Marco Bognanni Eliminated in 11th Place (�40,000)

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Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

You see it all of the time in these magnificent tournaments. The chip leaders open wider and always seem to catch flops that were sent down from heaven.

Rupert Elder was absolutely roasting his table mates with a series of raises and c-bets when he tried one more time from the button. The bet was 120,000 and this time Marco Bognanni decided to take a stand. The Italian was in the big blind and he made the call and the heavenly flop was {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} . Bognanni checked to Elder who predictably bet 140,000 and Bognanni called very quickly.

The turn was the {10-Spades} and again Bognanni quickly check-called a 285,000 Elder bet. The final card was the {9-Diamonds} and Bognanni changed tact slightly. In the previous two rounds he had checked quickly but on the river he pressed his time button. In the end he did check and Elder told the table he was all-in. It was an incredibly smart move because when you combine it with his previous table action it looked like he was trying to steal one. With Liu and Venneri so short it seemed the right time for a shove. Bognanni must have thought the same thing because he called very quickly and it was a 1.2 million river bet.

Elder flipped over {2-Spades} {6-Spades} for the straight and Bognanni was devastated. We never got to see what his hand actually was as he walked off to a round of applause without showing.