Hendrik Alebregtse picked the wrong river to bluff on, it would seem. Against big blind Stanislav Alekhin, he raised preflop then fired 38,000 on the flop, 75,000 on turn and finally moved all in on the river. But the Dutchman was caught and had to show for nothing at all, always behind to the Russian's which had rivered two pair.
Ryan Buckholtz raised to 26,000 from middle position and was called by Matt LaGarde from the hijack. Michael Souza then went all in from the button for a total of 157,000. Buckholtz folded but LaGarde decided to call putting Souza at risk.
Souza:
LaGarde:
The flop came leaving Souza behind but still with hope, but then the turn brought the giving LaGarde a boat and leaving Souza drawing dead. The river was a meaningless and Souza was eliminated while LaGarde chipped up to 600,000.
The board was already showing the and Christopher Chatman bet out 100,000 from the big blind. Matthew Leecy called and they saw the come on the river. Chatman bet 150,000 and Leecy went all in for 244,000 total. Chatman decided to call but mucked his hand after Leecy revealed his for tens full of queens.
After the hand Leecy was up to 865,000 while Chatman was left with 140,000.
After becoming short-stacked on a recent hand, Epstein's day has now come to an end.
After a flop of , Epstein got the remainder of his chips in holding the against Matthew Leecy's . Epstein's set was leading even after the turn brought the , but the on the river gave Leecy a straight and sent Epstein to the rail.
James Waldron, James Matteucci, and Jamal Sawaqdeh ended up all in preflop with Waldron's hand leading the way.
Waldron:
Sawaqdeh:
Matteucci:
The flop came putting Matteucci's pair of kings into the lead. The turn and river brought the and changing nothing and Matteucci won the pot while Sawaqdeh was eliminated.