Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Jie Gao got all the money in preflop. Mercier had the versus Gao's . The flop, turn, and river ran out to give Gao the double.
As the break began, Patrick Crivell and Erik Seidel were heads up on a flop of . Seidel led out for 250,000 into a pot of around 400,000, and Crivell tanked for nearly five minutes before calling.
The completed the board, and Seidel sat silently for 30 seconds or so before announcing that he was all in. Crivell took much less time to make the call, committing 429,000 chips, and Seidel showed for queens and sevens.
Crivell flashed for a pair of kings and a bricked flush draw, and immediately left the table, forcing the dealer to pay off Seidel.
A big 1.1-million pot just went down that — as you can tell by the title — resulted in the loss of Craig McCorkell.
We missed the betting details, but we do know that McCorkell was all in holding the and flipping against the of Ami Barer, who had his opponent covered by just 10,000!
McCorkell got it in good, but Barer took the lead on the flop. The turn gave McCorkell a gutshot straight draw, but he failed to hit as the blanked on the river.
Vincent Rubianes' comeback continues as he doubles through Ami Barer.
The money went in preflop with Rubianes' trailing Barer's . The flop fell , giving Rubianes a leading pair of kings, and the turn was a meaningless .
Only an ace could eliminate Rubianes, but he was safe as the completed the board. The American doubled to 490,000 chips, while Barer dropped down to 600,000.
Andreas Lodemel was all in and at risk for around 200,000 holding . He dominated Eoghan O'Dea's , and remained ahead after the flop (), and the turn ().
The spiked on the river, however, and Lodemel was eliminated in 22nd place. O'Dea chipped up to 1.35 million.
Scott Seiver limped in from the cutoff seat, and then Tam Truong raised from the button to 55,000. After the blinds folded, Seiver reraised to 160,000. Truong called.
The flop came down , and Seiver bet 80,000. Truong made the call to see the land on the turn. Seiver bet 165,000, and Truong folded.