Alec Torelli was just eliminated by Pratyush Buddiga. Torelli was all in with the best of it, holding pocket eights, but his hand couldn't hold up against Buddiga's . Buddiga hit an ace on the turn to win the pot and send Torelli to the rail.
Jorryt van Hoof just walked into the press room after being eliminated by Sam Trickett.
Van Hoof told us that Trickett opened under the gun with a min raise, and Van Hoof defended his big blind with . The flop came with two hearts, and Van Hoof check raised Trcikett's 30,000 c-bet to 78,000. Trickett moved Van Hoof all in, and the Dutch WSOP Main Event chip leader called it of.
Trickett had pocket eights, and that hand helt up after blanks on turn and river.
Van Hoof is of to the gym now, he'll be here in Barcelona the entire week playing as many tournaments as he can to practice for the big final table in November.
Action folded to Tony Gregg on the button, and he raised to 20,000. Timothy Adams defended his big blind with a call, and the flop came down paired with the . Adams checked, and Gregg bet 14,000. Adams called.
The turn was the , completing a possible flush draw. Both players checked, and the river completed the board with the . Adams moved all in for 87,000, and Gregg quickly called.
Adams showed the for a full house, but Gregg showed the to cause a chopped pot.
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Daniel Negreanu has been eliminated from the tournament. The one responsible: Morten Klein.
"What? Again?" asked Negreanu rhetorically with a smile as his was in trouble on . Klein in the small blind had and had Negreanu in the big blind drawing slim.
The on the turn gave both players a flush, and Negreanu got up from the table; "Ok, that's it for me." The on the river didn't change a thing, and Klein started stacking.