Jaymes Rosenthal opened with a raise to 28,000 from the cutoff before Alexis Belanger Lebel popped it to 70,000 from the button. The blinds made reluctant folds before Rosenthal tossed out a call.
The flop fell and both players checked. The turn was the and Rosenthal checked before calling the bet of 75,000-chip bet from Lebel, before the hit the river.
Rosenthal thought for a moment before tapping the table, but Lebel quickly checked behind. Rosenthal threw his head back in annoyance as he showed for a well disguised full house. No value on the river, but a nice pot to Rosenthal gets him back up to 550,000 with Lebel down to 290,000.
Play folded around to Andras Kovacs in the small blind and he moved all in. Just as quickly John Tolbert made the call in the big blind and the cards were on their backs.
Kovacs:
Tolbert:
Kovacs couldn't believe the call of his opponent and when he asked for an explanation, Tolbert simply replied, "I'm tired of being run over!"
Incredibly the board was spread and Tolbert made two pair to take it down and send Kovacs to a disappointed exit.
With that elimination the players are now redrawing for the final three tables of play.
They are now down to the final three tables, and here is how things fell in the seat draw:
Table 260
Seat 1: John McNamara
Seat 2: Grantland Hillman
Seat 3: Laura Cantero
Seat 4: Dean Schankin
Seat 5: Greg Pohler
Seat 6: Yordan Mitrentsov
Seat 7: Conrad Monica
Seat 8: Joseph Grenon
Seat 9: James Jeffrey
Table 261
Seat 1: Christophe Benzimra
Seat 2: Gordon Johnson
Seat 3: Jonas Mackoff
Seat 4: Edgar de la Torre
Seat 5: Thanh dat Tran
Seat 6: Jean Santoni
Seat 7: Michael Gross
Seat 8: Denis Murphy
Seat 9: Jeffrey Tebben
Table 262
Seat 1: Blake Kelso
Seat 2: Frederic Bussot
Seat 3: David Cai
Seat 4: Jaymes Rosenthal
Seat 5: Alexis Belanger-Lebel
Seat 6: Eugene Castro
Seat 7: John Tolbert
Seat 8: Anthony Damore
Seat 9: Holger Kanisch
Amongst the frantic relocating and identifying of players to their new seating allocations, we lost one of the more decorated players from the field in Christophe Benzimra.
With an EPT title and WPT cash to his credit, the remaining 26 players won't be disappointed to see the back of this talented player.
He's out in 27th place for his first WSOP career cash of $14,741.
Jonas Mackoff opened to 29,000 from middle position with Michael Gross making the call on the button and Jeffrey Tebben coming along in the big blind.
They saw a flop of and Tebben checked to Mackoff who fired 60,000. Gross then announced he was all in which saw a fold from Tebben. However Mackoff was happy to make the call.
Gross:
Mackoff:
Top pair for Gross but he was in some trouble as Mackoff showed the overpair. The dealer burned and turned the as Gross clapped his hands in delight at the suckout. The river fell the and Gros doubles through to 470,000 with Mackoff crippled.
Shortly after losing all his chips to Michael Gross, Jonas Mackoff was all in for one big blind against Jeffrey Tebben and Thanh dat Tran. Tebben fired 112,000 into the side pot after the river of a board, and Tran folded. Mackoff turned up for tens and deuces, but Tebben's was plenty good enough to win the pot and eliminate Mackoff.
Mackoff, one of several Canadians making a splash in this event, picks up his third career WSOP cash and his first of 2010.
JD McNamara opened with a raise to 40,000 with Joseph Grenon his lone customer in the big blind.
They saw a flop of and both players checked. Again on the turn it went check, check before the completed the board on the river. Grenon decided to take a stab with a bet of 73,000 but McNamara looked him up and tabled for ace-high which was good as Grenon sheepishly mucked.
McNamara is up to 510,000 with Grenon back to 430,000.