On a flop of , Erik Seidel and Michael Roeseler both checked to a short-stacked Raymond Bonavida, who bet 8,000 and left himself just a single orange T1,000 behind. Both his opponents called and then check-called the last 1,000 on the turn. Seidel and Roeseler both checked the river and the cards were turned up.
Bonavida showed the for two pair, but it was no good as Roeseler had a full house with the . Seidel mucked and Bonavida was sent packing in 22nd place for $7,784.
Thomas Keller completed with the showing and Jan Erik Sorensen raised to 16,000 showing the . On fourth the Norwegian led for 8,000 and then moved all in for his last 6,000 on fifth, Keller called.
Sorensen: / /
Keller: / /
Ace high wins the low and high pot for Keller as Sorensen could not hit anything at all.
There is no official break but the clock has been stopped at the end of level 19. Tournament staff will now be racing off the T-500 chips and as soon as that is done, we will continue with the final level for tonight.
Cameron Tahmasebi raised to 12,000 and Jeet Sketty clicked it to 18,000. Mike Matusow called and so did Fu Wong. Tahmasebi was now all in for 13,500 on third and the three players proceeded to fourth. Matusow bet 6,000, Wong called, Sketty made it 12,000 and Matusow three bet to 18,000. Wong was skeptical and folded.
Matusow said, "If I win this pot, everybody will be playing for second."
Until sixth, Matusow was betting and had another 4,500 behind, Sketty put him to the test and all turned over their cards.
"Come on, I deserve this," yelled Matusow, almost losing his voice. The dealer delivered seventh and Matusow started cheering loudly, running away from the tournament area and everybody in the rather silent Amazon room could hear him. Matusow pounded the table in celebration as he continued to laud the hand. He raked in the massive pot with the straight and low and was then given a one round penalty for his "outrageous behavior."
"Is this for real? I didn't do anything. You get a penalty for getting excited? I didn't even swear." The tournament staff claimed they were only doing their job.
Matusow was visibly upset by the ruling almost to the point of tears. Some players, such as Joe Tehan and Owais Ahmed came to his defense, while others like Robert Mizrachi and Matt Lefkowitz tried their best to calm Matusow down and get him refocused.
In the meanwhile, Tahmasebi went to the payout desk to collect $7,784 for his 24th place finish.
Andrew Kelsall raised to 12,000 in the small blind and Terrence Hastoo in the big blind three-bet. Kelsall got his last 16,500 in the middle of the table and was called.
Kelsall was ahead with the and Hastoo tabled the . The flop was a disaster for Kelsall as his opponent had flopped the straight and low, neither turn nor river saw him improve anymore.
We missed the elimination but Ron Fast has been running out of chips early in level 19 and thus we have 25 players left. One more elimination and there will be a redraw for the final three tables.
Cameron Tahmasebi has been dominating most of the day as one of the chip leaders but all of a sudden he is now pretty short after getting scooped by Andrey Zhigalov when showing a pair of nines on sixth. He called the bet on seventh as well and the Russian turned over an 8-6 low and a set of fives.