Phil Ivey is down to 170,000 in part to these two losses.
He raised to 40,000 on the button and Daniel Weinman called in the big blind. The flop was and Weinman took 40,000 off Ivey when he check-raised to 120,000 and the great man folded.
Then a few hands later Ivey opened up to 40,000 in first position and Matt Marafioti three-bet to a smidgen over 100,000. Ivey folded and Marafioti showed .
"Look at Phil," said Eslami, "he must be thinking how do these people get these hands so late in the tournament? He {Marafioti} has at least queens or aces once per orbit."
Ali Eslami raised to 40,000 from the button, and Jeff Tims three-bet to 140,000 next door in the small blind. The two men had a quick conversation about their chip stacks to figure out who was shortest. As it turned out, Tims' 164,000 was the slightly covering stack. That didn't stop Eslami from shoving all in, and Tims made the call for nearly his full stack, too.
"I got a pair," Tims announced.
"Then it's a flip," Eslami answered.
Showdown
Eslami:
Tims:
Tims' pair held a big lead after the flop, and the turn made him the straight to the six. Eslami was drawing dead to a chop and one card from the exit.
The river dropped the , though, and that puts the same straight on board. Tims was none too pleased at the way that coin flip ended, and he'll have to settle for his money back plus half the big blind.
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On a flop, Hoyt Corkins checked, and Manuel Bevand bet 55,000. Corkins check-raised to 130,000, and Bevand tank-shoved over the top.
That put Corkins to the test as he only had 210,000 chips left in front of him. After what must have been four or five minutes, he uncapped his cards and slipped them back into the muck.
Alexander Venovski raised to 40,000 in first position, Daniel Weinman three-bet to 150,000 one seat to his left and it was sufficient enough to win the pot.
Ali Eslami moved all-in for 66,000 in first position and everybody folded.
Venovski raised to 50,000 on the button and Eslami moved all-in from the big blind. Venovski made the call and we had a showdown with Eslami at risk of elimination.
Eslami
Venovski
Board:
Eslami ~ 194,000
Venovski ~ 620,000
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 35,000 in the cutoff and Ryan Julius three-bet to 72,000 on the button. Esfandiari didn't know what to do next so he asked Julius. Julius remained tight lipped so Esfandiari folded.
Eslami raised to 50,000 in early position, Matt Marafioto raised 'pot' from the small blind and Eslami folded. Marafioti showed
Well, it was not a good day for Patrick Cronin, and it's now come to an abrupt end.
Cronin was very short when the table folded to his small blind, and he got it in with . Alex Venovski woke up with in the big blind, and Cronin could not catch up.
The board ran , and we've lost another player. Patrick Cronin has been put out of his misery in 14th place, and he'll pocket close to $30,000 as a consolation prize.
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Chris Klodnicki eliminated in 15th place
Shaun Deeb raised to 33,000 in the hijack seat and Chris Klodnicki bet 'pot' from the big blind. It was a 104,000 bet and despite a look of slight upset on the face of Deeb he moved all-in and Klodnicki called.
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and Weinman took 40,000 off Ivey when he check-raised to 120,000 and the great man folded.
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flop, and the 
turn made him the straight to the six. Eslami was drawing dead to a chop and one card from the exit.
, though, and that puts the same straight on board. Tims was none too pleased at the way that coin flip ended, and he'll have to settle for his money back plus half the big blind.
. Alex Venovski woke up with 
lost to the 
of Weinman. If suffering one three-outer wasn't enough here is another one.
and Cronin 
. The board ran out 
and Ivey was up to 288,000. Cronin was down to 83,000.
