Amal Bounahra, daughter of former November Niner Bob Bounahra and girlfriend of Antonio Esfandiari, has just been eliminated in a three-way clash.
On the flop, Bounahra, Chris Tryba and one other player got all the money in. Tryba held bottom set with the . Bounahra held the for a flush draw and Broadway straight draw. The third player in the hand had the for top two pair.
The turn brought the and the river the . Both of those cards kept Tryba's set of fives in the lead, and he won the pot. Tryba had more chips than both of his opponents and sent them to the rail.
Ebony Kenney doubled up through Angel Guillen on one of the first hands back from break with against his . The two got it all in before the flop, and Kenney got a major sweat when the flop came down . Fortunately for her the turn was the and the river was the , allowing her to double up to just about 20,000 in chips.
On the very next hand, Guillen opened for a second time to 2,200 from under the gun. Kenney reraised to a total of 14,000. Action folded around to the player in the big blind who moved all in for over 80,000 chips. Guillen tanked for a bit before folding.
"Well, I know you have aces or kings but I can't fold now," Kenney said before tossing her last few chips into the pot.
Kenney:
Big Blind:
The board ran out not giving Kenney any of the help that she needed and she was eliminated from the tournament.
The remaining players are now heading on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will re-commence at approximately 8:25 p.m. local Las Vegas time.
The final level before dinner break began with several notables improving on their chip stacks as Marvin Rettenmaier, Michael Mizrachi, Ari Engel, Rachid Ben Cherif and Matt Marafioti. However recent bracelet winner Matt Perrins headed to dinner early alongside Danny Wong and FC Barcelona and Spain centreback Gerard Piqué. Piqué shoved a flop with but was called by James Alexander's set of eights, and when the board paired on the turn, Piqué was drawing dead.
As the level came to a close 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem, two-time bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst, Owais Ahmed, Randy Lew, Brian Lemke and JC Alvarado all found themselves on the rail as the likes of Phil Ivey, Jamie Gold and Jean-Robert Bellande began climbing up the leader board. However as the last few hands were being dealt for level eight, it would be Dirk van Luijk soaring to the top after flopping trips and improving to a full house.
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner and past November Niner in Mizrachi would have something to say about van Luijk being on top as he won a massive pot in the final few minutes that saw him surge to over 550,000 in chips. Mizrachi held on a flop against Robert Deppe. Mizrachi then called a bet when the landed on the turn before he led for 120,000 when the river landed the . Deppe eventually found a call tabling his , and with Mizrachi rivering Broadway, he would take a monster lead to dinner.
As players enjoy a feast of fine-dining or fast food, take a few minutes to watch our very own Lynn Gilmartin interview Sam Trickett about the next stop on his poker journey following his recent elimination.
We just caught the tail end of one of the biggest pots we've seen all tournament. We only walked up to the table on the river, but another tablemate was kind enough to walk us through the flop and turn action.
Mizrachi was in a battle of the blinds with Robert Deppe on a flop of . Mizrachi check-called a bet of 20,500, and the turn was the . Mizrachi check-called another big bet of 33,300, and the came on the river, which is where we walked in.
Mizrachi slid out a massive bet of 120,000, a bet that has many of the field still left covered. Deppe went deep, deep into the tank, and at one point said "Did you hear what I have?" Mizrachi said no, and Deppe said "I have top set."
Mizrachi didn't seem to react as Deppe continued to shake his head and shuffle his chips. Deppe said "I can't fold this," and eventually, he slid in the call. Mizrachi immedaitely showed for a flopped flush draw that hit a broadway straight on the river, and Deppe did indeed turn over for top set.
The whole table was left dumbfounded, both at the giant pot and the fact that Deppe almost folded. That is little consolation to him though, as he is down to 21,000, while Mizrachi is our new overwhelming chip leader with 553,000.
The action folded around to Phil Ivey in the hijack, who opened to 2,000. His opponent on the button raised it up to 5,000, as both blinds got out of the way. With the option back on Ivey, he bumped it up to 13,000. His opponent paused for a moment, looked down at his cards, before moving all in. Ivey snap called, and the cards were shown.
Ivey:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see Ivey hold with his aces, as he eliminated a player from the tournament.
According to Haralabos Voulgaris, he cold four-bet out of the blinds after two players had raised ahead of him. One of the players called off all in, and the three-bettor was contemplating his move. Voulgaris commented that the player was going to get to see his hand regardless of his decision, and one of the other players apparently asked for the floor to be called because he didn't think Voulgaris should be talking about his hand with players still in the pot.
We didn't see or hear what the supervisor had to say, but we did hear the aftermath.
"I paid $10,000 to play a poker tournament, I want to talk," Voulgaris said loudly, eliciting chuckles from players at nearby tables. "If I can't talk, you can just take my chips and I'll go home."
Voulgaris is still sitting behind his big stack at Table 2, so it seems he's been allowed to talk.
We may have just found our chip leader here in the Brasilia room, and name is Dirk van Luijk. We don't know where all his chips came from, but after starting the day with 147,900 chips, van Luijk has really bolstered his stack here on Day 2. We caught van Luijk playing a pot that boosted him even further up the leader board.
With the board reading van Luijk put out a bet of 6,000 into a pot of about 10,000. His opponent called rather quickly and turned up for a pair of queens with the pair of nines on the board.
"Full house," van Luijk announced turning up his .
"Flop after flop," someone else at the table said, explaining how van Luijk kept hitting the board.
Van Luijk's full house was good enough to take down the pot and with that he boosted himself close to 440,000 chips.
When we arrived at Table 427, Dana Ott, who finished runner-up in the Seniors Championship was all in for 41,500 on a board of . Binh Ta had already put out a call, and a third player, who had 14,000 in front of him, was in the tank. He finally reached for chips, and slid them forward.
The river was the , and Ta quickly checked. The third player ripped over for a pair of kings, but it was no good against Ta's for a set of threes.
It was also no good against Ott's for a set of sevens, and the Colorado native scooped in the six-figure pot.
A player raised to 1,600 from early position, and Freddy Deeb three-bet to 5,100 from the cutoff. The button silently tossed two orange chips into the middle, and the original raiser folded. The dealer moved to give the button change, but the player said he was trying to raise. Controversy ensued, as the floor was called, and the supervisor seemed to be prepared to allow the raise. Deeb demanded another supervisor be called, as he was adamant that the big chip rule meant the player had only called. The second tournament supervisor ruled it was indeed only a call.
After the hubbub had subsided, the players took in a flop of , which they both checked. Deeb fired 10,000 on the turn, and his opponent called. The river brought a , and Deeb bet 30,000. His opponent dropped his whole stack in the middle, a raise of just 6,100. Deeb called, and his opponent showed for a rivered set. Deeb mucked his cards.
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flop, Bounahra, Chris Tryba and one other player got all the money in. Tryba held bottom set with the 
. Bounahra held the 
for a flush draw and Broadway straight draw. The third player in the hand had the 
for top two pair.
and the river the 
. Both of those cards kept Tryba's set of fives in the lead, and he won the pot. Tryba had more chips than both of his opponents and sent them to the rail.
against his 
. The two got it all in before the flop, and Kenney got a major sweat when the flop came down 
. Fortunately for her the turn was the 
, allowing her to double up to just about 20,000 in chips.
not giving Kenney any of the help that she needed and she was eliminated from the tournament.
but was called by James Alexander's set of eights
to see Ivey hold with his aces, as he eliminated a player from the tournament.
for a pair of queens with the pair of nines on the board.
.
turn, and his opponent called. The river brought a 
, and Deeb bet 30,000. His opponent dropped his whole stack in the middle, a raise of just 6,100. Deeb called, and his opponent showed 
