On one of the first hands played, Phil Hellmuth opened to 9,000 on the button, Marc-Andre Ladouceur three-bet to 20,000, and Hellmuth moved all in for 156,000. Ladouceur snap-called.
Hellmuth:
Ladouceur:
Ladouceur remained ahead after the flop fell , but the turned, giving Hellmuth a leading pair of aces. The completed the board, and Hellmuth was shipped the pot. Ladouceur had 6,000 remaining, but opted to cash in one of his two lammers for another 160,000 chips.
Phil Galfond just claimed the first of Ben Sulsky's 160,000 starting stacks, after turning a straight and stringing Sulsky along.
With the board showing , Sulsky moved his entire stack forward, leaving Galfond to snap-call with his . Sulsky's cards were slid into the muck, and he was forced to fire another bullet.
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky checked to Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond on a flop of . Galfond tossed out 8,000, Sulsky check-raised to 25,000, and Galfond re-raised to 43,000. Sulsky moved all in for 168,000, and Galfond looked back at his cards quickly before calling.
Galfond:
Sulsky:
Galfond flopped two pair, and Sulsky held an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn completed said straight, and all Sulsky needed to do to double was dodge a jack or three on the river. The completed the board, and Sulsky doubled to 336,000. He also has one lammer.
Galfond now has 142,000 in chips, plus two lammers.
World Series of Poker bracelet-holder Mark Radoja has just claimed a second stack from Alexander Venovski, who is down to his last 160,000 chips and facing a steep comeback climb.
The two got it all-in before the flop, with Radoja's leading Venovski's . A flop of put Radoja way out in front, and the on the turn left Venovski drawing dead. He will need to make moves quickly to prevent his effective stack from shrinking along with the quickly escalating blinds.
With more than 200,000 already in the pot, and the board reading , Don Nguyen moved all-in for his last 225,000 or so chips.
Craig Bergeron went into the tank for over a minute, before ultimately electing to look Nguyen up with for bottom pair, good kicker.
Perhaps surprised by being called so light, Nguyen hesitated a moment before opening up the for fourth pair, no kicker, an inferior holding that somehow proved to be good.
Bergeron was agitated by Nguyen's delay in revealing the winning hand, asking "why don't you just turn it over when you're good there?"
"Because I have eight-deuce and I can't possibly be good when you call," replied Nguyen, with a smile spreading slowly across his face.
The frustration continued for Bergeron on the next hand, when he moved all-in before the flop for his last 130,000. After thinking it over for a moment or two, Nguyen released, and Bergeron's cards went sailing towards the dealer.
Phil Hellmuth limped in on the button, Marc-Andre Ladouceur raised to 25,000, and Hellmuth made the call. Ladouceur led out for 22,000 on a flop of , the 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner called, and the turn brought the .
Ladouceur moved all in for 153,000, sending Hellmuth deep into the tank.
"You have nines? Tens?" Hellmuth asked. "I've lost a lot of money making these calls. Hero calls."
Hellmuth then called, and as he suspected, he was behind.
Ladouceur:
Hellmuth:
Ladouceur was in great shape to double and get back into the match, but the spiked on the river to give Hellmuth a straight. Hellmuth shot out of his chair.
"Wow, what a suck out," he said apologetically. "Buddy you outplayed me today. I owe you a case of Dom [Pérignon]."
Hellmuth then went onto to explain to Ladouceur that he will be buying 30-40 bottles soon, and will certainly gift one to Ladouceur for the bad beat. He will also be playing the winner of the Mark Radoja/Alex Venovski match.
Melanie Weisner is Down to Her Last Lammer Here in the Round of 16
We saw Melanie Weisner get the last of her second stack all-in with , but she was dominated when Randy Lew called with .
The flop of brought both players pairs, but Weisner was still in need of help, and two harmless board cards shipped the pot to the man known online as "nanonoko" online
Warwick Mirzikinian is On the Brink of Advancing to the Elite Eight
After getting his chips into the middle with , Warwick Mirzikinian found himself in a good spot against Justin Bonomo's .
When the flop fell , however, Mirzikinian shook his head in disgust, knowing that he now had only two outs in the deck.
The turn brought the to the table, and Mirzikinian was down to his last chance, but before the standard prayer of "one time" left his lips, the dealer dropped the on the river.
With that, Bonomo is down to his last 160,000 chip lammer, and with the blinds now at 6,000/12,000, his effective stack is already quite diminished.
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, but the 
turned, giving Hellmuth a leading pair of aces. The 
completed the board, and Hellmuth was shipped the pot. Ladouceur had 6,000 remaining, but opted to cash in one of his two lammers for another 160,000 chips.
, Sulsky moved his entire stack forward, leaving Galfond to snap-call with his 
. Sulsky's cards were slid into the muck, and he was forced to fire another bullet.
on the turn completed said straight, and all Sulsky needed to do to double was dodge a jack or three on the river. The 
leading Venovski's 
. A flop of 
, Don Nguyen moved all-in for his last 225,000 or so chips.
for bottom pair, good kicker.
for fourth pair, no kicker, an inferior holding that somehow proved to be good.
brought both players pairs, but Weisner was still in need of help, and two harmless board cards shipped the pot to the man known online as "nanonoko" online
prevailed over 
.
, however, Mirzikinian shook his head in disgust, knowing that he now had only two outs in the deck.