With around 20,000 in the pot and a flop of , Anthony Pons checked and opened the door for McLean Karr to bet 7,800. Pons responded with a check-raise to 7,800, and after asking for a count, Karr moved all in. Pons snap-called off for 54,700 and Karr knew he was in trouble.
Showdown
Karr:
Pons:
"I should have just raised and then I could have gotten away from it," Karr said aloud. "I didn't think he'd raise a set so big." Karr was in bad shape, but the turn did give him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the river was no help.
After Serge Ekert had opened with a raise, Erik Cajelais moved all in holding for around 15,000. Unfortunately for him, Ekert held , made the call, and the board ran out dry. With that, Cajelais was sent packing in 27th place.
Meanwhile, Vic Gupta followed him out the door in 26th place.
"You don't have to write about that one if you don't want," Antonio Esfandiari told us as we approached his table. We arrived too late to know exactly what happened, but what we can tell you is that "The Magician" had in front of him on a board reading and the dealer was counting down his stack to be paid by Andrey Gulyy. When all was said and done, Esfandiari doubled to 155,000 and is our new chip leader.
Remi Bollengier put in a raise from the cutoff only to have Gil George moved all in for approximately 33,000 from the big blind. Bollengier gave it some thought and decided to call with , which was ahead of George's . The board would run out and the gracious George made his way to the payout desk in 25th place while his wife looked on from the rail.
While we were scoping out Antonin Teisseire's newly acquired stack of 190,000 (we're not quite sure what hand he won to get it), we heard someone say, "Nice call," and saw Marc Bariller call the all-in shove of Florian Ciuro, who had around 70,000. The former held and was well out in front of Ciuro's , but the board ran out and Ciuro spiked his out on the river. Bariller was clearly dejected, as were many of his French supporters.
Meanwhile, Antonio Esfandiari eliminated Ugo Jaskula over at Table 88 and chipped up to 210,000 in the process.
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Players are now on a 20-minute break. During this time the tournament staff will be racing off the black T100 chips. The remaining players will then play two more levels before calling it a night.
We didn't catch all the details as we were busy catching a controversial hand, which we'll be writing about next, but we do know that John Monnette was just eliminated after getting all in preflop with only to run into the of Igor Kalinicenko. Monnette would not improve as the board ran out and his day came to an end in 24th place.
, Anthony Pons checked and opened the door for McLean Karr to bet 7,800. Pons responded with a check-raise to 7,800, and after asking for a count, Karr moved all in. Pons snap-called off for 54,700 and Karr knew he was in trouble.
turn did give him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the 
river was no help.
for around 15,000. Unfortunately for him, Ekert held 
in front of him on a board reading 
and the dealer was counting down his stack to be paid by Andrey Gulyy. When all was said and done, Esfandiari doubled to 155,000 and is our new chip leader.
and the gracious George made his way to the payout desk in 25th place while his wife looked on from the rail.
and was well out in front of Ciuro's 
, but the board ran out 
and Ciuro spiked his out on the river. Bariller was clearly dejected, as were many of his French supporters.
of Igor Kalinicenko. Monnette would not improve as the board ran out 
and his day came to an end in 24th place.
