few thousand as the flop came . Sowers made the call with . Sanders showed .
The turn came an ace and the tides turned on Sanders with Sowers taking the lead. The river was a blank and Sanders was eliminated in 26th place. He received $26,470 for his efforts.
In a hand with multiple players in the pot, Alex Kostritsyn sat patiently in the big blind as everyone in the hand checked both the flop and the turn. With the board reading Kostritsyn fired out 120,000 and chased everyone out of the pot, including Eli Elezra and Ted Lawson (who only had 50,000 behind). Kostritsyn now sits with 470,000.
From the cutoff Patrik Antonius raised to 21,000 and Eli Elezra called in the big blind. Elezra checked dark and after the flop Antonius followed suit. The hit on the turn and when Elezra checked again Antonius bet 25,000. Elezra check-raised to 50,000 and Antonius made the call. The two checked it down after the on the river and Elezra announced, "Ace-high." Antonius rolled over for top pair and took down a pot that lifted his stack to 310,000.
Amit Makhija raised to 21,000 from late position, Jerri Thomas moved all in for 80,000, and Makhija made the call.
Thomas:
Makhija:
It was a classic race situation, but the flop gave the advantage to Makhija. The turn was the , the river was the and Thomas was eliminated in 27th place. She'll take home $26,470 for her performance.
On a flop of , Nikolay Evdakov bet 50,000, Alexander Kostritsyn moved all in for 160,000 and Evdakov called. Kostritsyn had flopped a set with while Evdakov held for the overpair. The turn was the , the river was the and Kostritsyn doubled his stack to 380,000.
After a flop of and with 50,000 in the pot, Andreas Krause moved in for his last 37,000. Patrik Antonius considered the situation and Krause said, "You're the better player, fold and I'll show."
Antonius decided to make Krause show his cards by calling the bet, and when the cards were revealed his trailed Krause's . The came on the turn and the on the river, and Krause doubled up to 110,000.
That left Antonius with 135,000, and on the very next hand he mixed it up with Nikolay Evdakov. Antonius raised before the flop and Evdakov called in the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. When the turned Evdakov bet 35,000 and Antonius called. The fell on the river and when Evdakov checked Antonius bet 80,000. Evdakov made the call and Antonius turned over for the wheel and Evdakov mucked his hand. That pushed Antonius back up to 270,000.
The remaining 27 players have just re-drawn for new seats on three tables. Here's the new lineup:
Table 5:
Seat 1: Alexander Kostritsyn
Seat 2: Patrik Antonius
Seat 3: Nikolay Evdakov
Seat 4: Rolf Slotboom
Seat 5: Eli Elezra
Seat 6: Ted Lawson
Seat 7: Michael Pesek
Seat 8: Andreas Krause
Seat 9: David Benefield
Table 10:
Seat 1: Andy Bloch
Seat 2: David Stroj
Seat 3: Chris Gildone
Seat 4: Ryan Young
Seat 5: Anthony Licastro
Seat 6: Mike Sowers
Seat 7: Joseph Sanders
Seat 8: Chris Bell
Seat 9: Vivek Rajkumar
Table 13:
Seat 1: Amit Makhija
Seat 2: Jerri Thomas
Seat 3: John Kabbaj
Seat 4: Phil Laak
Seat 5: Dustin Woolf
Seat 6: Justin Newton
Seat 7: Nenad Medic
Seat 8: Kathy Liebert
Seat 9: Mike Sexton
Ben Sprengers got his money in with pocket tens, only to run into the pocket jacks of Chris Bell. The board provide no help and Sprengers was eliminated in 28th place.