Ludovic Lacay raised under the gun to 6,000 and the player on the button three-bet to 14,500. The action got back to Lacay, and he put his opponent all in for 73,000. The button called.
Ludovic Lacay
Opponent
The board came down , and Lacay was knocked down to 82,500.
Chris Moorman opened to 7,000 from under the gun, and Shaun Deeb defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , and Deeb checked. Moorman fired 9,000, and Deeb called.
The turn was the , Deeb checked again, and Moorman bet 22,500. Deeb called.
The completed the board, and Deeb checked a third time. Moorman splashed 48,500 forward, and Deeb slipped into the tank. After a few minutes, Deeb finally said, "Feel free to call the clock on me at anytime."
Moorman remained silent, and Deeb eventually folded. The table was breaking, and Deeb asked Moorman to show, but Moorman mucked his hand face down.
Roberto Romanello raised from the hijack seat to 6,000 and action folded to Marvin Rettenmaier in the small blind. He reraised all in for 65,500. In the big blind, Nick Rampone moved all in for 75,500 and Romanello folded.
Rettenmaier tabled the and Rampone the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Rettenmaier doubled up, crippling Rampone in the process.
When we reached the table, Paul Berende was all in and at risk with the board reading . He was holding , but his opponent, Ismail Erkenov, was ahead with . The turn and river came , respectively, and Berende was eliminated.
These two hands occurred over at Table 439 just before the break and both involved Jason Mercier.
On the first hand of the two, Mercier opened with a raise to 4,800 from the cutoff seat and received a call from Layne Flack in the big blind. The two players were then presented with a flop and Flack checked. Mercier slid forward 3,700 and Flack called.
The turn card was the and added a third heart to the board. After Flack checked, Mercier bet 11,300. Flack called again.
The river card was the and paired the board. Flack played with some chips, then checked. Mercier bet 28,500 and Flack made the call.
Mercier turned up the for a king-high flush and Flack mucked his hand.
Before Mercier could stack up all of his chips, he was right back to firing in a raise from the hijack seat on the next hand. He made it 4,800 to go and David Sindelar three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Mercier and he called.
The flop came down and Mercier checked. Sindelar bet 14,400 and Mercier made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn before the paired the board on the river. Mercier checked and Sindelar bet 33,000. Mercier tanked for a couple of minutes and then called.
Sindelar turned over the and Mercier mucked his hand.
Haralabos Voulgaris was sweating the action and said, "Value town... population one," after the hand.
Haralabos Voulgaris opened to 5,000 from the cutoff, and Andrew Badecker three-bet jammed for 43,400 on the button. The action folded back to Voulgaris, who called.
Voulgaris
Badecker
The board ran out , Badecker was eliminated, and Voulgaris is up to 248,000 chips.