Steven Gross raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and Amit Makhija re-raised all in for a total of 17,000. Sida Yuen, who was in the big blind, re-raised to 29,500 and Gross folded leaving Makhija and Yuen heads up.
Makhija:
Yuen:
The board of was of no help to Makhija and he was eliminated. After the hand Yuen had around 260,000.
Joshua Mullen raised to 9,500 from the cutoff and got a call from Chase Bianchi on the button. Bryan Colin re-raised to 34,000 from the small blind with Bianchi folding and Mullen calling.
The flop came . Colin bet 27,000 and Mullen re-raised to 62,500. Colin asked how much Mullen had and then re-raised him all in with a snap call from Mullen.
Mullen showed for an over pair and Colin was simply speculating with his
The turn and river came and Mullen earned the big double up.
Mullen was left with 375,000 and Colin got knocked down to 310,000
Corey Quinonez raised to 15,000 from the hijack and Steven Gross re-raised enough to put Quinonez all in. Quinonez called and the cards were revealed.
Quinonez:
Gross:
There was an audible gasp from the table and the rail when the flop came giving Gross a set of eights to put him in the lead. The turn and river were the and which were of no help to Quinonez and he was eliminated.
We talked to Greg Mueller who busted right before the dinner break who said he had versus the of Bradley Craig. Mueller told us there was an in the window on the flop and a on the river just for safe measure.
Jason Deutsch also busted out at the hands of Bradley Craig. Deustch went all in preflop on the button with and Craig called in the small blind with The board ran out safely for Craig and Deutsch hit the rail.
We also lost Thomas Applegate who busted at the hands of Geffrey Klein. On the flop, Klein bet 40,000 and was re-raised all in for 90,000 by Applegate. Klein made the call with on the board and Applegate showed The turn and river came to give Klein a better two pair and take down the pot.
Chase Bianci has just been ousted from this event by Alexandre Luneau after being crippled in an earlier hand by Alexander Wilson.
Earlier, we caught the action on a board that read where Bianci moved all-in; Wilson went deep into the tank and after about three minutes, he made the call, showing down which was good against Bianci, who had gotten his hand caught in the cookie jar with
Down to just 80,000, he moved that in a few hands later with and found himself in a flip for his tournament life against Luneau's , but the dealer spread the board of to send Bianchi to the rail.
Jeffrey Papola is continuing to motor along as the field dwindles down.
Papola raised to 12,000 preflop, Anders Taylor re-raised to 30,000, Papola re-raised to 60,000, and Taylor re-raised again, this time to 95,000. Papola decided that the fun and games were over as he declared "all in" and Taylor called.
Papola:
Taylor:
Taylor is no stranger to high pressure situations as he came in 3rd place in last years $1,500 PLO8 WSOP tournament.
Through the turn Taylor was set to double up as the board read but then a devastating hit on the river giving Papola a set and the win. Taylor was visibly crushed and Papola amassed a mountain of chips.
Papola, the "king of six-max" now is sitting pretty as our chip leader with 875,000.