We saw Jeff Rossiter exit the tournament area. We asked him what had happened and he was polite enough to fill us in.
According to Rossiter, Daniel Cates had minraised the hijack. Rossiter, who was on the button with about 185,000, raised it up to 40,000. Cates shoved, Rossiter called and the innevitable show down was there.
Cates had and beat Rossiter's . No improvement for Rossiter who made his way to the rail right before the first break.
In the closing minutes of Level 10, there were to big hands that took place. Have a look.
Hand #1: A short-stacked Timothy Adams moved all in for 96,000 under the gun and Mike Watson, who was seated to his direct left, made the call. The rest of the players folded and the cards were turned up.
Adams:
Watson:
It was a bad spot for Adams, but the flop gave him a lot of hope as he paired his ten and picked up a flush draw. Some in poker would say it was "too many outs" to hit, and indeed that proved the case as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river. Adams, who took fourth in this very event last year for €485,100, was eliminated from the tournament.
Hand #2: Fabian Quoss opened from the button only to have Alec Torelli three-bet to 54,000 from the small blind. The big folded, Quoss moved all in for 312,000, and Torelli wasted little time in making the call.
Quoss:
Torelli:
It was a flip, and the proverbial coin came down in favor of Quoss after the board ran out a dry .
Phil Ivey opened the cutoff to 20,000 and Mike McDonald three-bet to 55,000 from the small blind. Ping San Chan in the big blind thought about it for some time, but folded eventually. Phil Ivey responded by shoving allin for his 261,000 stack, McDonald called.
Phil Ivey:
Mike McDonald:
The board didn't display any cards higher than an eight and Ivey doubled: .
Talal Shakerchi open shoved his short stack and it folded round to Chunlei Zhou in the big blind. He looked like he was getting ready to fold until he saw his hand looked good enough to make the call. He dithered between the two options before making the call with and seeing the bad news as Shakerchi showed his .
Daniel Cates opened from the button and then called a shove from Wei Seng Phua who was in the big blind. Cates showed and was behind the at risk Phua who shoved with .
The final board showed to give Phua his double up.
Daniel Negreanu opened for 22,000 and got a call from Chistoph Vogelsang in the small blind. Antonio Esfandiari was in the big blind and he made it 70,000.
The action was back on Negreanu who raised him announcing that this was his first five-bet of the tournament. Vogelsang folded and Esfandiari moved all in pretty quickly and was just as quickly called by Negreanu.
Negreanu
Esfandiari
Esfandiari’s tournament life was on the line but as the cards ran out he dodged Negreanus’ outs and doubled up his stack at the Team PokerStars Pro’s expense.