Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier isn't going quite as well as his girlfriend Cathy Hong. The Frenchman faced a relatively small bet of 400 on the river of a which he paid off, only to be shown in response. He remains around his starting stack however and desperately wants that bracelet to complete the triple crown.
Keith Ferrera raised to 250 preflop, Tristan Wade called, and another player re-raised to 725. Ferrera then shoved all in for a total of 4,000. Wade got out of the way and the other player called.
Ferrera:
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The board ran out and Ferrera was eliminated from the tournament.
We came to the table as Andrew Lichtenberger, known better as "luckychewy", his online handle, was all in preflop and had been called. The two players flipped up their cards, and Lichtenberger had the lead.
Lichtenberger:
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The flop was a pretty one for Lichtenberger as it came out . The turn and river came the and , and Lichtenberger doubled up to 8300. The player to Lichtenberger's left sat down while the chips were being pushed to him, and joked "That's just what I want to see when I sit back down: Chewy doubling up." Yes unfortunately for the rest of his table, Chewy is still alive and has some chips to work with now.
With the board reading three players had all the chips in the middle including Erik Cajelais who had the other two players covered.
Cajelais:
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The player holding eights was in the lead after the flop with a set but Cajelais had both straight and flush draws. The turn was a which gave the player holding sevens a little hope, but the on the river completed Cajelais' flush and sent both the other players to the rail.
Cathy Hong just paid off EPT winner Rupert Elder's 600 bet on the river of a board, getting shown Queens. Hong is still the chip leader on that table which has only six players remaining now. There are two or three tables that have lost that many players, but we're not expecting the floodgates to open until after the next couple of levels.
We came to the table with the flop reading . Ali Eslami had made it 850 after his opponent had bet 350. His opponent called, and both players checked the turn, the . The river came the completing flush and straight possibilities, and Eslami's opponent checked again. Eslami fired out 1,225, and his opponent thought for about 30 seconds before making a great call with . Eslami mucked, but he is still doing fine at around 3200.
With the board reading , Eddy Sabat and another player got all the chips in the middle and their hands were tabled.
Sabat:
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Sabat had both straight and flush draws against his opponent's overpair. The turn brought the giving Sabat even more outs including the which fell on the river. The other player was eliminated while Sabat's stack grew to 9,600.