Jason Mercier opened the pot from the button, and Josh Arieh three-bet from the small blind. Mercier flatted, and the flop brought for the two men. Mercier called a bet there, and he raised all in on the turn. Arieh quickly matched the shove bet, and the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Mercier:
Arieh:
Arieh's aces were no good to Mercier's full house, but his wheel did have him in the lead for the low half of the pot and he was drawing to the last ace in the deck for a scoop. However, the river fell a blank. No money changes hands, and it's onto the next hand-for-hand hand. Mercier is still quite short with 56,000 chips.
Josh Arieh raised from under the gun, and Jason Mercier called out of the big blind. Mercier proceeded to check-call the flop () and turn (), but check-folded after the river ().
Mercier is now super-short with only 15,000 chips.
The action folded to Dan Kelly who raised on the button, and both Alessio Isaia and Guillaume Rivet called out of the blinds. The flop came down , Isaia led out, Rivet raised, and Kelly released. Isaia called the raise, and the turn brought the . Isaia slowed down, check-calling a bet from Rivet.
The on the river brought a possible low and flush, and Isaia check-called one more bet. Rivet tabled for a straight and a sixty-five low, Isaia mucked, and Rivet scooped the pot.
The clock says Level 18, but because we are on the bubble we will continue to play at 4000/8000 until a player busts. The clock will keep running, and once we burst the bubble then we will jump to 5000/10000.
Dan Kelly was awfully short-stacked, and the last of his chips went into the pot on the turn of a board. Freddy Deeb came along with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Kelly:
Deeb:
Deeb was drawing from behind, but the river filled in his wheel to give him the scoop. With it comes the bounty of Dan Kelly, the unlucky winner of the proverbial wooden spoon as the bubble boy.
Our final 27 are all in the money, and we'll play out the remaining 51 minutes of this level before bringing out the chip bags.
Under the gun, Jason Mercier got his last ~13,000 into the pot with . Max Steinberg was the only caller, showing down from the big blind.
The board ran out , and Mercier can't find anything there. Trip tens give the pot and the knockout to Steinberg, and Mercier is out in 27th place with the first paycheck of this event.
Damjan Radanov was very short on chips when he found a hand to commit to. It was , and he was up against Mikael Thuritz and his .
The board came , and the turn card was unkind to Radanov. Thuritz makes his straight to earn the knockout, pushing his stack up to 320,000 in the process.
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for the two men. Mercier called a bet there, and he raised all in on the 
turn. Arieh quickly matched the shove bet, and the cards were turned up.
) and turn (
), but check-folded after the river (
).
, Isaia led out, Rivet raised, and Kelly released. Isaia called the raise, and the turn brought the 
on the river brought a possible low and flush, and Isaia check-called one more bet. Rivet tabled 
for a straight and a sixty-five low, Isaia mucked, and Rivet scooped the pot.
board. Freddy Deeb came along with a chance at the knockout.
. Max Steinberg was the only caller, showing down 
from the big blind.
, and the turn card was unkind to Radanov. Thuritz makes his straight to earn the knockout, pushing his stack up to 320,000 in the process.