The comeback was not in the cards for Govert Metaal today. Moments ago he was all in and at risk of a flop of holding . Brandon Cantu had him crushed with , and held as the turn and river came , .
On the other end of that table, Daniel Buzgon limped in on the button, Alexander Lakhov checked his option, and the dealer fanned . Lakhov checked, Buzgon fired 7,500, and Lakhov check-raised to 20,000. Buzgon called. The turn was the , Lakhov moved all in, and Buzgon called.
Lakhov:
Buzgon:
The bricked off on the river, and Lakhov was eliminated. Buzgon and Cantu will face off in the round of 16, and the latter will have a 2.5:1 chip advantage.
We didn't catch the preflop action but Waxman was all in holding while Johnson was ahead with . The board ran out and that was good enough to give Johnson the golden ticket to advance.
Giacomo Fundaro was all in and at risk with on a flop of , and Octo-Niner Jeremy Ausmus had him crushed holding . Ausmus held as the turn and river came , respectively, and he's off to play the winner of the Justin Conley/Josh Hillock match.
Barry "Big Dog" Lang was supposed to be playing Dario Sammartino this morning, but as of now Sammartino has not shown up for his match. He has about two more minutes to appear before he starts getting blinded off and the Big Dog will take his chips without contest.
The winner of Lang and Samamartino will go on to face Dan Healey who just won his match in the adjacent seats at the table.
Despite being last in chips, Govert Metaal was one of the first players to arrive today. His opponent, chip leader Brandon Cantu, arrived after the cards were in the air, and didn't even bother to stack his chips.
"The pressure's on me," he told Metaal after the two shook hands.
Metaal jammed the first hand, Cantu folded, and the Dutchman who resides in Monaco has since won a few more pots, chipping up to 37,000. He still has a long road ahead of him, but Metaal is certainly showing no signs of quitting.
We didn't catch the action but Max Steinberg was kind enough to relay to us what happened. After a raise and a call preflop, Steinberg told us he flopped top pair on a board with suited. After a bet of 7,000 he check raised all in and was called by his opponent who was holding pocket threes. His top pair held up and he will go on to face the winner of the other match at his table.
On one of the first hands of the match, Massimo Mosele moved all in for around nine big blinds with , and Dan Healey woke up with . Healey's hand held up, and he's off to the round of 16.
On an adjacent table, Markus Gonsalves open-shoved for around 24,000 with . Isaac Hagerling called with , and the board came , eliminating Gonsalves.
Healey will play the winner of the Barry Lang/Dario Sammartino matchup, while Hagerling will take on the winner of the Dominik Nitsche/Nick Binger match.