We just came into a hand where a player on the button moved all in for his very short stack, Davidi Kitai re-raised the pot to about 26,000 (with practically nothing behind) and Mike "Timex" McDonald made the raise to officially put Kitai all in.
Button:
Kitai:
McDonald:
The board ran out and trip kings was enough to give McDonald the win and two more knockouts. After the hand McDonald is just under 200,000 and is our chip leader.
Scott Seiver raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and received calls from Chance Kornuth on the button, Jeff Lisandro in the small blind, and Kevin Boudreau in the big. Action checked to Seiver on the flop and he continuation bet 2,800. Kornuth called on the button while both blinds got out of the way.
Seiver kept the pressure on with a 5,000 bet on the turn, but this time Kornuth moved all in for about 13,000. Seiver snap-folded, leaving himself less than 10,000 behind.
On a board of Josh Arieh and George Lind checked to Jason Mercier who bet 8,300 from the cutoff. Arieh reluctantly made the call and Lind folded. Mercier showed for a pair of sixes and Arieh showed for a flush.
After the hand Lind said, "Wait, you just had sixes?" Mercier gave a bit of a smile and laughed then said, "I've been playing too much Hold'em."
Mercier is down to 30,000 while Arieh has gone back up to 40,000
Amnon Filippi got his short stack all in preflop against Mike McDonald, who happens to be our chip leader.
Filippi:
McDonald:
Filippi was ahead with his aces, but the flop quickly changed that by giving McDonald a straight. The turn and river improved him to a flush, but the result was the same . . . Filippi was eliminated.
"This is the best I've ever run in a tournament," McDonald said after the hand. "And I run good all the time."
Meanwhile, a short-stacked Scott Seiver was also sent to the rail.
We picked up the action on table 12 just as the player in the big blind, along with Jesper Hogaard, Tom Dwan and another player in middle position went four ways into a raise pot on a flop of . The big blind checked to Hogaard who led out for 4,200; Dwan then raised to 17,000 and both the middle position player and the big blind got out of the way.
After about 90 seconds, Hogaard called, then both players checked the turn of the before Hogaard checked his option again after the river of the . Dwan stared Hogaard down intensely for what seemed like almost three minutes before he fired out a bet of 24,200.
Hogaard didn't budge. "I'm all in."
Dwan's jaw nearly hit the floor.
"You said all-in?" Dwan exclaimed before mucking his hand with a sigh. It hasn't gotten easier for Dwan since then, as Hogaard's just taken another pot from him to put the American online phenom on less than 60,000 in chips.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was all in on a flop of for his last 8,000 (there was at least 20,000 in the point at this point) and Bryan Colin made the call. Grinder showed and Colin had
The turn and river were and Mizrachi's full house was enough to double him up. He now has 43,000 after the hand
The action folded to Joseph Cheong who raised to 2,000 from the button before the flop, but he found only one caller from the big blind before both checking the flop of and the turn of the .
However, after the big blind checked the river of the , Cheong led out for 2,500. The big blind called, but Cheong's two pair with was best. Cheong's now up to more than 130,000 in chips after that hand.
We came to Jason Mercier's table after he had just shoved his last 20,400 on the river into a pot that had about 30,000 in it. The board read , and his opponent was in the tank for a few minutes before he flung the chips in for the call. Mercier showed for the second nut flush, and his opponent mucked. Mercier is back up to 71,000 after that pot.
and trip kings was enough to give McDonald the win and two more knockouts. After the hand McDonald is just under 200,000 and is our chip leader.
flop and he continuation bet 2,800. Kornuth called on the button while both blinds got out of the way.
turn, but this time Kornuth moved all in for about 13,000. Seiver snap-folded, leaving himself less than 10,000 behind.
Josh Arieh and George Lind checked to Jason Mercier who bet 8,300 from the cutoff. Arieh reluctantly made the call and Lind folded. Mercier showed 
for a pair of sixes and Arieh showed 
flop quickly changed that by giving McDonald a straight. The 
turn and 
river improved him to a flush, but the result was the same . . . Filippi was eliminated.
. Dwan stared Hogaard down intensely for what seemed like almost three minutes before he fired out a bet of 24,200.
and Mizrachi's full house was enough to double him up. He now has 43,000 after the hand
was best. Cheong's now up to more than 130,000 in chips after that hand.
, and his opponent was in the tank for a few minutes before he flung the chips in for the call. Mercier showed 
for the second nut flush, and his opponent mucked. Mercier is back up to 71,000 after that pot.