Moments ago, Samer Al-Shurieki flopped the nut flush to crippled Dominik Nitsche.
Douglas Mackinnon opened from the cutoff to 22,000 and Nitsche three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. Al-Shurieki woke up in the big blind with an all-in bet of 220,000, and once Mackinnon folded Nitsche quickly called.
Nitsche:
Al-Shurieki:
The was the home to more clubs that the Las Vegas party scene and when the turn and river were the and Al-Shurieki helped himself to the vast majority of Nitsche's stack.
Ivey raised from middle position to 20,000 and Daniel Idema reraised to about 56,000 from the button. Joseph Dibiasi went all in from the small blind and Taylor Paur, the big blind, and Ivey folded. Idema called with and Dibiasi had .
The board fell and Idema's jacks held, eliminating Dibiasi in 17th place.
Sometimes you need a little luck in order to win a poker tournament, well Douglas Mackinnon has just had a huge slice of luck to stay alive in this one.
Mackinnon's 138,000 chips went into the middle with and he was in terrible shape against the pocket rockets () of Robert Deppe. Mackinnon stayed way behind as the first three community cards fell . However, the turn improved Mackinnon to a full house. The was the river card and Mackinnon doubled through Deppe.
Jason Everett was short stacked since the cooler hand against Phillip Hui a bit earlier this evening. He shoved his remaining 50,000 with and ran into the of Kyle Cartwright. Cartwright's queens held, eliminating Everett in 18th place.