After all their battles today, it wasn’t Ty Reiman who took out Tom Middleton, but he did furnish PokerNews with the hand that sealed his exit.
It folded to Middleton on the button who moved in for 85,000 with , the small blind reshoved for 90,000 holding which led to the big blind calling with .
No help for Middleton from the dealer and he headed for the exit, perhaps for a refreshing beer.
We missed the preflop action but Steve Sung had a player all in and their cards were face up. Both players had larger than average stacks and a classic race for the chip lead was underway.
Sung:
Opponent:
A flop gave Sung a slew of outs. The turn brought the and Sung was down to the final card on the board. The smacked down on the river and Sung's opponent was eliminated.
Sohale Khalili in the big blind called a 12,000 raise by the button and saw a flop of . Khalili check called a 11,000 bet and on the turn he check raised a 23,000 bet to 55,000. His opponent called and the river was the . Khalili then led out for 75,000.
It was a very strong line that Khalili had taken and his opponent know it and took his time making his decision. “You’re supposed to be crushed.” he eventually decided and made the call.
Khalili showed and his opponent mucked but said he had .
A shove of around 50,000 from the button saw Erwann Pecheux and make the call.
His opponent turned over and Pecheux pretended to throw his hand away with his opponent joking, “Please do.” The was turned over and the dealer dealt the cards.
Out they came and on the river the eliminated player uttered a single word.
Erwann Pecheux from France moved all in on the river of a board reading .
He had his opponent, who had just over 100,000 behind, covered. “Where you from, man?” Pecheux was asked. His opponent couldn’t find a solution to his problem and folded, asking, “Show for five dollars?”
“Fifty,” Pecheux responded.
“Fifteen,” was the counter offer. “Come on, everyone chip in.”
No one did contribute, but there was plenty of speculation about what Pecheux had and the consensus was he had a missed draw. It wasn’t their tournament on the line, though, and not their dollars on the table to find out for sure.
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, the small blind reshoved for 90,000 holding 
which led to the big blind calling with 
flop gave Sung a slew of outs. The turn brought the 
and Sung was down to the final card on the board. The 
smacked down on the river and Sung's opponent was eliminated.
. Khalili check called a 11,000 bet and on the turn 
he check raised a 23,000 bet to 55,000. His opponent called and the river was the 
. Khalili then led out for 75,000.
and his opponent mucked but said he had 
was turned over and the dealer dealt the cards.
and on the river the eliminated player uttered a single word.
.