We caught up with the action on a flop where Karen Manfredo led out from the small blind. The big blind raised and Manfredo answered with a three-bet. After another raise, she ended up all in with . The big blind held for an inferior pair but the turn and river gave him runner-runner straight and eliminated Manfredo.
After betting back and forth with Hiren Patel, Marco Traniello was all-in and behind preflop.
Marco Traniello
Hiren Patel
The cards fell . Patel's whole cards were not enough to give the very scrappy Traniello the finishing blow he has been dodging for the past two levels.
Alexander Kravchenko raised in the cutoff and Jeff Shulman three-bet from the small blind. Kravchenko made the call and called Shulman’s bet on the flop. The action was the same on the turn which put Shulman all in.
Shulman:
Kravchenko:
Shulman would survive the hand regardless of the river although the players would chop the pot if an Ace or Jack hit. The river was the though and Shulman secured the full double up which left Kravchenko crippled.
We were able to get to Table 362 just in time to watch the small blind Sorel Mizzi battle it out with a player in late position.
On a board of Mizzi check raised his opponent. The dealer was given the green light to show the table the turn when Mizzi's opponent made the call. A on the turn was enough to get Mizzi to bet again, much to the same result, another call from his opponent.
After the fell on fifth street both players went through the same routine when Mizzi bet and his opponent simply called.
Both players showed an ace, but it was Mizzi's opponent's that was able to take the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro (USA) Victor Ramdin has been on quite the heater as of late. Less than 90 minutes ago, Ramdin returned to our tournament after a lengthy hiatus playing the $1,500 Shootout event. When he busted there, he came back to his table here to a short stack of just 15,000. Since then, Ramdin has skyrocketed all the way up to 130,000.
Something tells us Ramdin is going to stick around for awhile.
Alexander Kravchenko raised from middle position and Jesse Martin made the call from the big blind. On the flop, Martin check-called Kravchenko’s all in bet and the players showed their cards.
Kravchenko:
Martin:
The turn and river bricked out for Martin as Kravchenko doubled up as the players are nearing the money bubble.
John Racener raised from middle position and the big blind called. On the flop, the big blind bet and the rest of Racener’s 5,500 in chips went into the middle as the players turned over their hands.
Racener:
Big Blind:
The turn and river stayed clean for Racener as he doubled his short stack.
Action folded to Matt Suelflow on the button and he pit in a raise. John Racener was in the small blind and got his remaining 11,500 in the middle.
Suelflow:
Racener:
Suelflow was in a dominating position, even after the flop. The turn gave Racener some chop outs, but the river did not deliver. Racener's elimination leaves us just two eliminations from the money.