Seth Berger had opened for a raise to 18,000, and David Olmsted reraised all in for 145,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Berger called after some banter with Olmsted.
Berger:
Olmsted
A flop did Berger no good, and neither did a turn. The fell on the river though, and Berger continues to pull away from the field.
We rushed over to the table as soon as we saw Jonathan Tamayo all in. He had moved in with and was called by Makoto Yoshimichi who had him covered.Yoshimichi was holding the and it held up through the board.
Tamayo was sent to the rail collecting $14,067 for his efforts.
We just caught a hand that resulted in the elimination of Garrick Lau as well as the near triple up of Dmitrii Valouev. We got to the table on the flop of . Valouev and Lau were both already all in, and Geshkenbein made the call with a covering stack.
Geshkenbein:
Lau:
Valouev:
"I can't believe I'm in the lead," Geshkenbein said.
But that didn't last for long as the fell on the turn giving Valouev the lead. The river was the sealing the knock out and double up for Valouev who vaulted to over 300,000 chips.
Geshkenbein was left crippled after the hand and was eliminated shortly after when his was outrun by
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Charles Sylvestre raised to 16,000 from the hijack, and only Nam Le on the button called. The flop came , and Le called Sylvestre's bet of 17,000. The turn brought the , and Sylvestre fired again, this time for 31,000.
Le went into the tank for a couple of minutes, and Sylvestre called the clock on him. As soon as the floor director came over, Le folded.
Scott Seiver's quest for a second bracelet has ended. Facing a 46,000 turn bet from Ryan Tepen on a board of , Seiver elected to call. He then led all in on a river, but was immediately called. Tepen rolled over for the nut flush, and Seiver simply slid his cards toward the dealer before rising from his seat He took home $11,361 for his 33rd-place finish.
Preflop Jonathan [Removed:250] moved all in and he was called by Oliver Greer in the big blind who had less chips. [Removed:250] was holding the , while Greer was behind with the .
The board of was not enough to catch Greer up and he was eliminated in 34th place while [Removed:250] moved to around 400,000 chips.
We missed the action but Michael Cooper gave us a short recap just after. Apparently, Seth Berger opened the pot. Cooper reraised with , then the big blind moved all in over the top with . Cooper made the call and flopped quads eliminating the player and moving him over 400,000 chips.
Ping Liu opened for a raise from under the gun, and everyone folded to Jeffrey Fagan in the big blind, who pushed all in for 93,000 more. Liu made the call, but didn't like what he saw.
Liu:
Fagan:
Liu needed a queen but flop brought nothing but small cards: . A further dimmed his chances, but a on the river brought exactly what he needed to send Fagan out of the tournament.
flop did Berger no good, and neither did a 
turn. The 
fell on the river though, and Berger continues to pull away from the field.
and was called by Makoto Yoshimichi who had him covered.Yoshimichi was holding the 
and it held up through the 
board.
fell on the turn giving Valouev the lead. The river was the 
sealing the knock out and double up for Valouev who vaulted to over 300,000 chips.
, Seiver elected to call. He then led all in on a 
river, but was immediately called. Tepen rolled over 
for the nut flush, and Seiver simply slid his cards toward the dealer before rising from his seat He took home $11,361 for his 33rd-place finish.
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