Kevin Murphy was crippled when he held and called his opponent's all-in bet of 54,000 on a flop of . His opponent held and the board ended up running out and . That left Murphy with just 41,000.
On the very next hand, Hans Winzeler limped on the button and Murphy raised to 23,000 from the small blind. Winzeler made the call and watched the flop fall . Murphy moved all in for his last 18,000 and Winzeler reluctantly made the call.
Winzeler:
Murphy:
Surprisingly Winzeler was ahead with sevens, but Murphy had a lot of out. Unfortunately for the at-risk player, both the turn and river blanked. A series of unfortunate events has resulted in Murphy being eliminated.
With a board reading , Hans Winzeler checked to Michael "Timex" McDonald, who bet 105,000 into the large pot. Winzeler stared down his opponent before making the call. McDonald confidently turned over for eights full. Winzeler simply mucked.
28th- Micah Smith ($15,631)
27th- Stefan Rapp ($15,631)
26th- Jeff Lisandro ($15,631)
25th- Chris DeMaci ($15,631)
24th- Will Failla ($18,920)
23rd- Andreas Krause ($18,920)
22nd- Bror Kivelio ($18,920)
21st- Kevin Murphy ($18,920)
20th- Emil Patel ($18,920)
19th- Robert Shortway ($18,920)
Jared Bleznick and Gregory Brooks just got involved in a huge hand that saw Bleznick double through Brooks to take the chip lead. The flop came out , and Brooks bet out 18,000. Bleznick came back with a raise to 41,000, and Brooks opted to call. The turn brought the , and Brooks checked. Bleznick asked how big the pot was , 149,000, and then bet that much. After about 30 seconds of thinking, Brooks announced pot, and Bleznick called immediately. It seemed obvious that we had a set over set situation, and thats exactly what it was.
Bleznick:
Brooks:
Brooks would need to hit a one outer on the river, but he wasn't able to, as it came the , giving Bleznick the double up and making him the biggest stack in the room.