2011 WSOP Main Event runner up Martin Staszko (behind Pius Heinz for $5,433,086) has just been eliminated from the Main Event.
Staszko started out short and never got anything going. Just now action folded to the button where Jonathan Little was seated with a monster stack. Little opened to 6,000 and Staszko shoved from the small blind. It wasn't entirely clear for how much Staszko shoved as Little called immediately after Duhamel had folded his big blind.
Little had the best hand with , Staszko tabled . Hopes for a split pot of some sort were fading after the flop and went out the window with the on the turn. Just a three could save Staszko nog but a popped up instead. Staszko shook hands with Little and exited the tournament room.
No eliminations to report but that doesn't mean that there hasn't been action, just that most of it has come pre-flop. Christian Golob four-bet all in for an effective 117,000. Dimitrios Kalaroutis, who had three-bet to 16,300 was weighing up his decision and after Golob said he'd show one if Kalaroutis folded the Greek PokerStars qualifier did just that. Golob let him pick the card and showed the as he took the pot.
A couple of tables over Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier opened to 6,000 from the hi-jack only to have the player to his immediate left - Lucas Reeves - three-bet to 15,000 - it folded back to ElkY and he tank folded.
Whilst on table 23 it was Norway on Norway action as Morten Klein three-bet Jan Sjavik and the latter called to see a flop, Klein continuation bet 10,000 but folded when Sjavik raised to 30,000.
Mateusz Zbikowski, a PokerStars qualifier from the UK, raised from under the gun to 6,000. It folded round to short stack Erik Scheidt on the button who moved all in and the blinds quickly folded. Zbikowski asked for a count and made the call with and was up against the of Scheidt who must have been happy not to see a bigger ace. The board ran out , Scheidt was unable to hit one of his cards and he was eliminated on the second hand.
We saw Sam Cohen sitting in the lobby and she confirmed that she had just been eliminated from the tournament. She told us the story, but she also posted it to social media so we'll let her tweet tell the story:
There was an open from Sergey Baburin from early position, Marc Andre Ladouceur then three-bet basically all of his 68,000 stack and Kitty Kuo called, thinking that she was calling an all-in. However, Ladouceur still had chips behind, when it got back to Baburin he folded and the two of them saw a flop, Ladoucer committed the rest of his chips with pocket jacks and Kuo called with a set of tens.
The turn was an eight, given Ladouceur straight possibilities and it duly completed on the river. He's up to 150,000 whilst Kuo is down to 175,000
Down to just 55,000 Rui Sousa three-bet all-in and before the dealer had given Nihat Karyagdi a count he deemed the all in small enough that his hand was sufficiently strong enough to call the all in, so it was time for a showdown.
Karyagdi:
Sousa:
The board ruled decisively in Pollak's favour and Sousa was on his way. 174 left, 151 get paid.
Action folded to Sylvain Loosli on the button and he put in a min-raise to 6,000. Vadim Belov, who was in the small blind, responded with a three-bet to 19,500, and that inspired the big blind to fold. Loosli then moved all in for 49,200 and Belov wasted little time in making the call.
Loosli:
Belov:
It was a race, but Loosli came up empty on the flop. A jack would make him a straight, but of course Belov killed two of them. Nonetheless, the on the turn was even better as Loosli took the lead with a pair of aces. Belov picked up a straight draw of his own, but he missed it as the blanked on the river. Ship the double to the Frenchman.
When we came across the table, Kitty Kuo had 15,000 out in front of her in the small blind and Martin Wiklund had the all-in triangle out in front of him. He had committed for right around 125,000, and Kuo was in the tank. She spent several minutes contemplating what to do, and eventually she dropped in a call.
Kuo:
Wiklund:
It was a classic flip, and Kuo looked like she was going to take the lead when the appeared in the window. Much to her dismay — and Wiklund's relief — the and followed it. The Swede had spiked a set and had a firm lead on the hand. The turn actually left Kuo drawing dead, and after the was run out on the river, Wiklund was shipped the double.
, Staszko tabled 
. Hopes for a split pot of some sort were fading after the 
flop and went out the window with the 
on the turn. Just a three could save Staszko nog but a 
popped up instead. Staszko shook hands with Little and exited the tournament room.
as he took the pot.
flop, Klein continuation bet 10,000 but folded when Sjavik raised to 30,000.
and was up against the 
of Scheidt who must have been happy not to see a bigger ace. The board ran out 
, Scheidt was unable to hit one of his cards and he was eliminated on the second hand.
flop, Ladoucer committed the rest of his chips with pocket jacks and Kuo called with a set of tens.
river. He's up to 150,000 whilst Kuo is down to 175,000
flop. A jack would make him a straight, but of course Belov killed two of them. Nonetheless, the 
blanked on the river. Ship the double to the Frenchman.
followed it. The Swede had spiked a set and had a firm lead on the hand. The 
was run out on the river, Wiklund was shipped the double.
