Hand #7: Alex Foxen raised to 65,000 from the under-the-gun position. Action folded to John Brown in the big blind who shoved all in. Foxen asked for a count. Brown had 350,000 in total. Foxen called.
John Brown:
Alex Foxen:
The board ran out , giving help to Brown and he was eliminated in eighth place.
David Valcourt shoved all in from mid-position and was called by John Brown on the button.
David Valcourt:
John Brown:
The board ran out . Brown hit a pair of aces on the flop and ended up with two pair, aces and eights, to knock Valcourt out of the tournament in 10th place.
On the button, Ognjen Sekularac slid a large stack of T25,000 chips forward, enough to cover Aaron Hirst and Dylan Linde in the blinds. Hirst folded and Linde called.
Dylan Linde:
Ognjen Sekularac:
The flop was safe for Linde, but the dealer burned and turned the to knock Linde on the ropes. The on the river ended it for the start-of-the-day chip leader, who finished in 11th place.
Phong Nguyen has been putting pressure on the table that is playing five-handed at the moment.
Hand #1: Joseph Liberta raised to 65,000 from the under-the-gun position. Action folded to Phong Nguyen in the big blind who three-bet to 200,000. Liberta took some time but decided to fold in the end.
Hand #2: Aaron Hirst raised to 60,000 from the cutoff. Nguyen three-bet to 165,000 from the small blind. Hirst folded.
Shai Zurr moved all in from the cutoff for 130,000. The button folded and David Valcourt moved all in over the top from the small blind. The big blind folded.
Shai Zurr:
David Valcourt:
The board ran out and Zurr doubled to just over 250,000.