We do not know what happened before the turn, but its safe to assume there was same raising as the pot was about 60,000. With a board expose Jean-Louis Santoni placed a bet that would put Zimnan Ziyard all in. Ziyard asked his opponent "can you beat queen high? to which Santoni responded with silence.
After a minute or so went by Santoni made the call and indeed showed queen high, . Santoni however held for three of a kind threes. Nothing could come to save Ziyard, and he was eliminated as the fell on the river.
We don't know what happened before the river, but we do know some betting took place, because there was about 70,000 already in the pot. With a board exposed in the middle a player in early position moved all in for about 110,000. The only other player in the hand, Alan Keating took his time before making a call. Keating flipped over and his opponent showed . Keating held the best hand and won the almost 200,000 pot.
Eric Baldwin opened for 17,000 from the cutoff and Michael Gathy raised to 41,500 on the button. Baldwin tossed out three T25,000 chips for a total of 92,000. Gathy thought for a few moments and announced all in. Baldwin called and tabled . Gathy held .
The board ran and Baldwin doubled up and is tied for the lead.
Eric Baldwin opened from under the gun for 17,000. Action folded around to the big blind who moved all in for around 80,000. Baldwin made the call fairly quickly and cards were tabled.
Baldwin:
Opponent:
A board ran out and Baldwin was able to add on to his already large stack.
An under the gun player open shoved for about 100,000. Dan Smith who was next to act then moved all in himself for 162,000. The table folded around and we had heads up action. The under the gun player then said "well, it was nice playing with you all" assuming Smith had the better hand, but he was mistaken. Smith possessed while the under the gun player held a dominant .
A flop gave Smith the lead. A on the turn and a on the river were enough to send the under the gun player home. As he was shaking hands and wishing good luck to everyone he said again "well it was nice playing with you all".
Dmitry Kataev open-shipped from middle position and Jamie Armstrong re-shoved from the button to isolate. The blinds released and the cards were tabled.
Kataev:
Armstrong:
The board ran and Armstrong earned the knockout. He's also putting himself in position to make a deep run to the final table.
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board expose Jean-Louis Santoni placed a bet that would put Zimnan Ziyard all in. Ziyard asked his opponent "can you beat queen high? to which Santoni responded with silence.
. Santoni however held 
for three of a kind threes. Nothing could come to save Ziyard, and he was eliminated as the 
fell on the river.
and Gathy's pair held. He's back in contention now with 300,000.
board exposed in the middle a player in early position moved all in for about 110,000. The only other player in the hand, Alan Keating took his time before making a call. Keating flipped over 
and his opponent showed 
.
board ran out and Baldwin was able to add on to his already large stack.
flop gave Smith the lead. A 
on the turn and a 
