We caught up with the action at the feature table to find short stacked Ross Johnson all in for his last 19,400. Johnson was called by table big stack Chris Moorman and we were off to the races.
Moorman:
Johnson:
The board fell and Moorman's tens were able to hold. With the elimination of Johnson, there is now an open seat at the featured table. Moorman's stack his increased to 453,000, making him one of the top ten stacks in the room.
We found Chance Kornuth and Jeff Norman on a flop of . Norman checked from the big blind and Kornuth bet 6,500 in late position. Norman check-raised all in for around 70,000.
Kornuth went deep into the tank and was visibly doing math in his head. He tried talking to Norman, but Norman kept his half grinning stare straight down at the table.
Kornuth tanked for a bit longer and then eventually mucked his hand. "Show me one card?" Kornuth asked.
Norman obliged and showed him the .
"I wanted to see the other one," Kornuth lamented.
Jason Mercier was down to under 60,000 about 15 minutes ago, but he just bounced back after winning a big pot to get back over the 100,700 he started the day with.
The big blind was not at the table when Mercier raised under the gun to 4,000. David Halpern called out of the small blind, and they went heads up to a flop of . Halpern led out for 4,100, and Mercier came along to see the turn, the . Halpern fired out again, this time for 6,200, and Mercier responded with a raise to 18,500. Halpern called, and the river brought the .
Halpern led out for the third time with a bet of 12,000 this time. The ESPN cameras swarmed around Mericer, who shoved all in for 46,000 after thinking for about 90 seconds. Halpern tanked for about 30 seconds, before folding, flashing the as he did so. Mericer collected the pot, and is now up to 114,000.
Jason Calacanis, who's appeared on televised cash games and is a self-described angel investor, was all in moments ago holding . His opponent had him dominated with , but the board ran out , giving Calacanis a flush.
About an hour ago, Calacanis tweeted that it was "shove time:"
Jason jason@jdonahue14 just got whacked... Only 21k / 10 BB left... Shove time! Aces coming...July 12 2012
In what would be Taylor von Kriegenbergh's last hand of the tournament, Von Kreigenbergh min-raised from the button and was three-bet by his opponent in the small blind. The player in the big then four-bet and action was back on Von Kreigehbergh - who pushed all in for about 100,000 total. The three-bettor folded, however, the four-bettor called to put Von Kreigenbergh at risk.
Von Kreigenbergh:
Opponent:
Von Kreigenbergh was in excellent shape to scoop the massive pot, however the flop left Von Kreigenbergh's opponent with a straight for a commanding lead. The turn and river provided no miracle for Von Kriegenbergh and he was eliminated.
We caught the action on the turn with a board reading . Jason Somerville checked to Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin, who put out a bet of 25,000. Somerville not only called that bet, but check-called a bet of 42,500 on the river as well.
Baldwin revealed for a flush, which bested the flush of Somerville.
and Moorman's tens were able to hold. With the elimination of Johnson, there is now an open seat at the featured table. Moorman's stack his increased to 453,000, making him one of the top ten stacks in the room.
. Norman checked from the big blind and Kornuth bet 6,500 in late position. Norman check-raised all in for around 70,000.
. Halpern led out for 4,100, and Mercier came along to see the turn, the 
. Halpern fired out again, this time for 6,200, and Mercier responded with a raise to 18,500. Halpern called, and the river brought the 
. His opponent had him dominated with 
flop left Von Kreigenbergh's opponent with a straight for a commanding lead. The turn and river provided no miracle for Von Kriegenbergh and he was eliminated.
. Jason Somerville checked to Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin, who put out a bet of 25,000. Somerville not only called that bet, but check-called a bet of 42,500 on the 
river as well.
for a flush, which bested the 
flush of Somerville.
