"CrazyMarco"
Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson got the rest of his chips in before the flop against Justin Bonomo holding to Bonomo's . Bonomo hit a king on the flop to take the lead and Johnson couldn't improve, hitting the rail in 33rd place.
From the cutoff Kirill Gerasimov open-shoved for 150,000 only to have Evan McNiff reship from the button for 350,000. From the big blind, David Baker called to put them both at risk.
The flop came giving McNiff the best hand with a pair of aces, but also opening the door for Kirill (any diamond would give him the nut flush).
Visibly upset after going from first to worst, Baker was left drawing to only two outs.
When the fell on the turn, he felt much better.
Baker needed to fade a diamond or a ten to take the pot, and when the fell on the river, he successfully completed the double elimination of McNiff and Gerasimov.
David Baker - 1,530,000
Kirill Gerasimov - 32nd place ($0)
Evan McNiff - 31st place ($0)
Jacks are good
Alec Torelli opened from late position and Greg Raymer called from the small blind. Raymer checked the flop and Torelli bet 61,000. Raymer answered back with a raise to 150,000 only to have Torelli shove all in for his remaining 325,000. Raymer called.
Torelli
Raymer
The turn was the , the river was the and Torelli's jacks took it, his stack climbling to 970,000. Raymer is still near the top of the pack with 1,750,000.
Doshi Suresh
With thirty players remaining, Doshi Suresh just startled his table somewhat by open shoving for 728,000 from the cutoff. Most affected was Noah Schwartz in the big blind. After the others folded, Schwartz agonized for some time, counting out his stack as he deliberated over what to do. Finally he folded, having already shown his hand to Ted Forrest on his right.
After the hand was over, Suresh said he had been dealt queens. "Do you want to be called by ace-king?" asked Forrest provocatively. Suresh didn't say.
Wrist hurts. Kings don't.
Just as Alec Torelli raked in that huge pot from Greg Raymer, he lost a bit of it back, doubling up David Chiu when his pocket sevens ran into Chiu's pocket kings. The flop was and Chiu sealed the hand up when the hit the turn. The river was the meaningless and Chiu doubled to 460,000. Torelli's stack dipped to 890,000.
With about 120,000 in the pot and a flop of , Andy Black bet 80,000, and Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis raised to 500,000. To call the bet would mean committing the rest of his stack, so Black took his time about it.
Finally, Veldhuis began talking. "You're a live player, I'm an internet player," Veldhuis began. "You've been tanking for three minutes.... If you don't know where you're at by now, you should change careers."
Black finally mucked, preserving his remaining 300,000 chips. Veldhuis has about 1.5 million.
Phil Galfond
Ted Forrest raised to 40,000 from early position, Phil Galfond reraised all in to 245,000 from the hijack seat, and Forrest made the call.
Galfond
Forrest
The board came , and Galfond is out in 29th place. Forrest now has 1.56 million.
We've reached the money bubble, so the tournament is now being played hand for hand.