After some preflop action, James Akenhead and his opponent both checked the flop so the board looked like .
Akenhead check-called a 1,250 bet from his opponent before the river came . Akenhead checks once more only to face an all-in bet this time, totaling 6,350. He made the call but mucked upon seeing the of his opponent for a full house.
Evelyn Ng
On a board of , Evelyn Ng was heads up with a single opponent who checked to her. Ng bet 2,500 and she was quickly raised to 7,500 straight. Ng called the additional 5,000 and the hit the river. Her opponent led out for 6,000 and Ng moved all in for 9,125.
Her opponent thought for a while before finally calling. Ng showed for the nut boat and her opponent angrily threw into the muck, shouting an expletive along the way.
Terrence Chan - Eliminated
Details are minimal, but Terrence Chan got the last of his chips in holding on a flop of . Despite plenty of outs, Chan was no good come showdown against the of his opponent.
Jordan Rich played a heads-up pot and we caught up to the action on the flop. Both Rich and his opponent checked and the hit the turn. Rich bet 3,000 and his opponent moved all in for 9,500 total. Rich made the call and the players showed:
Rich:
Opponent:
Rich looked to send a player home and pick up a nice pot in the process, but the on the river spoiled those plans. The one outer cost him the pot and left him with just 14,400.
Marcel Luske, The Flying Dutchman
A player in early position opened the action with a raise to 900. Two players, including Marcel Luske, called before the action came back around to the big blind. He put in a small reraise to 1,600, and all three opponents came along to the flop.
It brought . Action checked to Luske, and he moved all in for his last 3,825. Only the original raiser made the call, putting The Flying Dutchman at risk of being knocked out. With the betting complete, the caller turned over , and Luske confidently tabled . His set of sixes was in the lead, but he still had to fade a queen and a bunch of spades with two cards to come.
The turn took away all those spade outs; the made Luske a full house and kept him alive barring a two-outer on the river. The locked it up for the good-natured Dutchman, more than tripling him up to 17,000.
Let no man say that Dmitri Nobles doesn't like to move his chips. With an board showing, all the money was in the middle with Nobles holding top pair with . But Michael Martin flopped a set with and grabbed up all of Nobles' chips. Dmitri is out of the Main Event and Martin is now sitting with one of the biggest stacks in the tournament with 103,000.
Jesper Hougaard in Event #36, which he won
On a flop of , Jesper Hougaard checks out of the big blind and the opponent in the cutoff bets 1,200. Jesper calls.
The turn is and both check.
The river is and Jesper leads out for 2,200. The cutoff raises to 6,500 and Jesper folds.
Soon after, on a flop of , Jason DeWitt checks the small blind. Jesper bets 625 on the button and DeWitt check-raises to 1,900. Jesper calls.
The turn is . DeWitt bets 5,000 and Jesper folds again.
After these two brutal hands, Jesper's down to 13,000. DeWitt has 35,000.
In a reversal of the Dmitri Nobles elimination, Kevin O'Brien's pocket tens didn't hold up against his opponent's when the river cruelly brought the to end O'Brien's Main Event.
Jarrad "thaboss" Dale limped in preflop from under the gun with pocket nines. The flop fell 10-10-5 and Dale led out. Curtis Kohlberg raised and Dale reraised. Kohlberg moved all in and Dale, whom he had covered, called.
Dale showed his pocket nines and saw he was up against Kohlberg's 10-9 for flopped trips. Dale failed to improve and was sent to the rail.