There are only 70 players remaining and the top 55 spots will get paid. All players below won't be making the paid spots in the event as they hit the rail as of lately.
Jesse "AAGenius88" Mercado raised from under the gun and called the jam by Loizos Protopapas out of the big blind.
Loizos Protopapas:
Jesse "AAGenius88" Mercado:
Mercado flopped the top pair and nut flush draw on the flop. The turn made that trips while Protopapas now had a flush draw. No diamond appeared as the river gave Mercado a flush.
Jesse "AAGenius88" Mercado potted in the small blind and Mark Radoja defended the big. Mercado potted the flop and called when Radoja shoved for not much more.
Mercado:
Radoja:
Radoja was in fine shape especially when he turned the for trips, but the on the river gave Mercado a straight.
Joao Vieira opened in the cutoff and called a pot-sized three-bet to 18,500 from big blind Ami Barer. Barer continued for 6,987 on the flop and then shoved the turn for Barer's last 24K.
Vieira:
Barer:
Barer had turned an open-ender but missed it on the river.
A short-stacked Mark Herm got it in preflop with the and faced Marcello "D@rk_M@tter1" Miniucchi with the as well as Alex "El Internado" Balaguer with the .
The Spaniard could not knock out two players as Miniucchi got there on the runout.