Eevert Kokkonen was knocked down to right around 124,000 when he woke up with a nice hand. Jason Mo raised to 12,000 and Kokkonen made the call. The flop came down and Kokkonen lead out for 16,000 getting called by his opponent. The turn was the and Kokkonen checked to Mo who bet 26,000 after making sure Kokkonen still had 96,000 left behind. The Finnish player tanked for a bit before making the call.
The river was the and both players checked after which Kokkonen quickly showed his and won the pot. A couple of hands later Kokkonen raised to 12,000 and Mo put him all in for 97,000 total. Kokkonen called and showed . He flipping against and the board ran out ....... Kokkonen was almost out the door after the flop but a six on the river saved him.
Kokkonen is still trailing 194,000 to 766,000 but he is far from busted.
Today, Vanessa Selbst joined the PokerNews Podcast just before her Round of 32 match in Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em. She discusses some of her matches, a World Series of Poker bathroom situation and of course the carnage that was Vanessa Rousso's house-warming party. Check it out!
Picking up the action after a flop with about 62,000 in the middle, Chris Moore bet 35,000. Paul Volpe popped it to 82,000, but Moore came back over the top to 215,000. Volpe went all in for 340,000 total and Moore had little choice but to call.
Moore:
Volpe:
The turn and river were safe for Volpe, giving him about 740,000 to Moore's 220,000.
Brock Parker made a nice call at the beginning of the match getting Douglas Polk to use his final rebuy lammer and he never looked back. On the final hand Polk raised to 12,000 and Parker opted to three-bet to 35,000 from the big blind. Polk moved all in for right around 150,000 and Parker called.
Parker showed against Polk's and the board ran out giving Parker the win. Brock Parker will face off against the winner of the match between Alexander Venovski and Michael Drummond.
Chris Moore opened to 12,000 on the button and Paul Volpe three-bet to 31,000 from the big blind. A call from Moore landed a flop to the board.
Volpe bet 26,000, Moore called, and the hit the turn. Volpe checked this time and Moore fired 65,000. Volpe called after a few moments to see the river. A check from Volpe resulted in an all-in shove from Moore. Volpe gave it some thought, but ultimately folded.
Moore leads roughly 620,000 to 340,000 as both players have used both of their lammers.
Things moved fast in the match between Antonio Esfandiari and Tommy Chen. We just saw a flop when Antonio Esfandiari moved all in. Chen double checked his cards and quickly made the call showing . Esfandiari was in trouble showing and he lost this bullet when the turn brought the and the river the .
Esfandiari cashed in his final lammer and just a few hands later the match was over. Esfandiari raised to 8,000 from the button and Chen made it 28,000 from the big blind. Esfandiari shoved all in and Chen snap-called tabling . Esfandiari showed and the board ran out busting him from the tournament.
There are still seven matches in progress and Tommy Chen will play against the winner of the match between Chris Moore and Paul Volpe.