Blair Hinkle will have to wait til next time around to try for his second bracelet this summer as he's just been eliminated from the tournament.
Nick Binger opened the pot with a raise to 1,800 and Hinkle re-popped it to 5,100. Binger then raised enough to put Hinkle all in and Hinkle made the call tabling a pocket pair of tens; Binger revealed .
The flop was a safe one for Hinkle's tens, but the that fell on the turn tilted the scales in favor of Binger. An inconsequential on fifth street locked things up for Binger and Hinkle was sent to the rail.
Binger stacked up ~44,000 in chips after the hand.
Dan Harrington raised to 1,800. Rob Eckstut reraised to 5,600 and then Harrington moved all in for 25,000. Eckstut made the call and showed . Harrington was dominated with .
Jerry Buss and Mark Vos recently tangled in a hand that resulted in Buss doubling up to 26,000.
On a flop of , Buss checked to Vos who fired a 3,000 bet. Buss then moved in over the top for a total of 10,000. Vos made the call and showed for top and bottom pair, while Buss revealed for top set. Running eights on the turn and river locked things up for Buss who now sits with approximately 26,000. Vos dropped to 42,000 in the loss.
T6Poker pro Thierry van den Berg has just been eliminated from the field -- the result of a bold call from an unknown opponent.
Facing a 1,200 raise from his opponent, van den Berg re-popped it to 4,800 and his opponent made the call. According to van den Berg, the flop came and he opened with a 5,700 bet; his opponent called. A jack then fell on the turn and van den Berg open-shoved for his last 14,000. His opponent snap-called and tabled a pocket pair of threes; Thierry produced high would need help to stay alive but none came as the river brought an inconsequential , sending van den Berg to the rail
Amit Makhija moved all in preflop against one opponent. Amit held pocket tens and was up against his opponent's queens. The dealer did things quick and easy for Amit, flopping a queen right off the bat. He didn't improve from there and was sent to the rail.