Yorane Kerignard opened the cutoff and got a call from Christopher Paasch in the big blind. Paasch check-potted on and soon all the chips were in the middle for 64,000 each. Kerignard showed for an open-ended while Paasch had middle-pair with . The Frenchman ran out of luck with the on the turn and on the river.
Kerignard had just about 6,000 left and he lost that the next hand with against .
Christopher Paasch opened to 7,000 from middle position and Dennis Jeffrey called from the cutoff. It folded to James Uschuk who three-bet all in from the big blind for 30,000 total. Paasch folded and Jeffrey went into the tank for a quite some time before finally deciding to call.
Jeffrey:
Uschuk:
The board ran out and Uschuk's pair of aces were able to secure him a double to about 69,000.
Billy Horan got his chips in with up against Anthony Harb's . Harb hit three spades to make a flush, eliminating Billy Horan in the process. "Deep run man" said someone at the table as Horan shook the players hands.
So you thought playing one table at the World Series of Poker was hard? Try playing two at once! Here is a video from Jason Mercier's adventures earlier today, before he bust from both tournaments a few hours afterwards.
Ruslan Dykshteyn stood on the rail just now as the dealer was counting the chips in a big pot. He knew he wouldn't have any chips left after this pot and that he was out already. The rest of the table and the dealer weren't so sure though. In the end, Timothy Reilly covered Dykshteyn and his out lasted Dykshteyn's .
We caught up with the action to see the aftermath of a hand where Jaspal Brar got all of his chips in holding for an ace-high flush on a board of . His opponent, Sunny Chattha, held for a losing king-high flush.
Brar was all in for 57,000 and was able to double up. Chatta, on the other hand, has fallen to about 205,000 in chips.
Blake Purvis opened the hijack to 10,000 and saw his neighbor Kenneth Shelton three-bet to 36,000 with just 2,500 behind. Purvis decided to call after a minute of thinking but was behind with his . Shelton showed .
The flop was and both made top pair on the on the turn. The river was the and Purvis said "Ten, yeah!" in excitement. "Oh shit" followed not much later when he realized it was a heart.
Vincent Bartello raised to 8,000 from early position and it folded to Pim de Goede who three-bet the pot from the blinds. It came back to Bartello who called off his last 30,000 all in.
de Goede:
Bartello:
The board ran out and de Goede's ace-king was able to hold as the best hand. Bartello was eliminated in 19th place.