Todd Baily has just been eliminated over on Table 18. Baily held and had to come up against . The flop was promising but when the fell on the turn, Baily was left with only a couple of outs. The bricked river gave no help and Baily was sent home in 5th place on his table.
Harry Demetriou has just been eliminated from the tournament. He goes out in 6th place at his table and receives $4,000 for that effort. His demise came at the hands of James Obst. Demetriou was first crippled by Obst when he made a smaller straight holding against Obst's . Obst then dealt the fatal blow to Demetriou on the next hand.
One-time chip leader Rodoslaw Kopec has fallen in 30th place here today.
He opened to 7,200 from UTG and was only called by Fabian Craib in the big blind en route to a flop. Kopec continued for 8,000 but was check-raised up to 19,000. Call.
The turn came and Craib continued with initiative and bet 19,000. Kopec called to see the river where he faced a bet for his remaining 37,000. He sat and thought for so long that another table mate called the clock on him. Kopec was counted down to the last five seconds before he made the crying call all-in. Crain tabled and Kopec mucked and made his exit.
Louis Srour is the latest player to hit the rail. This elimination means that Table 10 is also down to the next payout level. Place 6th and 5th will pay $4,000.
Vesko Zmukic was unlucky to run his into the of James Obst and when the board brought no help, Zmukic was sent home as Table 18 has 6 players remaining and are down to their next payout level. Obst also picked up $1,000 for knocking out Zmukic as he was one of the remaining bounties.
Table 15 also recently lost a player, with Clemens Manzano biting the dust and leaving Table 15 with 6 players.
Tom Rafferty was short stacked when he shoved his from the button. When he ran into and the board came , it was all over for Rafferty as Table 15 lost their first player.
It took a cooler to get rid of Eugene Juczenko in 31st place. Michal Polchlopek opened from the button before Juczenko three-bet from the small blind and Harry Demetriou four-bet all-in from the big blind. Polchlopek folded but Juczenko made the call all-in.
Juczenko :
Demetriou:
The board ran .
There seemed to be genuine sympathy for Bailey a the set-up in front of his eyes.
The first elimination has occurred over on Table 10. The player was Eric Crain and he goes home with $3,000 for his time. Table 10 is now one step closer to sending a couple of players to the final table.
The remaining 32 players have returned to 4 tables of 8. Each player is in the money, with 7th-8th place at each table making a min-cash and then 6th-5th, 4th and 3rd earning cash on a sliding scale.
The shootout tables will cease once 2 players remain, with 2 players from each table heading to the final table of 8. The tables were organized according to chip count with a seeded redraw. The tables can be seen in the post below.