Davidi Kitai raised to 52,000 from his seat under the gun and picked up one caller in the shape of Tony Ruberto in the big blind. Both players tapped the table and checked the arrival of he flop, and Ruberto checked the turn.
Kitai led for 66,000 only to see Ruberto check-raise to 160,000. Kitai called. The river brought the into play and Ruberto greeted it with a substantial bet of 235,000. Kitai didn't want to continue and he got out of the way.
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Mark Darner was first to act and he opted to move all in from under the gun fro 333,000 in total. The action folded all the way around the table and Darner added the blinds and ates to his stack.
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Action folded to Davidi Kitai on the button and he raised to 52,000, which Zachary Korik called from the big blind. The flop saw Korik check-call a bet of 66,000, and then he check-folded to a bet of 88,000 on the turn.
Heinz Kamutzki was the player with the button and when the action folded to him he set the price to play at 48,000. Next to act, in the small blind, was Tony Ruberto and he raised to 103,000. Davidi Kitai, who is looking to win his third bracelet today, cold four-bet to 228,000 and won the blinds and antes.
The first five hands of the unofficial final table have passed without incident. Four hands have been settled preflop and the fifth ended with a continuation bet on the flop. Each of the seven players wants to be able to brag about reaching a WSOP final table so play is naturally going to be on the slow side until they get into the swing of things.
Phil Hellmuth's quest to win his 14th WSOP bracelet continues as he has busted from Event #15.
Hellmuth opened to 80,000 from under the gun, leaving himself with less than 50,000 behind. Gordon Vayo was in the big blind and when it folded to him, he moved all-in. Hellmuth called and the cards flipped onto their backs.
Hellmuth:
Vayo:
The spectators on the rail leaned in to try get a better view of the board which run out to improve Vayo to a pair of sevens and to bust Hellmuth in eighth place.
"Eight flips in a row I've lost," said Hellmuth as he exited the tournament area.
A short-stacked Bill Burford moved all in from the cutoff for roughly 240,000 and Tony Ruberto called him from the big blind.
Burford:
Ruberto:
Both players held an ace, which meant it came down to the kicker. Ruberto was best in that department, and he'd score the elimination because of it after the board ran out an uneventful .