Jason Mercier raised to 16,000 from first position with . Action folded to Fedor Holz in the big blind and the German chip leader called with .
The flop came giving both a pair. Two checks later the on the turn was seen for free. Holz checked again and so did Mercier. The completed the board and Holz checked a third time. Mercier bet 21,000 into the 45,000 pot and Holz folded.
Sam Greenwood made it 20,000 from the cutoff with and Ben Tollerene in the small blind three-bet to 50,000 holding . The big blind got out the way and Greenwood was put to the test. Greenwood, with a stack of 324,000, folded after 25 seconds in the tank.
Action folded to Fedor Holz in the hijack and the chip leader raised to 20,000 holding . Sam Greenwood in the big blind made the call with and they took a flop of . Both players checked and the saw the same happen as both knocked on the table.
The river came the and Greenwood bet pot-sized for 53,000. Holz folded his rivered pair instantly.
The final table is underway. 9 players remain, play continues till the final table is down to 6 and the players will be in the money. Blinds still at 4,000/8,000.
The final 9 players are set for the final table, but instead of holding on till the scheduled third day of play, they have decided to continued till the money stage is reached. The remaining 9 players have all gotten 2 time breaker chips again, as was on the schedule, and will continue in about half an hour time when the entire final table set up is done by the tournament organization. Here's how things are looking:
Connor Drinan opened for 18,000 under the gun and action folded to Mike "Timex" McDonald, who three-bet all in for 208,000 from the small blind. Drinan snap-called and McDonald discovered the bad news.
Drinan:
McDonald:
The board ran out and that was all she wrote for McDonald.
We picked up the action with 100,000 already in the pot and a board reading when Paul Newey checked from the big blind holding the .
Ben Tollerene, who was in the hijack, proceeded to move all in and Newey called off his remaining 69,000. Unfortunately for him, Tollerene held a better kicker with the .
Byron Kaverman open shoved his last 87,000 from the hijack and Paul Newey on the button followed suit, while Newey only had 36,000 left. Ben Tollerene in the big blind made the call to put both players at risk.
Byron Kaverman:
Ben Tollerene:
Paul Newey:
The board ran out improving nobody. Kaverman was eliminated and Newey tripled up.
Byron Kaverman in the cutoff with clashed with Connor Drinan who had . The flop came leaving Kaverman drawing dead. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Kaverman was left with just 90,000 or so.