Alexander Schilt opened for 16,000 and was raised by Duncan McLellan to 42,000. To his left, Adam Topping moved all in for 150,000. Schilt got out of the way and Mclellan made the call. Topping turned over his and was stunned to see the of McLellan. Schilt said he folded tens. The board ran out . Topping had made a straight to survive. Chris Straghalis who had just joined the table observed, “So you’re not invulnerable.” We’ll find out over the next few hours.
Sam Razavi raised and was three bet from the button by Christopher Jonat. The blinds folded and Razavi moved all in for 109,000 more. Jonat had a big decision and Razavi started the chat. “I put you on ace jack. Obviously I can’t put you on an exact hand. OK, ace of hearts, jack of clubs.” That seemed to be enough for Jonat as he showed the and folded. Razavi showed his cards and it looks like Jonat made a good fold.
Thomas Dunwoodie opened for 12,000 and chip leader Duncan McLellan called in the small blind. The big blind folded and they saw a flop of . McLellan checked and then called a bet of 16,000 from Dunwoodie. The turn was the . Again McLellan check called, this time a bet of 21,000 from Dunwoodie. The river was the and now McLellan bet a hefty 68,000. Dunwoodie looked puzzled. Was he just being bullied by the big stack? His curiosity got the better of him and he called. Dunwoodie mucked his hand when he was shown McLellans flush . “Well, you got the chips.” was Dunwoodie’s observation.
Sam Razavi raised to 13,000 from under-the-gun. In the next seat, Christopher Jonat reraised to 27,000. It was passed around to Fabio Esposito in the big blind who counted out his stack before moving all in for about 155,000.
Razavi folded and Jonat got the count and made the call.
Esposito:
Jonat:
The board ran out and Esposito was the first player eliminated today. Razavi allowed himself a little smile, "I folded pocket threes..."
and was stunned to see the 
of McLellan. Schilt said he folded tens. The board ran out 
. Topping had made a straight to survive. Chris Straghalis who had just joined the table observed, “So you’re not invulnerable.” We’ll find out over the next few hours.
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knocking out the Swede and leaving 24 players (and three tables) left.
and folded. Razavi showed his cards 
but ran into Richard Milne's 
on a 
. Again McLellan check called, this time a bet of 21,000 from Dunwoodie. The river was the 
into Alexander Schilt's 
.
board.
and it was over for the short stack, the river being the 
.
to leave 28 players left.
