Gabriel Vezina busts out of the Main Event.
Wow. We headed over to Joe Ward's table to get a fresh round of chip counts and saw what some of the players described as an "internet" hand go down. Gabriel Vezina opened the pot for 200,000 from middle position. Joe Ward called in the cutoff before Martin Lapostolle shoved all in from he big blind for 2.1 million. Vezina called all in for 1.2 million and then Ward, having both players covered, called as well!
"All in and two calls on Table 2!" What hands could have prompted so much action?
Vezina:
Ward:
Lapostolle:
Lapostolle groaned when he saw Ward's kings. Vezina's reaction was a bit more sarcastic.
"Way to go, dealer!" he said.
Ward was pumped to see his opponent's hands, and even more pumped when the flop came . There was no sweat for Ward when the turn blanked , leaving both Vezina and Lapostolle drawing dead.
Since Vezina had fewer chips than Lapostolle, he is the 38th place finisher. Lapostolle finished 37th. Both earned $178,857 while Ward earned a total stack of 9.8 million chips.
Donnie Peters
Billy Kopp just strolled into the secondary feature table with his chip leading 15.5 million stack. He's taken over seat eight. In seat two moved Kevin Schaffel.
?!?!??!?!?!?!?!
Nick Maimone opened for 210,000 from middle position, Ludovic Lacay called from the cutoff and Antoine Saout called from the big blind.
All three players checked the flop. When the hit the turn, Saout led out for 480,000. Both Maimone and Lacay called. The river was the and Saout bet 1.1 million. Maimone folded and Lacay called.
Saout showed , hitting a runner-runner straight to shatter Lacay flopped top two pair with . Lacay angrily threw his cards into the muck as Saout raked in the pot. Saout is up to 10,060,000 while Lacay fell to 4,150,000.
Phil Ivey
Joseph Ward raised to 205,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Phil Ivey who called from the small blind. The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the , pairing the board. Ivey bet 350,000, and Ward made the call.
The river brought the , putting a second pair out there. This time Ivey bet 750,000, and after thinking a bit Ward made the call.
Ivey showed for sevens full, and Ward . Ivey moves up to 11.3 million, and Ward is now at 8.8 million.
Donnie Peters
Always good to have luck on your side
Eric Buchman raised all in from middle position for 2.015 million and Jonathan Tamayo called on the button.
Tamayo held and Buchman held .
The flop came down and there was a small uproar from the crowd as they thought the nine or seven was actually an eight. The turn added a nice sweat to things when the hit the felt. Buchman was now open-ended.
The river was the , completing the straight draw for Buchman and giving him the double up to over four million. Tamayo just sat shaking his head.
Warren Zackey
Warren Zackey opened the pot with an under-the-gun raise to 225,000. Two seats over, Marc McLaughlin was playing his first hand at the table, and he announced a re-raise to 600,000 total. When it came back around to Zackey, he moved all in, sending his opponent deep into the tank. The total count was 2,530,000, and McLauglin eventually made the call to put Zackey at risk.
Showdown
McLaughlin:
Zackey:
With his tournament life on the line, Zackey watched a dry flop come out . McLaughlin stood up to stand behind his chair as both men sweated the next card.
Turn: . Disaster for McLauglin equates to salvation for the all-in Zackey, and the audience roared in reaction to the two-out turn card. The river was paint, but the was of no use to McLaughlin. With his come-from-behind set, Zackey notches a huge double up, sitting now with 5,270,000 and dropping McLaughlin down under 1,000,000.
Donnie Peters
Leo Margets attempted to make something happen on her end when she opened to 250,000 from middle position. Action folded to Eric Buchman in the small blind and he reraised to 2.18 million. Margets made the fold after Jeff Shulman ducked out from the big blind and Buchman scooped the pot.
Christopher Bach - 36th Place
Christopher Bach, Steven Begleiter, Nick Maimone, and Ludovic Lacay all limped in before the flop, which came down . Lacay checked, Bach checked, Begleiter bet 225,000, Maimone folded, Lacay folded, and Bach check-raised all in for his remaining 1,235,000. Begleiter made the call.
Bach
Begleiter
Bach flopped top pair but Begleiter had outs with an open-ended straight draw. The turn was a blank, the , but the hit the river, making Begleiter a jack-high straight. He took down the pot, increasing his stack to 9.25 million while Bach exited in 36th place.
Antoine Saout
Marco Mattes opened with a raise to 200,000, and it folded to Antoine Saout who reraised to 700,000. Mattes considered the situation, then decided to pick a better spot.
Mattes is now down to 1.3 million, while Saout is presently sitting with 10,550,000. He's in third at the moment behind Billy Kopp (15.4 million) and Phil Ivey (11.3 million).
. There was no sweat for Ward when the turn blanked 
, leaving both Vezina and Lapostolle drawing dead.
flop. When the 
hit the turn, Saout led out for 480,000. Both Maimone and Lacay called. The river was the 
and Saout bet 1.1 million. Maimone folded and Lacay called. 
, hitting a runner-runner straight to shatter Lacay flopped top two pair with 
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
, pairing the board. Ivey bet 350,000, and Ward made the call.
for sevens full, and Ward 
. Ivey moves up to 11.3 million, and Ward is now at 8.8 million.
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and there was a small uproar from the crowd as they thought the nine or seven was actually an eight. The turn added a nice sweat to things when the 
hit the felt. Buchman was now open-ended.
, completing the straight draw for Buchman and giving him the double up to over four million. Tamayo just sat shaking his head.
. Disaster for McLauglin equates to salvation for the all-in Zackey, and the audience roared in reaction to the two-out turn card. The river was paint, but the 
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