Kory Kilpatrick has been eliminated some time ago and Johnathan Dahlberg took over his seat. Just now he ended up all in and at risk for 58,000 on a flop of and Timothy Lau put him at risk with the . Dahlberg was ahead with the and the turn and river run out brought no upset.
Under the gun, Tom Hall checked the flop and his opponent bet 7,000 from middle position. Hall called and they knuckled the turn to let the river land for free. Hall then threw in 18,200 and that was enough to collect the chips as his rival gave up.
The flop read and there was already 33,000 in the middle. The player in the big blind had checked, Artem Metalidi bet from the hijack. The big blind raised and Metalidi called.
The turn came with the and Metalidi bet enough to force the check-fold of his opponent.
A few hands after showing a bluff with five-high, Devon Shalmi opened to 3,500 on the cutoff. The button and the small blind called. The player in the big blind three-bet shoved for 73,000. Shalmi made the call.
Devon Shalmi:
Opponent:
The board ran and Shami won the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.
Gabriel Abusada was in a four-way three-bet pot where all players had paid 15,000 preflop.
The flop came down and it checked around to the player on the button. He pushed all-in for 45,000 and Gabriel Abusada pushed all in as well for his final 12,700. Another player called and the fourth player folded his hand.
Abusada was pacing back and forth through the Amazon purple section when he had to open up his hand and the other players already did. The player on the button was holding and the third player in the hand had . When Abusada came back to the table he didn't want to open up his hand, but after a couple seconds he opened up .
The dealer completed the board with the turn and river and Abusada jumped up and started screaming around the entire purple section in the Amazon room.
"Thank you Jesus! Oh my god, I'm back. Thank you, Jesus, thank you!"
The table was surrounded by cameras and a lot of players stood up from their chairs to check out what just happened. The player with aces won the side pot and Abusada kept yelling "Thank you, Jesus!" around the room.
Some new players have joined the tables here in the Miranda room from the Pavilion room. One of them is David Cabrera who took 450,000 in chips with him and looks to be the new chip leader here in this room for now. Cabrera is seated at the same table as Andrew Brokos and David Swift.
Loren Klein opened to 3,500 from middle position. Moundir Zoughari, on the cutoff called.
''Three-Four-Six, one time baby!'' commented Klein before the dealer spread a flop of . ''Pretty much,'' he added, throwing in a bet of 6,600. Zoughari called.
The turn brought the and Klein continued with a bet of 8,500, that was enough to steal the pot.
Darren Elias made it 3,500 in the middle position, earning a call from the button. The player in the big blind squeeze-shoved 33,500 and Elias called after verifying the count. The other player cleared the way for a heads-up race.
It was a fair fight as Elias' stood against and the board was a pleasant one for the small pair. Elias scored an elimination and increased his stack to 260,000.