Richard Robinson raised to 50,000 from under the gun, and Senovio Ramirez shoved all in for 451,000 from the small blind. Robinson called, and the players showed their cards:
Robinson:
Ramirez:
The door card was the , and for a moment it looked like Robinson would get a stranglehold on the hand with his set, but the full flop was , giving Ramirez a Broadway straight. The turn was a brick, the , and the on the river changed nothing. Ramirez doubed up on hand.
Picking up the action after a flop with a healthy amount in the middle, Chris Lindh bet 160,000 from the small blind and Matthew Reed called on the button. The turn fell and and Lindh fired 265,000 this time. A call from Reed landed the river, which Lindh checked. Reed bet 400,000, sending Lindh into the tank. After counting out the 400,000 multiple times, he opted to call.
Reed tabled , Lindh mucked, and Reed collected the pot.
Sami Rustom bet 80,000 after Vincent Robert checked to him on a flop of . Robert came back with a raise to 200,000, which Rustom called after a brief pause. The turn brought a , and Robert pushed all in for 704,000.
Rustom began tanking.
"It doesn't make sense," he finally said, sliding in a tower of green T25,000 chips.
Rustom:
Robert:
Rustom had correctly deduced that he was ahead, but Robert would take the pot and double up with a diamond or an ace on the end. The river was a , and Rustom took all of his foe's chips and the overall chip lead.
Jonathan Jaffe bumped it up to 51,000 in early position Mandic reraised to 100,000 on the button, and it was back on Jaffe. He moved all in, easily having Mandic covered, and Mandic made the call.
Jaffe:
Mandic:
Mandic held a build lead and kept that big lead as the board ran down . Mandic doubled up to just over a million, while Jaffe dropped down to 2.548 million.
Javier Montano and Jorn Walthaus got into a blind-vs.-blind battle just now that saw the pair together see a flop, at which point Montano bet 126,000 from the small blind and Montano called from a seat over.
The turn brought the and an all-in push from Montano, which Walthaus called without much hesitation. Montano had for two pair, but Walthaus had a straight with .
The river brought the , and Montano was eliminated.
Cary Marshall opened to 52,000 from under the gun plus one, before Oliver Price raised it up to 122,000 from middle position. The action folded back around to Marshall, who made the call.
The flop came down , and Marshall checked. Price then bet out 128,000, which was called. The fell on the turn, and both players quickly checked. With the falling on the river, Marshall moved all in for 678,000, as he stepped away from the table.
Price asked for a count, and tanked for over a minute, before finally deciding to muck his hand, relinquishing the pot to his opponent.
From under the gun, Alex Bilokur raised all in for 484,000. Jay Farber made the call from one seat over, and everyone else folded. Farber had made the call with the , having Bilokur's on the ropes.
The flop came down . Although Farber hit a set of tens, the turn provided the to keep Bilokur alive. He needed a nine on the river to make a straight, but the couldn't do it, and he was eliminated.
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, and for a moment it looked like Robinson would get a stranglehold on the hand with his set, but the full flop was 
, giving Ramirez a Broadway straight. The turn was a brick, the 
, and the 
on the river changed nothing. Ramirez doubed up on hand.
flop with a healthy amount in the middle, Chris Lindh bet 160,000 from the small blind and Matthew Reed called on the button. The 
turn fell and and Lindh fired 265,000 this time. A call from Reed landed the 
river, which Lindh checked. Reed bet 400,000, sending Lindh into the tank. After counting out the 400,000 multiple times, he opted to call.
. Robert came back with a raise to 200,000, which Rustom called after a brief pause. The turn brought a 
, and Robert pushed all in for 704,000.
. Mandic doubled up to just over a million, while Jaffe dropped down to 2.548 million.
and an all-in push from Montano, which Walthaus called without much hesitation. Montano had 
.
, having Bilokur's 
. Although Farber hit a set of tens, the turn provided the 
to keep Bilokur alive. He needed a nine on the river to make a straight, but the 
couldn't do it, and he was eliminated.
