We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where Konstantin Puchkov moved all in for his last 10,000 and John Monnette called.
Puchkov:
Monnette:
Puchkov was ahead with his pair of aces and stayed ahead when made two pair when the hit the turn. However when the landed on the river, Monnette hit his inside-straight draw to win the hand and eliminate his opponent.
It was folded around to Jason Steinberg in the hijack who raised to 2,800 only to get three-bet by Jeff Kimber who was next to act. Steinberg made the call and then fired out 18,000 after quite some thought on the flop. Kimber quickly raised enough to put Steinberg all in for the 10,000 or so he had left who called.
Kimber:
Steinberg:
Both players had low draws but Kimber was ahead with his pair of aces for the time being and stayed ahead when the hit the turn that gave him a flush draw as well. The river was the which gave Steinberg two pair but also provided Kimber with his flush as Steinberg slammed the table and was eliminated.
An under-the-gun player raised to 2,500 only to have Brett Richey move all in for 8,300 from middle position. Action folded back to UTG and he made the call.
Richey:
UTG:
The flop was good for Richey as it assured him a low, although it didn't do much for his high hand. The turn and river meant a chopped pot for Richey, who is still short with 10,000.
We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where Bruno Fitoussi called Kevin MacPhee’s bet of 5,000. On the turn, Fitoussi bet pot and MacPhee called all in.
Fitoussi:
MacPhee:
Fitoussi held the nut flush while MacPhee had a set and a low and could scoop the pot if the board paired. The river gave each player the same low but didn’t fill MacPhee up as he got quartered down to 8,600. Shortly after that, MacPhee was eliminated.