Paul Volpe raised from the hijack and Matt O'Donnell three-bet from the small blind. Action folded back to Volpe who four-bet to 5,100. O'Donnell called and then checked the flop.
Volpe bet 4,200, O'Donnell raised, and soon he was all in and at risk for 20,775 with , Volpe was ahead with , but unable to hold through the turn and river as O'Donnell hit two pair to double up.
While Event #18 is playing hand-for-hand, Phil Ivey hustled over to the Amazon Room. He played in two hands, including one where he fired out a big bet on a flop against Nick Jivkov. Jivkov folded, Ivey raked in the pot, and then left his stack to return to the Brasilia Room.
Gavin Smith raised to 1,200 under the gun and Davidi Kitai called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Kitai check-called 1,800 to see the turn, which both players checked. The river completed the board and Kitai bet 2,600. After about 60 seconds, Smith called.
Kitai tabled , Smith mucked, and Kitai collected the pot.
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Ludovic Lacay, who was down to his last 3,000 chips not too long ago, was all-in and at risk for around 8,000 chips with . Stuart Rutter was racing against him with , and Lacay took the lead when the dealer fanned . Lacay remained ahead as the turn and river came , respectively. doubling to 17,300 chips.
Brock Parker led out for 6,000 on a board of , and JJ Liu raised to 19,000, putting Parker all in. Parker tanked for nearly a minute, then committed the rest of his chips.
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Liu:
Parker needed a queen, jack, or a spade to survive, but the bricked on the river, and he was eliminated.
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