After taking a walk to cool off, Maurice Hawkins returned to the table and opened for 100,000. It was folded to Eric Baldwin in the big blind who asked Hawkins how much he had behind. Hawkins raised his hands haphazardly so Baldwin could take a look at his stack. After a few moments, Baldwin calmly pushed his massive stack forward. Hawkins snap-called and the cards were turned over:
Hawkins:
Baldwin:
"Ace or a queen," Hawkins said, pleading to hit one of his two cards.
The dealer obliged, putting out a flop of to give Hawkins a pair of aces. It did give Baldwin a flush draw, however.
"Hold. Hold," Hawkins said, a look of despair on his face.
The turn was the giving Baldwin the flush. Hawkins sat there, disappointment all over his face. Pain evident.
The river was the and Hawkins stormed off to the side and then walked off, not believing what had happened in the last ten minutes. From "we're going to be here a long time" to gone. In a blink of an eye.
Arpad Balazs moved all in for 290,000 chips and the action folded to Eric Baldwin on the cutoff. He moved all in for 1,460,000 chips and now the decision was on Maurice Hawkins in the small blind. He checked his cards several times, glanced back at the tournament clock and then back at the cards. Ultimately he announced the call for more than half his stack!
Balazs:
Hawkins:
Baldwin:
Balazs was happy with that setup as he had two live cards and also told that to his Dutch rail. He took the lead on the flop but Baldwin now had a flush draw. The Hungarian improved to two pair with the turn but the fell on the river. Balazs didn't realize yet that he was busted before his tablemates pointed it out.
It would take another huge coin flip to turn Shai Zurr from zero to hero after starting the level on just 11 big blinds. After the previous huge double up and knockout, he now picked up for a total all in of 1,200,000 in chips. Wladislaw Eckhardt had about two big blinds less and turned over .
Flop:
Zurr turned around to his rail in shock, glanced back at the board and the fell on the turn to guarantee him the pot. The meaningless river completed the board and Eckhardt was gone.
Maurice Hawkins opened the action pre-flop for a raise and Michael Tureniec three-bet. Hawkins made the call and the two would see a flop of . Hawkins checked and Tureniec bet 175,000. Hawkins looked as if he was going to call but then announced that he was all in for 940,000 on top.
Tureniec thought about it for a moment as Hawkins was walking off talking to his rail telling them "we all in." Tureniec made the call and turned over and Hawkins came back, looked at Tureniec's cards and proudly said "I have " and turned those exact cards over.
"Five of hearts," Hawkins said. The dealer put out the .
"Come on," yelled Hawkins. The dealer put out the and Hawkins whooped it up with his friends. "We're going to be here a while boys," he said to his rail.
Tureniec was left with just 10,000 in chips and would be eliminated two hands later at the hand of Jackduyph Duong.
Kevin Eyster raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Shai Zurr moved all in for 430,000 from the small blind. Nick Davies had even less one seat over and called all in for 250,000.
Eyster:
Zurr:
Davies:
Two short stacks were at risk of elimination and the flop gave Eyster the lead. The turn changed nothing but the on the river gave Zurr a straight. Davies hit the rail in 16th place and Eyster took a hit to his stack.
Bao Nguyen raised from middle position and Kevin Eyster announced all in for 620,000 while enjoying a massage. Nguyen asked for a quick count and then made the call, turning over . Eyster was way ahead with but the flop was a tough pill to swallow.
Only a few moments later came the relief in the form of the on the turn and the river completed the board. Unlike the huge set over set on table 447 before, this roller coaster double up caused barely any noise from spectators and other players at the table.
Table short stack Alexander Ziskin was all in preflop and at risk with against the of chip leader Jackduyph Duong. There was no help on the board and Ziskin headed to the payout desk.
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to give Hawkins a pair of aces. It did give Baldwin a flush draw, however.
giving Baldwin the flush. Hawkins sat there, disappointment all over his face. Pain evident.
and Hawkins stormed off to the side and then walked off, not believing what had happened in the last ten minutes. From "we're going to be here a long time" to gone. In a blink of an eye.
flop but Baldwin now had a flush draw. The Hungarian improved to two pair with the 
turn but the 
fell on the river. Balazs didn't realize yet that he was busted before his tablemates pointed it out.
for a total all in of 1,200,000 in chips. Wladislaw Eckhardt had about two big blinds less and turned over 
.
river completed the board and Eckhardt was gone.
. Hawkins checked and Tureniec bet 175,000. Hawkins looked as if he was going to call but then announced that he was all in for 940,000 on top.
and Hawkins came back, looked at Tureniec's cards and proudly said "I have 
.
and Hawkins whooped it up with his friends. "We're going to be here a while boys," he said to his rail.
turn changed nothing but the 
on the river gave Zurr a straight. Davies hit the rail in 16th place and Eyster took a hit to his stack.
flop was a tough pill to swallow.
on the turn and the 
river completed the board. Unlike the huge set over set on table 447 before, this roller coaster double up caused barely any noise from spectators and other players at the table.
