Russell Rosenblum opened to 32,000 on the button, Davidi Kitai three-bet to 88,000, and Rosenblum tanked before moving all in for around 300,000 or so effectively. Kitai called, putting himself at risk.
Kitai:
Rosenblum:
Rosenblum held as the board came , and will play the winner of the Justin Bonomo/Warwick Mirizkinian match.
Phil Galfond Catches Lucky to Stay Alive Here on Day 2
Phil Galfond just made a wheel straight on the river to stay alive in his heads-up contest against Ben Sulsky.
Riding a short stack, Galfond saw a flop of hit the table, and after checking to Sulsky to induce a bet of 20,000, Galfond moved in for his last 144,000. Sulsky called with the for trips on the flop, but Galfond was drawing live with his .
The turn brought a harmless , and Galfond was one card away from elimination.
River:
Fans along the rail gasped when the ace completed Galfond's wheel straight, but for these online phenoms who have played millions of hands in their short careers, the beat was just another bump in the road.
Mark Radoja raised from the button and Alexander Venovski three-bet all in for his tournament life. Radoja called to find that the two were flipping.
Radoja:
Venovski:
The board came down and Venovski's eights were able to hold, allowing him to secure a double up to 415,000. Radoja is now sitting on 545,000 and 320,000 of that is in add-ons that have not been cashed in yet.
After a series of preflop raises, Phil Galfond was all in with for his second bullet. Ben Sulsky held and was slightly behind heading to the flop.
Sulsky jumped into the lead as he paired up on the and never released the lead turned and the rivered. This forced Galfond to fire off his second add-on, leaving him with just one behind.
A few hands later, the two came to a head before the flop once more with Galfond all in holding against Sulsky's . A run out of ensured that Sulsky would win the hand and force Galfond to use up his final lammer.
Ben Sulsky check-called a bet of 12,000 from Phil Galfond on a flop of . The turn was the , Sulsky check-called another 27,000, and the completed the board. Sulsky checked a third time, Galfond fired out 38,000, and Sulsky called.
Galfond showed for Broadway, and raked in the pot.
A few hands later, Sulsky three-bet shoved over an open from Galfond. Galfond called with , and was racing against Sulsky's .
Sulsky took the lead when the flop fell , and held as the turn and river came , respectively.
"You can't beat the run good," Sulsky chuckled.
Sulsky now has 346,000 chips plus a lammer, while Galfond has 134,000 plus two lammers.
Warwick Mirzikinian is On the Brink of Advancing to the Elite Eight
After getting his chips into the middle with , Warwick Mirzikinian found himself in a good spot against Justin Bonomo's .
When the flop fell , however, Mirzikinian shook his head in disgust, knowing that he now had only two outs in the deck.
The turn brought the to the table, and Mirzikinian was down to his last chance, but before the standard prayer of "one time" left his lips, the dealer dropped the on the river.
With that, Bonomo is down to his last 160,000 chip lammer, and with the blinds now at 6,000/12,000, his effective stack is already quite diminished.
Sean Winter has become the latest player to advance by beating Bryan Pellegrino in the round of 16. Winter will return at 8:00 PM PST with the rest of the winners from this round and will battle on the felt against Don Nguyen in the round of 8.
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