Action folded to Greg Merson in the small blind, and he made the call. Joao Vieira checked his option in the big blind, and the flop fell . Merson led with a bet of 30,000, and Vieira raised to 93,000. Merson called.
The turn paired the board with the . Merson checked, and Vieira fired 152,000. Merson called.
On the river, the completed the board. Merson checked, and Vieira checked behind.
Merson turned over the , and Vieira went to muck his hand. Merson requested that he see Vieira's hand, and the floor was called over for a ruling. It was ruled that Merson had the right to see Vieira's hand, which turned out to be the .
Merson won the pot and moved to nearly 1.8 million in chips. Vieira dropped back under 1.6 million.
Paul Newey's elimination from the $25,000 High Roller in 11th place reminds us of his near-miss in the $100,000 Super High Roller a few days ago. There Newey's tourney run ended one spot shy of the cash in an intriguing three-way all-in hand involving himself, eventual winner Fabian Quoss, and Mike McDonald (who happens to be second in chips to start today's final table in the PCA Main Event).
That was one of the more interesting hands from this year's PCA thus far, one of a few that have been discussed over on Learn.PokerNews this week. Read about it in a post titled "Lessons from the 2014 PCA: Poker's Endless Surprises," then click around to read discussions of other PCA hands plus other strategy advice and features for beginning players as well as those with more experience.
Jake Schindler opened to 40,000 to start the action. From the small blind, Vanessa Selbst called, and then Myro Garcia reraised to 140,000 out of the big blind. Schindler folded, then Selbst moved all in on Garcia for a big shove. Garcia called with the and was at risk against Selbst's .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Garcia was eliminated. He took home $110,740 for his 10-th place finish.
With nine players remaining, a complete redraw will be posted shortly along with the chip counts from each player.
From the cutoff seat, Jake Schindler opened with a raise to 40,000. Joao Vieira made the call from the big blind, and the dealer produced the flop. After Vieira checked, Schindler bet 70,000. Vieira called.
The turn was the , and Vieira began to tank. He was thinking for about a minute or so, maybe a little more, before Schindler asked if he had acted yet. Then, Vieira reached for chips and fired out a bet of 147,000. Schindler folded, and Vieira won the pot.
Jake Schindler raised to 40,000 from the hijack seat, and 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Merson checked, and Schindler bet 75,000. Merson made the call.
On the turn, the was added to the board. Merson checked, Schindler bet 200,000, and Merson wasted little time in calling.
The river was the , and both Merson and Schindler checked to get to a showdown.
Merson showed the , but he was out-kicked by Schindler's and lost the pot.
From the cutoff seat, Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 42,000. Ole Schemion made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down . Schemion checked, and Rettenmaier fired 46,000. Schemion called.
The turn was the , and Schemion led with a bet of 100,000, leaving himself with 314,000 behind. After some time in the tank, Rettenmaier raised all in. Schemion snap-called and showed the for a turned straight. Rettenmaier showed the and was drawing dead.
The river completed the board with the , and Schemion was pushed the pot to move over 1 million in chips. Rettenmaier slipped back to 768,000.