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Yuval Bronshtein is up over 5 million chips
Gwennael Grandmougin open-jammed his last 1.605 million from late position, and Yuval Bronshtein called out of the small blind. The big blind released, and the hands were opened.
Grandmougin:
Bronshtein:
"I wish you had like ace-queen," Bronshtein joked.
The flop didn't connect with Bronshtein, nor did the on the turn, but the slammed on the river, eliminating Grandmougin from the tournament.
Bronshtein gave a hearty fist-pump, and his rail exploded at the sight of the man with the axe. Grandmougin shook Bronshtein's hand, then was off to the payout line to collect his hard-earned money.
Jeremy Ausmus opened for 170,000 from early position, then Jordi Martinezalonso reraised all in from the hijack seat for 2,355,000 total. It folded to Jesse Sylvia in the small blind who pushed all in over the top of that, forcing folds from both the big blind and Ausmus.
Martinezalonso had and needed to improve against Sylvia's . With the screams of the crowd watching over in the bleachers of the Gold section punctuating each post-flop street, the community cards came , then , then , together spelling the end of Martinezalonso's Main Event run.
Robert Corcione and Kyle Keranen traded bets back and forth through the turn, at which point the board showed and more than 1.5 million worth of chips lay scattered around the community cards. That's when Keranen led with a bet of 675,000, then Corcione responded by reraising to 1.4 million total, leaving himself but 375,000 or so behind.
Keranen thought for a few moments, then said he was pushing all in and Corcione quickly called. Keranen tabled , but was well behind the set Corcione had flopped with .
The river brought the , and Corcione improved his status chip-wise considerably while Keranen takes a tumble.
Jan Heitmann opened for 175,000 and received a call from Russell Thomas. Paul Siem then moved all in for 1.57 million, Heitmann folded, and Thomas made the call.
Showdown
Siem:
Thomas:
Siem needed some help, and it looked like was going to get it as the appeared in the window. Much to his dismay, it was followed by the and , giving Thomas a set. The turn kept Siem alive and drawing to an ace on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
Siem shook hands with all of the remaining players at the feature table and then exited the Main stage in 42nd place.
Jesse Sylvia raised to 160,000, Percy Mahatan raised to 450,000, Sylvia pushed his big stack all in, and Mahatan called for 2.93 million total. Yet another in a series of all-in-and-a-call situations we've seen in Level 28, with this one featuring Mahatan's pitted against the of Sylvia.
The board brought no rude surprises for Mahatan, running out , and he doubles through Sylvia.
Amnon Filippi raised to 180,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Cylus Watson who reraised to 415,000 from the small blind. When the action got back to Filippi, he thought a moment, then called the reraise.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and this time Watson pushed out a bet of 390,000 which Filippi called. Both players then checked the river.
Filippi showed for nines and fives, but Watson had outdrawn him with that river card as he had .
Marc Ladouceur opened to 165,000 in middle position, Shahriar Assareh called on his direct left, and the rest of the players folded. The flop was , and thinking the action was on him, Assareh slid out 1 million in lavender T100,000 chips. Ladouceur asked the dealer if the bet was binding if he checked, and she nodded, "yes."
"Where are you from?" Ladouceur asked Assareh.
Assareh seemed a bit affronted.
"You don't have to answer," Ladouceur told him.
"Nowhere," he finally answered.
"Norway?" Ladouceur shot back.
"Nowhere!" Assareh echoed.
Ladouecur finally opted to check, and Assareh slid his bet back out into the middle. Ladouecur folded, and Assareh won the pot.
"I'm from Iran," he informed the table.
A few hands later, Danny Wong opened to 165,000, and was called by Assareh in the cutoff, Robert Corcione on the button, and Scott Abrams in the big blind. The flop fell , and Abrams led for 375,000. The action folded to Assareh, who raised to 1 million, and won the pot.
On the third hand, three players saw a flop of , including Abrams, Jordan Batt, and Assareh. The action checked to Assareh, who fired 300,000, and Abrams called. The turn was the , and Abrams led for 450,000. Assareh released, and Abrams picked up the pot.
Action folded to Percy Mahatan in the small blind and he limped in. Jeremy Ausmus raised from the big blind to 240,000 and then Mahatan made it 700,000 to go. Ausmus reraised to 1.3 million, but that wasn't enough to shake Mahatan. Mahatan moved all in and Ausmus folded.
Webber Kang raised to 160,000 and received one caller in Greg Merson. The latter proceeded to call a bet of 175,000 on the flop, leading to the turn. Again Webber led out, this time fore 425,000, but Merson chose to push back with a raise to 1.075 million. Webber proceeded to move all in for 3.43 million and Merson made the call.
Showdown
Kang:
Merson:
Merson was ahead with top two pair, but Kang was drawing live to the nut flush. The crowd around the ESPN Main Stage was on its feet as the dealer burned and put out the . Some in the audience mistakenly thought the card helped Kang, but it did not.
The stacks were close, but when counted down it was verified that Kang had been eliminated.