On a flop of , Doug Polk got his last 65,000 all in and was called by Dan Smith.
Smith:
Polk:
Polk went with his open-ended straight draw, which he needed to hit to overcome Smith's top pair with flush redraw. Neither the turn nor river helped Polk, and he wished the table good luck before exiting the tournament area.
In a leftover hand from last level, which just aired on the PokerGO live stream, Cary Katz got his last 81,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Ben Lamb.
Lamb:
Katz:
The flop gave Katz a full house, and the turn meant all he needed to do was dodge an ace and the case four on the river to double. That proved easier said than done though as the spiked to give Lamb quad fours with an ace kicker.
Ben Tollerene shoved his last 12bb from the hijack and Scott Seiver, who had a bit less, called off from the big blind.
Seiver:
Tollerene:
Seiver got it in good, but the flop was gin for Tollerene, who paired up and had a diamond draw. Neither the turn nor river helped Seiver, and he made a beeline for the exit.
A short-stacked Alan Schein moved all in for roughly 50,000 from the small blind and Ben Tollerene called from the big.
Tollerene:
Schein:
The flop gave Tollerene trips, and Schein was left drawing dead after the dealer burned and turned the . The meaningless was run out on the river and Schein hit the rail.
On another hand from Level 14, which just aired on PokerGO, Brandon Adams got his stack of 99,000 all in preflop and was primed to double through Daniel Negreanu.
Negreanu:
Adams:
Both players paired their ace on the flop, but of course Adams' kicker had him out in front. That all changed when the dealer burned and turned the to give Negreanu two pair. The river failed to help Adams and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Those were the words Sean Winter uttered after Dominik Nitsche eliminated Justin Bonomo.
It happened when Bonomo got his stack of approximately 195,000 all in preflop holding the against the of Nitsche. Nitsche was way behind, but he wound up making a flush after the board ran out .
The final 14 players have been sent on a 10-minute break as the tournament staff gets ready for the final two tables. The plan for the night is still to play down to the final table of seven, meaning half the field needs to fall before that happens.
In a hand from the PokerGO live stream, Ben Lamb raised the button to 27,000 holding the and Daniel Cates defended his big blind with the .
When the flop fell , Cates check-called a bet of 19,000 and the appeared on the turn.
Cates checked his pair and gutshot, and Lamb bet 100,000. Cates had that exact amount in his stack and opted to call off.
Cates had some outs headed to the river, but the was not one of them. With that, Cates fell in 15th place to bring the field down to the final two tables.