Justin Bonomo got himself all in with on a flop of , and he was behind but drawing rather live when Christopher Vitch called with .
The turn didn't change anything in Bonomo's favor, though, and the that filled out the board was just another blank as well. With that, Bonomo's day has come to a close, and he'll have just a min-cash to show for his efforts over the past two days.
Also making his exit just a moment ago was EPT super-stud Martin Kabrhel, the victim of the similar sort of situation as Bonomo. There are 33 players left.
The small remainder of David Baker's once mighty stack was all in the pot preflop, and he was looking for a triple up against Casey McCarrel and Chuck Danielsson.
The flop came down with a potential side pot brewing. Both players checked that flop, though, and when McCarrel made one bet on the turn, Danielsson quickly open-mucked his pocket kings. Baker was at risk, the betting was closed, and the cards were turned up:
Baker:
McCarrel:
It was quite a sweat for Baker as he had flopped pair and a flush draw but was still trailing McCarrel's top pair. The river was the , and Baker was unable to find any of his out cards to stay alive. He's out, moving McCarrel up to 89,000 and leaving Danielsson with just 10,000 little chips in front of him.
Tommy Hang entered the pot with a raise under the gun to 5,000 and Andrew Rennhack made it three-bets before Julian Parmann made it 10,000 to go.
Hang passed, but Rennhack made the call to see a flop fall and Parmann fire out a bet of 2,500. Rennhack called and both players checked the on the turn before the landed on the river.
Parmann fired out 5,000 and Rennhack called tabling his . However it would be Parmann's that would take the pot down and see him climb to 83,000 in chips.
Jeffrey Mervis was all in on a flop of , and Eduardo Miranda looked him up with the covering stack. Mervis was at risk with , and he had been out-flopped by Miranda's .
The turn and river were a brick apiece, the and respectively, and that's the end of his day. The good news is that he just managed to sneak into the money as the bottom casher in Event #23.
"That was the quickest hand-for-hand in history," T.D. Nikki just announced.
We (and most of the players) thought that the field was still one elimination away from the money after that double knockout, but it appears that the eliminations of Lindgren and Lunkin were, in fact, the bubble eliminations. They're out in 38th and 37th places respectively, and everyone left is officially in the money.
Erick Lindgren was all in for 1,200 from the big blind, and Vitaly Lunkin got his 6,200 chips into the pot as well. Christopher Vitch was in the pot as well with a chance to knock off two dangerous players. With all of the action complete before the flop, the cards were turned up:
Lindgren:
Lunkin:
Vitch:
The board ran out blanks for everyone:
Vitch started with the best hand, and he ended with the best hand too. His ace-seven kickers play on that board, and he has knocked off Lindgren and Lunkin just a couple spots shy of the money.
Erick Lindgren just had his stack put down into the dark realm of the single big bet after tangling up with big stack Christopher Vitch. Lindgren was the preflop raiser, and he and Vitch checked through a flop of . Lindgren called a big bet on the turn, and another one on the river, and he couldn't show anything to beat Vitch's .
Al Barbieri was all in against Brian Meinders on a flop of , Barbieri looking for double or nothing with his stack of less than 10,000 chips. When all his chips were in the middle, he turned up for top pair, leading the of Meinders.
The turn was a nice, safe blank, and the on the river locked up the pot for Sugar Bear. He's back to 19,000, still quite short but okay for now.
on a flop of 
, and he was behind but drawing rather live when Christopher Vitch called with 
.
didn't change anything in Bonomo's favor, though, and the 
that filled out the board was just another blank as well. With that, Bonomo's day has come to a close, and he'll have just a min-cash to show for his efforts over the past two days.
with a potential side pot brewing. Both players checked that flop, though, and when McCarrel made one bet on the 
turn, Danielsson quickly open-mucked his pocket kings. Baker was at risk, the betting was closed, and the cards were turned up:
flop fall and Parmann fire out a bet of 2,500. Rennhack called and both players checked the 
landed on the river.
. However it would be Parmann's 
, and Eduardo Miranda looked him up with the covering stack. Mervis was at risk with 
.
and 
respectively, and that's the end of his day. The good news is that he just managed to sneak into the money as the bottom casher in Event #23.
turn, and another one on the 
river, and he couldn't show anything to beat Vitch's 
.
, Barbieri looking for double or nothing with his stack of less than 10,000 chips. When all his chips were in the middle, he turned up 
