Raphael Zimmerman - 29th Place
Raphael Zimmerman made a preflop raise to 20,000, Ryan Young reraised to 60,000, Zimmerman moved all in for 75,000 and Young made the call.
Zimmerman:
Young:
The board ran out and Young took it down with a set of deuces, eliminating Zimmerman.
Donnie Peters
Alexander Kostritsyn raised under the gun to 15,000. Phil Laak reraised to 45,000. Kostritsyn put in another raise to 130,000 and then Laak decided it was time to ship it in and did so for a total of around 280,000. Kostritsyn was faced with a big call of about 150,000, but made the laydown in the end.
Laak is now around 400,000 and climbing the ladder strong.
Ben Sprengers, 28th place
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.
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
Patrik Antonius doubles through Nikolay Evdakov
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.
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.
Jerri Thomas-- 27th Place
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.
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.