Jesse Rockowitz raised to 69,000 from under the gun; Michael Goldfarb defended from the big blind.
Flop:
With a somewhat of a shaky paw, Goldfarb led for 150,000. After a brief pause, Rockowitz made the call.
Turn:
Without hesitation, Goldfarb slid in what appeared to be 400,000. Rockowtiz sized up his opponent, but ultimately opted for the fold. He was shown for his troubles.
"Wait long enough, the hand will come, huh?" beamed Goldfard. Rockowitz didn't share his joy.
Michael Goldfarb shoved for 412,000 from early position and the action folded all the way to Shaun Malough in the big blind. Malough sweated his cards and called tabling .
Goldfarb stood up and opened .
The flop put Malough deeper into a hole, and the on the turn ended the hand. The on the river was but a formality, and Goldfarb doubled to 840,000 chips.
Raymond Coburn kick-started the action by raising to 55,000 from the cut-off. Thomas Bichon flat called, but Kevin Odell was less inviting, three-betting to 155,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Coburn called, but Bichon moved all in for 820,000 more. Odell called, Coburn folded, and cards were placed on their backs:
Bichon:
Odell:
Flop:
Both players rose from their seats.
Turn:
Odell shook Bichon's hand, perhaps prematurely.
River:
Odell raked in the pot to extend his lead even further. He now has over four million as we break down to one last table of 10.
Shaun Malough opened to 56,000 from the cutoff and Justin Conley re-raised to 129,000 with the button. Douglas Gord moved all in for about 625,000 from the small blind, the big blind surrendered and the action was back on Malough.
After pausing for a moment, Malough re-shoved all in and Conley folded. The hands were turned over:
Showdown
Malough:
Gord:
Gord was dominated and could not improve with the board eliminating him from the tournament while Malough is now about 1,000,000 chips.
Raymond Coburn opened to 55,000 from the hijack seat and Johan Jakobsson flatted from the small blind. Rafal Michalowski moved all in for just under 400,000 from the big blind, Coburn snapped it off and Jakobbson immediately folded.
Showdown
Coburn:
Michalowski:
Michalowski smiled, acknowledging that his squeeze play went awry. The board ran and he hit the rail in 13th place.
Coburn is now among our big stacks with 1,600,000 chips.
Johan Jakobsson opened to 58,000 in the hijack seat and Edward Yoo moved all in for 194,000 on the button. The blinds released and Jakobsson made the quick call.
Showdown
Jakobsson:
Yoo:
Yoo had him dominated and successfully doubled when the board ran .
Jakobsson slipped to 920,000 chips and Yoo is up to 410,000.
At the start of the level, Thiago Nishijima was second only to Kevin Odell in chips, but now, and despite heavy support from the Brazilian fan base on the rail, he's slipped down the charts after losing two coin flips.
The first came courtesy of short stack Douglas Gord, who open-shoved all in for 303,000. Nishijima came over the top with and everyone folded. Gord tabled , and following a board, doubled through to around the 650,000 mark.
Moments later, Nishijima was subjected to a second right hook as he doubled Justin Conley up to a million in chips. Nishijima opened the action with a raise to 57,000 from early position, Shaun Malough made the call on the button, and Conley announced all-in from the blind.
After requesting a count - "489,000," came the precise reply - Nishijima once again moved all in. With Malough side-stepping out of the way, we had ourselves another showdown, Nishijimi with the pair this time: versus .
The window card was the , and the other community cards were of no help either as the dealer dropped an ensuing onto the felt.
As a result of this double whammy, Nishijima is down, but still in decent shape with circa 1,500,000 in chips. His confidence, however, will be black and blue.
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