Eugene Castro opened for 8,000 from middle position and action folded to Chino Rheem on the button, who went all in for his last 30,500. Castro made the call.
Rheem:
Castro:
The was safe for Rheem and he scooped the pot. Castro fell to about 120,000.
Milad Jorshari moved all in from late position and got a call from Thomas Miller. Jorshari held and Miller held .
"God! Did I run into aces again?" Jorshari asked.
The board ran and Jorshari looked heartbroken as he seemed to think for a second that the river was the case jack. Miller moved north of 300,000 with that pot, but we'll let you know when he gets it stacked and counted.
We caught up with the action on a flop. It appeared that Sorel Mizzi and Marco Bianquin got into a raising war on the flop, with Mizzi being the last to go all-in. Bianquin fell hard into the tank and eventually a fellow table-mate called the clock on him. A tourney director told him his hand would be dead after one minute. Making full use of his time, Bianquin continued to tank until the director began the 10-second countdown.
With just one second to go, Bianquin announced, "Call."
Mizzi:
Bianquin:
The turn and river were no help to Bianquin and he was forced to surrender the majority of his stack. Mizzi, on the other hand, doubled to 147,000.
We missed the action but are being told that Yevgeniy Timoshenko got it all-in preflop against Christopher Ellis. Timoshenko's held against Ellis' and Ellis was sent to the rail.
Timoshenko's stack has risen steadily throughout the past two levels and is now at 280,000.
As we walked over to Chino Rheem's table, we saw nearly everyone at the table standing up, meaning that a big hand was going down. Indeed there was, as Rheem and Timothy Gallegos had gotten all the chips in the middle preflop. Rheem had Gallegos covered by 20,000, and he would need alot of help to catch up with Gallegos.
Rheem:
Gallegos:
The flop came out , keeping Gallegos in the lead. The turn brought the , and the river came the . Gallegos doubled up to over 90,000, while Rheem was knocked down to five big blinds.
Those remaining chips went in when he was under the gun two hands later. It folded around to Paul Obrien, who was short stacked himself, and he reraised all in having Rheem covered. The rest of the table folded, and the players showed their cards.
Rheem:
Obrien:
Rheem confessed that he only looked at the ace when he went all in, so he was happy to see that he was ahead. However, he was not ahead for long, as the flop came out , giving Obrien unbeatable quads. The meaningless turn and river came , and Rheem was sent to the rail.
Sandwhiched between those two hands involving Chino Rheem, there was another big hand at that table involving Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Everett Carlton. Action folded all the way around to Carlton, who shoved all in from the small blind for 42,000, or 10.5 big blinds. Timoshenko was in the big blind, and once he got the count, he made the call.
Carlton:
Timoshenko:
The flop provided plenty of action, coming . Carlton had outs for a king, queen, or club, and the on the turn gave him an unbeatable flush. The river brought the , and even though he won the hand, Carlton began to get up and pack his things. When the players at the table pointed out that he won, Carlton said "Oh I thought that was the . Works for me," as he sat back down in his seat.
We missed the hand but Devin Porter was kind enough to tell us about his bust out. Porter went all in preflop holding the and was called by a player with the . The board ran out blanks and Porter was eliminated from the tournament.