We're not sure how it happened, but we can confirm that both Raphael Ayani and Antoine Saout have been eliminated from the tournament. We're now one players away from the three-table redraw.
Matt Schreiber raised preflop, and the only caller was Eric Froehlich in the big blind. The flop came , and Schreiber check-called Froehlich's bet. Both players checked the on the turn, and then Schreiber bet out when the fell on the river. Froehlich called, and Schreiber tabled for a flopped set. Froehlich mucked, and Schreiber took the pot.
On the very next hand, Froehlich raised from late position, and Schreiber re-raised from the big blind. Froehlich re-raised all in, Schreiber called, and the players turned their cards face up:
Froehlich:
Schreiber:
The board ran out , and Froehlich's pair of tens won the pot. After the series of hands, Froehlich had 18,000 in chips, and Schreiber held 102000.
Ray Dehkharghani raised to 5,000 from the hijack and then called when Vincent Gironda three-bet from the small blind. Dehkharghani proceeded to call bets on every street as the board ran out and then mucked when Gironda rolled over the for two pair.
Meanwhile, both Douglas Rutherford and Peter Kim have been eliminated from the tournament.
Joe Cassidy started the hand with 8,400 in chips, and he opened the preflop action with a raise. Everyone folded to Chris Kwon in the big blind. After asking how much Cassidy had behind, Kwon re-raised, and then Cassidy four-bet all in. Kwon called, and the players turned up their hands:
Cassidy:
Kwon:
The board ran out , pairing the queen in both players' hands. Kwon was still ahead with his ace kicker, and Cassidy was eliminated from the tournament.
Four players put in 10,000 each preflop to see a flop of . Ray Dehkharghani was first to act from the small blind and casually tossed out a bet of 2,500. Danny Warchol called from the button, Ben Yu did the same from the cutoff and then Bruno Fitoussi followed suit on the button.
After the dealer burned and turned the , three checks put action on Fitoussi and he bet 5,000. Dehkharghani called, as did Warchol, and Yu got out of the way. All three players then checked the river and Fitoussi tabled the . Dehkharghani quickly flicked his cards to the muck while Warchol lamented the turn, looked back at his cards and then released.