With the flop reading , David Ottosen checked and Ludovic Lacay bet 27,000. Blair Hinkle made the call before Ottosen check-raised all in for about 70,000 more.
Lacay instantly folded and Hinkle laughed, "You evil man!"
Hinkle thought for a minute before making the call with and actually having his hand dominating Ottosen's , the was to change nothing before the river ended the short stack's tournament.
Hinkle now is also chipped up at around 1.3 million.
The clock was stopped with ten minutes left in the level, a card was drawn, and it has been determined players will play seven more hands before calling it a night.
Kelly Kim was down to a mere 46,000 chips when he moved all in with . Jake Abdalla called with , a hand that held on a board of . Kim's gone with just a few minutes left in the day.
We just caught the tail end of a hand, but it was at least worth mentioning. J.C. Tran was involved again, and on fourth street, the board showed . It was a battle of the blinds, and Tran's opponent made a bet of 60,000 which he called. The river brought the , and the small blind moved all in. Tran thought for just a bit before sending his cards back to the muck, and the small blind couldn't resist flashing his offsuit as he pulled in the pot.
That's the second time the table has bluffed J.C. Tran in the last few minutes. Chances are good that the third person who tries to do that will be making a mistake.
Tom Lutz and Raul Mestre just collided in a huge pot on a flop of .
Lutz held top two with his as Mestre was drawing to a flush with his .
The on the turn gave Mestre even more outs with a straight draw, but the river bricked the . Mestre hits the rail as Lutz now sits behind a very healthy 1.6 million chips.
Before the flop, Abraham Mourshaki raised to 22,000 from early position, and Phil Hellmuth flat-called from late position. Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque then called from the cutoff, Kenny Hsiung called from the button, and Kevin Jenkins also called from the big blind.
No report if Hellmuth uttered "et tu" or anything similar after all of the callers.
The flop came . Jenkins pushed all in for 83,000, Mourshaki folded, then Hellmuth reraised all in with his last 110,000. Gomez folded, and Hsiung called.
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Hellmuth
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Jenkins had an open-ended straight draw, Hellmuth the overpair, and Hsiung two pair.
The turn was the , giving Jenkins the straight. The river was the . Jenkins won the main pot, Hsiung the side pot, and Hellmuth has been eliminated.
It may have been "double up or go home" time for Carter King. He was short-stacked in the big blind and got all of his chips in the middle on a flop of . King's opponent was the small blind, who had flopped top two pair with and made the call. King turned up and never improved.