Jason Mo open-shoved for 155,000 from early position, Olivier Busquet called in the hijack seat, and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 320,000 in the cutoff. Haralabos Voulgaris spread Lichtenberg's bet, then took a look at his stack. He then shot a look at both Busquet and Lichtenberger before folding.
Both blinds released, and the action was on Busquet who tank-folded as well.
Lichtenberger:
Mo:
Busquet then said that he folded a "big pair."
"I don't even know if it was good or not," Busquet said, trying to ignore the fact that Lichtenberger had tabled two kings.
The board rolled out , and Mo was eliminated.
After the hand was over, Voulgaris admitted that he almost moved all in with an ace.
Action folded to Blake Bohn in the small blind and he moved all in to put pressure on the short-stacked Daniel Alaei in the big. Alaei looked down at his cards and then called off for 480,000.
Alaei:
Bohn:
Alaei got it in good with king-high, and it would hold as the board ran out .
Dan Kelly, 24, already has nine cashes thus far in the 2013 World Series of Poker, but he won't be getting his tenth in this tournament as he was just eliminated by Chris Klodnicki.
It happened when Kelly moved all in from the small blind for roughly 420,000 and Chris Klodnicki called from the big.
Klodnicki:
Kelly:
Kelly was drawing to live cards, but the board would run out an uneventful to give Klodnicki two pair and the win.
Picking up the action on the flop just before the break, Bill Perkins checked to Tobias Reinkemeier in a pot that had already swelled to a few hundred thousand. Reinkemeier fired a bet of 175,000, but Perkins wanted to play for more and check-raised to 475,000. Reinkemeier got the raise amount, then made the call to see the turn.
On the turn, the dealer added the to the board. Perkins asked Reinkemeier how much he had left, and the German moved his hands so Perkins could see. Perkins asked "How much?" a second time, and Reinkemeier pointed to his stack.
"Can you tell me how much? I can't count," said Perkins.
Reinkemeier then broke down his uneven stacks to show Perkins exactly what he had, which was 987,000. Perkins saw this, then announced a bet of 700,000.
Reinkemeier tanked for a bit, while Perkins stared intently at him. Eventually, Reinkemeier looked up at the dealer and said he was all in.
"I call!" exclaimed Perkins, standing from his chair and tabling the for top set and the nuts. Reinkemeier turned up the and was behind.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Sweat it! Sweat it!" yelled Perkins, awaiting the river card.
The dealer burned one last time and placed the out on the river. Perkins erupted from his chair, screaming at the top of his lungs, "LEERRRROOOYYYY JJEEENNNKKKIINNNSSS!!!! PPEEEERRRRRKKKYYYY LLLLIIIIIVVVEEESSS!!!" He then sprung into the arms of Antonio Esfandiari and screamed some more before heading over to his rail and slapping them high fives from above.
"Sometimes you think you're having fish for dinner, and a barracuda comes and bites you in the ass!" yelled Perkins amongst a few other things.
After the hand, Shaun Deeb said to Esfandiari, "I think Perkins winning this would be better for poker than you."
Eight levels are now in the books here in Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em. That means it's time for the last 20-minute break of the night. When the players return, they'll look to make it through the money bubble during the last two hours of play. Here's a look at the highlights from the past two hours of play:
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 65,000 from the hijack seat, Phil Laak called on the button, and Jason Mo defended his big blind. The flop fell , Mo and Lichtenberger both checked, and Laak fired out 155,000. Only Mo called.
The turn was the , Mo checked, and Laak asked the dealer to spread the pot. He then fired out a hefty bet of 456,000, and Mo check-raised all in for effectively 1,056,000.
"I call," Laak said instantly. "I have the nuts."
Laak:
Mo:
Mo had flopped a straight, but Laak indeed turned the nuts. Mo could still bust the Unabomber with a spade on the river, but it was not to be as the completed the board.
Mo plummeted to around 250,000 chips, while Laak now has over 2.6 million chips.
A few hands later, Olivier Busquet busted Jason Senti with unknown action.
Jason Somerville has been nursing a short stack for quite some time, but his time in this tournament just came to an end courtesy of Richard Fullerton.
It happened when Somerville moved all in from early position for 328,000 and received a call from Fullerton on the button. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned up.
Somerville:
Fullerton:
Somerville was in bad shape and looking for either an ace or some hearts. The [6sqod3c] flop contained none and left Somerville in dire straits. The turn meant Somerville needed an ace on the river to survive, but there wasn't one to be had as the useless peeled off.