Soheil Zamanian raised to 8,000 from the button, only for Andy Bloch to make it 43,000 from the big blind. With only around 25-30,000 back, Zamanian instantly shook his head dejectedly, but ultimately decided it was worth the gamble and made the call.
With versus , Zamanian will have been confident of a split pot, but what he received was ten times better. "That's not a good flop for me," Bloch correctly observed as the board came . "I have two outs." Correct again.
The action has slowed somewhat now that we're down to 25 players and they all catch scent of the potential of a final table appearance or even that most coveted of bling, a WSOP bracelet. Few pots are multiway, with one recent exception - Neil Channing limped for 3,000 under the gun, which enticed in Jesper Hougaard, Linda Lee, WIllie Tann and Nathan Lee (to be fair the latter was the big blind and didn't need much enticing).
Flop: Check to Hougaard who bet 9,000 with Channing as the only caller.
Turn: Check-Check.
River: Check-Check again. Channing shows a winning .
The last hand proved to be a false piece of respite for Hassabis, he moved in with and was called by Ian Woodley's . The latter won the coinflip when Hassabis couldn't spike the vital queen or ace. Woodley hit the 100,000 mark, while Hassabis hit the rail.
Cantu canned
With just 8,100 remaining, Brandon Cantu was looking for any two cards worthy of pushing all in with, and they came in the form of . He will have been seeking protection from multiple callers though, and Adam Junglen duly obliged, raising it up to 18,500 in order to isolate his man.
"Give me a ten, dealer," requested Cantu, but he should have echoed his demand on the turn or river, as the board came an eventful to send him to the rail.
After Demis Hassabis raises to 7,600 from early position, he's forced to lay it down after Timoshenko reraises to 19,600 from the button. The very next hand and Hassabis moves all in and is called by Michael Bepper in the small blind.
Negreanu - What? So I Lost One Pot
Jesper Hougaard just reraised Daniel Negreanu's button bet of 7,200 to 21,500 preflop, and then fired 22,000 on the flop. A think and a call later, and the turn popped out . Hougaard put Negreanu all in, but he folded pretty sharply. Down to 80,000 for Kid Poker, up to 300,000 for our chip leader.
"I'm all in, Snoops," declared John Kabbaj, and indeed his as his took on the inferior of Brandon Cantu. No change on the board means Kabbaj is back up to the 70,000 mark.
Over on Table 25, a familiar routine began to emerge. First Tim Pennington raised from the button and took the blinds. Next Warren Woodall did the same thing. Following this, (do you see a pattern emerging?) Michael Bepper raised to 8,000 from the button to take the blinds. But when it was John Dwyer's turn, Demis Hassabis went and spoiled it all by moving all in for another 26,000 or so on top. The Irishman hence folded and the pattern was in tatters.
Neil Channing, Runs Better in Ireland
Neil Channing and Christoph Bommes have been re-drawn in exactly the same positions (Bommes on Channing's left). They just got to a limp-checked blind on blind flop of . Both checked. The turn brought the and a 6,000 bet from Channing. Bommes calmly and immediately raised to 19,000. Back to Channing, who chewed a pensive thumb, stared at Bommes' stack, stared at Bommes, and eventually gave it up.