On a both Matt Marafioti and Yngve Steen checked to Darren Elias. Elias bet 6,100 and Marafioti raised it up to 16,600. Steen wasn't giving up, he counted out some chips and made it 38,800. Elias folded.
"Junior, junior," Marafioti sighed as he took out his earbuds, "Where are you from?"
Steen removed his earbuds and Marafioti repeated the question.
"Norway," Steen said.
"Oh, I guess it's a slowroll then," Marafioti replied.
"I call. I mean, I'm all in," Marafioti said, and Steen turned his cards over. The dealer wanted to point out that Marafioti had called, but both players turned their cards over, agreeing to run out the turn and river.
Steen showed , and Marafioti had . The turn was the , and the river the .
"Yes! Yes!" Marafioti shouted as one of the players pointed out to Steen that he should never says he's from either Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark. Steen didn't seem bothered by it all, and he still has some chips left.
On the flop, David Chiu fired 11,000 and Layne Flack made the call behind him. Liv Boeree put in a raise to 25,000 with just under 60,000 behind. Chiu took some time, then folded. After he folded, Flack immediately announced that he was all in.
Boeree didn't seem to like it, but made the call. "You've probably got jacks, but I call," she said.
Boeree:
Flack:
"At least I've got one over," said Boeree when she saw Flack's hand.
The turn was the and the river the . Both missed Boeree and she was eliminated from the tournament. Flack stacked up his chips and looks to have about 335,000.
Catching up with the action on the flop, Ryan D'Angelo checked his option to two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jason Mercier. Mercier slid out a bet of 7,800 and D'Angelo made the call to see the turn.
On fourth street, the landed on the board and D'Angelo checked. Mercier took some time and then toppled out a bet of 22,600. Again, D'Angelo called.
The final card on the board was the and D'Angelo checked to Mercier once again. After a minute or so in the tank, Mercier slid out a bet of 58,500. This sent D'Angelo into the tank for a couple of minutes.
After a bit, D'Angelo said, "Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy."
Another few moments passed before D'Angelo continued, "No matter what I do, I'm probably gonna be wrong."
Mercier didn't move a muscle, except for the subtle ruffling of his chips he was doing with his right hand. His left hand was clenched firmly to his cards.
"What do you got, Mr. Mercier?" asked D'Angelo, but Mercier didn't respond and kept his eyes focused on the piece of felt just a few inches in front of his cards. "It's a tough game when you're playing against good players," finished D'Angelo.
D'Angelo took some more time and apologized to the table for taking so long. Paul Berende said it was fine, but the player in Seat 1 said he was going to call the clock soon. "I care, I'm short stacked," that player said with a stack of 74,500 in chips.
"At least I know I have one more minute," said D'Angelo.
After another 30 seconds or so of thought, D'Angelo tossed his hand into the mucked and Mercier was pushed the pot. D'Angelo dropped a tad below 100,000 in chips while Mercier climbed back to 234,000.
There was 27,000 in the pot, and the board was when we reached the table. Eugene Katchalov fired 16,000, Lawrence Greenberg min-raised to 32,000, Katchalov re-raised to 72,000, and Greenberg moved all in for 142,400.
Katchalov released, and Greenberg raked in the pot.
Justin Bonomo's tournament has just ended, and it was Dutchman Paul Berende who took his last chips. Berende doubled through Bonomo earlier, and just put the nail in his coffin.
From the cutoff Bonomo raised all in for 41,000 and Berende re-shoved from the button. Both blinds folded, and it went to showdown.
Justin Bonomo
Paul Berende
The board ran out , and Berende added some more chips to his stack.