Leo Margets has lost around 100,000 of her stack in the first 15 minutes of this level after doubling-up Alex Keating and John Eames.
There was an UTG raise to 2,100 before Keating raised 24,000 out of his 26,000 stack from the next. Margets was one more seat along and cold called the three-bet scaring everone else out of the pot. The rest of the chips went in on the flop with Keating's good against Margets' . The turn and river changed not a thing to put Keating up to 54,000.
A few moment later I saw a big pile of chips being slid over to Eames at the expense of Margets. Apparently all the chips went in on a low flop with the Spaniard holding pocket jacks to Eames' set of twos. He's up to 150,000 as a result.
Five-time bracelet winner Chris Ferguson has been eliminated from this year's Main Event, pushing his short stack all in with , but running head-first into the of Magnus Persson. No divine intervention on the board, and Jesus was out.
Dan Shak opened to 2,100 from UTG+1 and Yann Dion made it 5,900 next to him before Barry Greenstein from UTG+3 pushed all-in for 31,000. Shak then moved all-in and Dion made the call.
Greenstein: and in a world of pain because...
Shak: and...
Dion:
But the board came making Greenstein the nut-flush to treble up to about 95,000. Shak won a decent side pot putting him on 80,000 while Dion dropped to 38,000.
Adrian Passfield came back today as our official short stack on just 4,725 - less than eight big blinds - so it with some awe that we declare him Climber Of The Day, as he is now up to 85,000, well above average.
His latest double up came courtesy of Tyler Bonkowski on the button who got himself involved in a raising war which he probably wished he hadn't, as his last raise (we believe it was a six-bet) was to 25,500 and he thus felt committed when Passfield shoved for 42,000 total from the small blind.
Lucky Passfield...
Bonkowski:
Passfield: somewhat ahead with
Board:
Both players were laughing at the end of the hand, but Bonkowski really has little reason to as he's down to less than 20,000 after that.
Patrik Atonius is out after losing his stack over the course of two hands.
Firstly he limped from UTG the gun and picked up another four limpers before Simon Persson raised to 4,200 from the BB. Only Antonius called to see the flop where he was set all-in by Persson. He folded leaving himself with just 10,800 chips.
The very next hand the action folded to Patrik Selin on the button who raised and then called when Antonius shoved from the BB. Antonius tabled king-ten but lost out to Selin's pocket aces.
Thorsten Schafer opened to 1,800 from the hijack seat, and he found action from Priyan de Mel. From the small blind, de Mel three-bet to 4,100, but Schafer came right back with another raise to 9,000 straight. De Mel promptly made it 18,000, and Schafer instantly six-bet shoved all in with the covering stack.
De Mel had just around 15,000 left behind, and he soon decided that his best option was to la it down and save that remainder for a spot when he wasn't being six-bet.
flop with Keating's 
good against Margets' 
. The 
turn and river changed not a thing to put Keating up to 54,000.
, but running head-first into the 
board.
and in a world of pain because...
and...
flop where he was set all-in by Persson. He folded leaving himself with just 10,800 chips.
