Gabriel Vezina opened for 125,000 from middle position and Bradley Craig called from the big blind.
Craig checked the flop over to Vezina, who bet 140,000. Craig made the call and they both checked the on the turn. The river was the and both players checked again.
Phil Ivey raised to 135,000 from under the gun, and it folded to Scott Sitron who reraised all in for 600,000 from late position. It folded back to Ivey who made the call.
Ivey showed and Sitron . The flop came , and Sitron was still looking for a ten. The next two community cards would bring two of them -- -- and Sitron doubles back to 1.32 million. Ivey now has 6.68 million.
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Hieu Luu opened for 125,000 from the cutoff and Tom Schneider called from the big blind.
The flop was . Schneider check-called Luu's 225,000 continuation bet. The turn came the and Schneider led out for 400,000. Luu moved all in and Schneider made the call for his remaining 1,560,000.
"What do you have, baby?" squealed Schneider's wife Julie from the rail.
"I have two pair. He has a flush draw."
"So what do we need?"
"The king of spades would be nice."
"King of spades! King of spades!" cried a very excited Julie.
Boom! The hit the river and Schneider doubled up to 3.8 million.
"Yeah, baby! That's what you do! Stack 'em up! Stack 'em up!" screamed Julie.
Tommy Vedes (from Day 6)
The table folded to Christopher Bach who raised to 175,000 from late position. Manuel Labandeira called from the cutoff, then Tommy Vedes reraised to 420,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and Bach and Labandeira got out as well.
Vedes is at 8.54 million now, Bach 2.32 million, and Labandeira 1.28 million.
Joe Sebok - 56th Place
PokerRoad Nation is grieving today. It started the day with two horses left in the Main Event: Phil Ivey and Joe Sebok. Now it retains only one.
Sebok, a fan favorite and a good friend of many members of the poker media, made his short-stacked stand from the button with . Ben Lamb got in there with . Sebok couldn't find one last miracle to keep his final table hopes alive as the board ran out to make a pair of queens for Lamb. There was a nice round of applause for Sebok as his elimination was announced over the P.A. system.
John Martin on Feature Table
Billy Kopp has just eliminated John Martin from the Main Event, and in doing so, he's skyrocketed to the top of the leaderboard. Here's how the hand went down:
Kopp opened the pot with a raise to 125,000 from under-the-gun and was called by both Luis Nargentino (hijack) and Martin (cutoff).
The flop came and the action was checked to Martin who led out with a 250,000 bet. Kopp was the lone caller and he and Martin went heads-up to 4th Street, which brought the .
Kopp again passed the first action to Martin, who led out with a 500,000 bet. Kopp then check-raised to 2,325,000 and Martin responded by moving all in for an additional 300k. Kopp made the call and tabled for bottom set; Martin revealed for open-ended straight and flush draws.
The fell on 5th Street, and Kopp's set of sixes reigned supreme, sending Martin home in 57th place.
Kopp stacked up 11,160,000 in chips after the hand.
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Phil Ivey opened for 135,000 from late position and Christopher Bach called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop. The turn came the and Bach bet 150,000. Ivey made the call. The river was the and Bach fired a second barrel for 360,000. Ivey looked him up.
Bach had nothing more than . Ivey's was good and he raked in the pot. He's now up to 7.1 million while Bach fell to 2.2 million.
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Scott Bohlman (Day 6) - 58th Place
For the second time in two orbits, Scott Bohlman shoved from the small blind after Andrew Lichtenberger raised on the button. The first time Lichtenberger folded, but this time he called.
Lichtenberger held and Bohlman held .
The flop contained an ace as it was spread . The turn was the and Bohlman began to stand from his chair. The river was then dealt the and that was it for Bohlman.
John Martin's stack keeps moving in the wrong direction. In a battle of the blinds, he took an unraised flop of with big blind Marc McLaughlin. Martin check-called a bet of 55,000 from McLaughlin, then led out for 100,000 on the turn. McLaughlin raised that turn bet to 270,000 and got the fold.
A few hands later Charlie Elias opened preflop for 125,000. Marin raised to 450,000 from the button, then folded to a re-raise by Elias to 1.775 million. The result of both of those hands is that Martin's stack is down to about 3.2 million.
flop over to Vezina, who bet 140,000. Craig made the call and they both checked the 
on the turn. The river was the 
and both players checked again. 
and Craig mucked. 
and Sitron 
. The flop came 
, and Sitron was still looking for a ten. The next two community cards would bring two of them -- 
-- and Sitron doubles back to 1.32 million. Ivey now has 6.68 million.
. Schneider check-called Luu's 225,000 continuation bet. The turn came the 
and Schneider led out for 400,000. Luu moved all in and Schneider made the call for his remaining 1,560,000. 
. Sebok couldn't find one last miracle to keep his final table hopes alive as the board ran out 
to make a pair of queens for Lamb. There was a nice round of applause for Sebok as his elimination was announced over the P.A. system.
and the action was checked to Martin who led out with a 250,000 bet. Kopp was the lone caller and he and Martin went heads-up to 4th Street, which brought the 
. 
for bottom set; Martin revealed 
for open-ended straight and flush draws.
and Bach bet 150,000. Ivey made the call. The river was the 
and Bach fired a second barrel for 360,000. Ivey looked him up. 
was good and he raked in the pot. He's now up to 7.1 million while Bach fell to 2.2 million.
and Bohlman held 
.
turn. McLaughlin raised that turn bet to 270,000 and got the fold.
