James Akenhead opened from the button preflop before small blind Randy Propson moved all in. It wasn't much; Akenhead made the call from behind with . Propson's was in the lead and connected hard with a flop of .
The turn drew some murmuring from the table. "Guys -- you know he just picked up a gutshot, right?" said Propson dismissively. Turns out that not only did Akenhead pick up the gutshot, but he hit it with a river to send Propson to the rail.
Ludovic Lacay opened with a raise to 60,000, got one caller, then John Martin repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, Lacay reraised again to 600,000, the cold-caller folded, then Martin made it 2.2 million.
"Show me if I fold?" asked Lacay. Martin said nothing.
Donnie Peters
Andreas Flakstad was able to get Eugene Katchalov to put all of his money in the middle holding . Flakstad held .
Drawing very slim going into the flop, Katchalov took a commanding lead when the flop came down . Flakstad was now drawing dead to running hearts that didn't make Katchalov a full house.
The turn brought the and the river the .
Katchalov doubled to 3.6 million while Flakstad dropped to 1.1 million.
A short-stacked Dwayne Stacey moved all in preflop for about 300,000. Antonio Esfandiari, not gun-shy after his previous confrontation with Wesley Ismay, quickly called with . He was flipping against Stacey's .
"Two high pair would be good," Stacey offered. He instead got the worst possible flop -- . Esfandiari caught a set while Stacey caught nothing, drawing only to a ten or running hearts. Stacey was eliminated after the turn fell and river came to give Esfandiari a full house.
Donnie Peters
Fernando Gordo raised after Nichoel Peppe limped in. Peppe made the call.
The flop came down and Gordo fired 90,000. Peppe made the call.
The turn brought the and Gordon fired 200,000. Peppe raised the minimum to 400,000. Gordo then moved all in for 1,037,000 total. Peppe tanked and then released her hand, showing . Gordo showed .
"Thank you for showing." said Peppe, who dropped to 800,000. Gordo moved up to 1.7 million.
Michael Jansen opened for 60,000 from the button and Sarne Lightman called from the big blind. Lightman checked the flop over to Jansen, who bet 75,000. Lightman called and they went to the turn which fell the . Jansen moved all in and Lightman called.
Lightman
Jansen
The river was the and Lightman's Main Event run ended with a 112th place finish. Jansen is up to 1,360,000.
Donnie Peters
From middle position, Marco Mattes raised to 60,000 and Kasper Cordes called from the cutoff seat. Karl Mahrenholz then reraised from the button to 200,000. Mattes moved all in and Cordes folded. Mahrenholz made the call and was all in for 780,000 total.
Mattes held against Mahrenholz's .
The board ran out and Mahrenholz was eliminated after having been covered by Mattes.
Antonio Esfandiari
There were about 450,000 chips in the pot by the turn. Antonio Esfandiari was out of position for a tangle with Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari checked the board, drawing a bet of 350,000 from Ismay. There wasn't much hesitation in Esfandiari's call.
The river was another ace, the . Again Esfandiari checked and this time Ismay fired out 575,000. Esfandiari quickly cut 575,000 out of his own stack and moved as if he was going to put it in the middle -- but instead kept it behind his cards and observed Ismay. For his part, Ismay was just staring at a spot on the felt.
A minute went by. Esfandiari sighed and said, "I guess I don't have a choice," and again faked moving his call into the middle. There was still no reaction from Ismay.
"Do you want me to call?" Esfandiari asked Ismay. No response. After another minute, Esfandiari folded his hand. He remains in contention with 2.225 million chips. Ismay is up to 3.65 million.
. Propson's 
was in the lead and connected hard with a flop of 
.
drew some murmuring from the table. "Guys -- you know he just picked up a gutshot, right?" said Propson dismissively. Turns out that not only did Akenhead pick up the gutshot, but he hit it with a river 
to send Propson to the rail.
. Flakstad held 
.
. Flakstad was now drawing dead to running hearts that didn't make Katchalov a full house.
and the river the 
.
. Esfandiari caught a set while Stacey caught nothing, drawing only to a ten or running hearts. Stacey was eliminated after the turn fell 
and river came 
to give Esfandiari a full house.
and Gordo fired 90,000. Peppe made the call.
and Gordon fired 200,000. Peppe raised the minimum to 400,000. Gordo then moved all in for 1,037,000 total. Peppe tanked and then released her hand, showing 
. Gordo showed 
. Jansen moved all in and Lightman called. 
and was hoping his pair would outlast Francois Balmigere's 
.
. But the turn brought the 
and Clark was now hoping to land one of the two remaining sevens or a club to make a backdoor flush.
, and Clark is out in 115th place. Balmigere chips up to 1.62 million.
