Samuel Cobian raised on the button to 175,000, which was met by an all-in from Sebastien Aube in the small blind. Cobian quickly made the call and was at risk.
Samuel Cobian:
Sebastien Aube:
Cobian survived the runout to double his stack through Aube.
Andy Wilson raised it up to 125,000 in middle position and George James ripped all in for 445,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Wilson asked for a count before making the call.
George James:
Andy Wilson:
Despite having the dominating preflop hand, James was out-flopped on the flop. The and runout was not enough for James to recover and he was bounced from the tournament.
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Rui Bouquet limped in from the small blind and David Peters checked his option. The flop came and Bouquet check-called a bet from Peters.
The turn brought the and Bouquet checked again. Peters tossed in another bet of 180,000 and Bouquet still called. The river was the and Bouquet checked for the third time. Peters dipped into the tank for over three minutes before announcing all in.
Bouquet was left with a decision for his remaining stack of 640,000 chips and he also spent plenty of time in the tank. After five minutes had passed, the clock was finally called and Bouquet was down to just 30 seconds. With the time running out, Bouquet made the call and Peters showed for complete air. Bouquet turned over for just two pair and was awarded the pot.
Andy Wilson opened to 120,000 from under the gun only to see Michael Uguccioni count out a raise to 275,000 on his left. Wilson made the call before checking the flop.
Uguccioni continued for 155,000 and Wilson took some time before sliding in a raise of his own to 425,000.
Uguccioni counted his chips and took a couple of minutes before mucking his cards, with Wilson adding to his stack before the break.
Sebastien Aube opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Samuel Cobian three-bet to 580,000 in the big blind. Aube four-bet shoved all in for 1,180,000 and Cobian instantly called.
Sebastien Aube:
Samuel Cobian:
It was a massive cooler deep in the tournament and Aube was down to just two outs after the flop. The on the turn gave Cobian a set and Aube was drawing dead to the on the river.