An early position player raised to 2,700 and Jason Duval reraised to 8,800 from middle position. The player on the button 3-bet allin for 15,300 and the big blind also moved all in for 17,300. The early position player folded and Duval made the call.
Duval:
Button:
Big Blind:
The flop came giving Duval a pair but he still needed some more help. The turn came and went without changing much but Duval struck gold with the river to make trips and eliminate two players at once.
We came to the action with a raise in front of Beth Shak and she faced a reraise all in from her opponent. Shak called the all in for less with and her opponent held . The board ran out giving Shak a better flush draw but she found no help in the turn or river. Her opponent made a set and eliminated Shak with a little more pocket change than she had when she started the day.
A player from under the gun raised all in to 8,100 with and Dewrat Himatsingka called with . The board ran out and Himatsingka paired his jack to eliminate his opponent.
Dewrat Himatsingka limped from under the gun and a middle position player made it 11,500 to go. Himatsingka moved all in and his opponent called for 22,000.
Himatsingka:
Middle Position:
The flop was kind to Himatsingka as he found one of his two outs. Now it was his opponent looking for help. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come on the turn or river.
They tried to begin hand-for-hand play but we snuck into the money before the first hand was dealt. After losing 1,457 players, the entire tournament is now located in the gold section of Brasilia. Each player is guaranteed $1,935 for today's efforts and are well on their way to the first-place price of $278,613.
Marc-Andre Ladouceur raised to 21,000 from middle position and Russell Crain reraised from the cutoff to 4,200. Action folded back to Ladouceur and he made the call.
Both players checked the flop.
Ladouceur led for 3,500 on the turn and Crane callled.
Ladouceur bet 22,000 on on the river which was enough to put Crane all in. After some serious thought, Crane winced as he made the call. Crane had for a pair of aces on the river and that beat Ladouceur's for a double up.