Viktor Skoldstedt raised to 32,000 and Michael Marckx called from the cutoff to see a flop. Skoldstedt continued with a bet of 42,000 and Marckx raised to 100,000 before the Swede moved all in. Marckx threw back his hands, sighed, and eventually folded after one minute.
Only one hand later Marckx was all in for approximately 200,000 and Eric Shanks one seat over moved all in as well. All three players behind them mucked their cards and Marckx was looking for an ace.
Marckx:
Shanks:
After the flop, a ten would help Marckx and he got exactly that with the on the turn. One card from a possible comeback, he started cheering. However, the brutal river gave Shanks the better full house and eliminated Marckx in 12th place.
Steve Gross opened for 33,000 and Matt Salsberg, who had gotten short, moved all in for 148,000 from the button. The blinds folded and after Gross got a count he made the call hoping to knock a third player out in under an hour.
Gross would need help from the deck, though, as his had some catching up to do against the of Salsberg.
The board ran out and Salberg doubled up. In fact, he open-shoved the next hand and picked up the antes and blinds to add a little on top of that.
From early position, Bastian Fischer moved all in and got called one seat over by Mike Kachan. All other players folded and Kachan didn't want to see any diamonds.
Fischer:
Kachan:
His wish was only partly granted with the flop, but he didn't have to worry much anymore on the turn and the river. Kachan made the flush after having had the better hand preflop, and the German missed the unofficial final table.
In the last two hands on the secondary table before we got down to ten-handed, Neo Hoang doubled up with against the of Andrew Egan. One hand later, Hoang raised to 60,000 from the button and Egan moved all in for 550,000. Both players exchanged some banter and Hoang eventually let his hand go.
Steve Gross opened for 41,000 and Viktor Skoldstedt made it 72,000. Gross had a look at how much Skoldstedt was playing and made the call.
The flop was and both players checked. The arrived on the turn and Gross check-called a 70,000 bet from Skoldstedt. The river saw Gross check and another bet from Skoldstedt. this time for 70,000. Gross shuffled his cards about for a bit before folding.
Richard Milne opened for 48,000 and Eric Shanks called in the small blind. Jeff Blenkarn in the big blind broke out a three-bet to around 150,000 and rested his chin on his arm.
Milne gave him a bit of a study for awhile, but released his hand and Shanks quickly followed suit.
Matt Salsberg opened the action with a raise to 50,000 from early position and got called by Raymond Henson as well as Richard Milne and Andrew Egan in the blinds. On the flop, the action folded to Salsberg and he moved all in for 223,000 chips. Henson called and both players in the blinds folded.
Salsberg:
Henson:
The TV producer needed a queen to stay alive but the board completed with the turn and the river. Salsberg shook hands with his opponents and then left the tournament area.