Four Down the Drain

Down to a mere dust and fewer than two big blinds, Walid Abdi Ali shoved from the button with the and Serge Danis one seat over had the . The board came and that was it for the German.

One table over, Walter Treccarichi raised to 14,000 and James Akenhead moved all in from the cutoff. Treccarichi asked for a count and eventually called when the jam of the Brit was deemed to be for 72,500.

James Akenhead:
Walter Treccarichi:

The flop was a disaster for the Brit, and he needed running spades to avoid elimination. While the on the turn was a start, the river failed to provide a miracle and Akenhead was eliminated in 57th place. Just prior to that, Vlado Sevo had bust and Zdenko Slavik followed to reduce the field to the last 55 hopefuls.