Moments after winning a big pot with pocket kings, Conor Beresford was all in against the short stack of Colin Wu. The race was on for Wu's tournament life.
Colin Wu:
Conor Beresford:
Wu was in front with his small pocket pair, and remained ahead after the flop. Beresford spiked the turn to take the lead, and held on after the river to eliminate Wu in 20th Place.
All in and call was heard as Dragos Trofimov was at risk with the against the of Richard Harrison. But Harrison's lead would not last for very long as the flop came . The turn was the and the river the to leave Harrison with less than four big blinds.
The next hand Harrison would lose the rest as his fell to the of Robin Scheidegger when the board gave Scheidegger a flush on the river.
Danny Pyke opened to 120,000 from the cutoff and Jon Kyte three-bet jammed a stack of around 475,000 from the small blind. Pyke called with a bigger stack.
Jon Kyte:
Danny Pyke:
Kyte had Pyke dominated by a few pips but the board then ran out for the two to chop the pot.
"You have nine lives!" Rungarun Thongnonsung told Pyke.
"I don't need any lives!" the deep-stacked Pyke shot back.
Conor Beresford opened from early position and Hector Berry three-bet jammed a stack of about 150,000 from the button. Beresford called with a bigger stack.
Hector Berry:
Conor Beresford:
It was a fair fight until the flop landed to give Beresford a stranglehold on the hand with a set and the runout of didn't change anything for Berry to be eliminated in 23rd place.
"You're on a roll!" table mate Ghassan Bitar told Beresford.
Dan Laidlaw moved all in for his last 345,000 chips from early position, and the action folded around to Jacob Lee. The call was made, and the hands were turned up.
Dan Laidlaw:
Jacob Lee:
Lee exclaimed "no ace" moments before the flop, putting Laidlaw in a commanding position. The turn and river completed the board, giving Laidlaw the double-up and leaving Lee short.