Picking up the action in the midst of the preflop raising, Eric Cloutier had put in a reraise to 17,500 and defending champion Ryan Riess had reraised to about 35,000. Cloutier tanked for a bit before reraising all in for about another 112,000 effective. Riess quickly folded, giving Cloutier the pot.
Italian pro Sergio Castelluccio has just been knocked out and we caught the end of the hand. Castelluccio finished 14th in las year's Main Event for $451,398 but this year his run ended up the second day of play.
Castelluccio was all in before the flop holding and he was up against . The board ran out and dream was over.
Drazen Ilich bet 6,500 on a flop and got check-raised to 25,000. Ilich cut a stack a few times as he thought before shoving all in and being snap-called.
Ilich:
Opponent:
Ilich had been outflopped, and he was unable to retake the lead as the turn was a and the river a .
David Tuthill was under the gun and raised the action to 2,600. Action folded around the table to a late position player who moved all in for his last 25,100. Hands hit the muck around the table until it was back on Tuthill. He called and the two hands were turned on their backs.
Tuthill:
Opponent:
Tuthill stood from the table and his rail crowded the table. The dealer produced a flop of , eliciting an immediate response from Tuthill.
"Flush!" he yelled while laughing, pointing out that his opponent had flopped an ace-high flush. The board completed with the and the , ensuring that Tuthill would ship the chips across the table. He's now down to about 108,000.
German super star Igor Kurganov has just been knocked out by the hands of Floris van der Ven. The action started with a raise to 2,700 from early position and Floris van der Ven three-bet to 7,200 from the player's left. Kurganov was next to act and he four-bet shoved for 35,700.
The action folded all the way around to Van der Ven and he quickly made the call.
From early position, Duane Wellnitz from Phoenix, Arizona raised to 2,800. Wesley Chong called from middle position, and Martin Jacobson called from the cutoff seat. All three players took the flop, and action checked to Jacobson. He bet 5,000, Wellnitz called, and Chong folded.
After the added a fourth diamond to the board on the turn, Wellnitz check-called a bet of 10,000 from Jacobson. Then, the landed on the river and both players checked.
"Set," announced Wellnitz, to which Jacobson responded with a nod.
Wellnitz showed the for a set of twos, and Jacobson mucked his hand.
From under the gun, Duane Wellnitz raid to 2,800. Martin Jacobson called from the hijack seat, and Vasili Lazarou called from the big blind. Then, the dealer spread out the flop, and action was checked by Lazarou. Wellnitz was next and bet 2,800, but Jacobson kicked it up to 6,500 with a raise. Lazarou folded, then Wellnitz folded as well, and Jacobson won the pot.
Ryan Riess raised in the cutoff, the player in the big blind called and the flop fell .
Action was checked to Riess and he continued for 2,500. The player in the big blind check-raised to 6,500, Riess called and both players checked the turn. The river completed the board and the player in the big blind bet 5,500. Riess called, but his hand fell short against his opponent's . Riess flashed the as he mucked.
Iori Yogo had 22,000 in front of him on the river after the board came , and Sam Greenwood had shoved all in for 29,000 more than that. Yogo thought for awhile before deciding to look up his shorter-stacked opponent. Greenwood showed for a full house on the river, and Yogo nodded and mucked his hand before leaning back in his chair and looking pained.
and he was up against 
. The board ran out 
and dream was over.
flop and got check-raised to 25,000. Ilich cut a stack a few times as he thought before shoving all in and being snap-called.
and the river a 
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, eliciting an immediate response from Tuthill.
and the 
, ensuring that Tuthill would ship the chips across the table. He's now down to about 108,000.
flop, and action checked to Jacobson. He bet 5,000, Wellnitz called, and Chong folded.
for a set of twos, and Jacobson mucked his hand.
flop, and action was checked by Lazarou. Wellnitz was next and bet 2,800, but Jacobson kicked it up to 6,500 with a raise. Lazarou folded, then Wellnitz folded as well, and Jacobson won the pot.
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river completed the board and the player in the big blind bet 5,500. Riess called, but his hand fell short against his opponent's 
, and Sam Greenwood had shoved all in for 29,000 more than that. Yogo thought for awhile before deciding to look up his shorter-stacked opponent. Greenwood showed 
