Jeanmarc Dijoux open-jammed for 14,000 from early position and was called by four players.
David Hengen check-folded the flop from the small blind after Robert Lopes jammed for 115,000 from the big blind. Nathan Duffy folded from late position and Taehyung Kim called from the button.
Jeanmarc Dijoux:
Taehyung Kim:
Robert Lopes:
Lopes was in good shape after flopping two-pair but the turn brought the and Kim took a commanding lead over both his opponents.
The river would fall the and Kim eliminated both his opponents from the tournament.
Ray Cornelius open-jammed for his last 61,000. It folded round to Daijiro Tomoto who was the big stack at the table who called putting Cornelius at risk.
Ray Cornelius:
Daijiro Tomoto:
The flop gave Tomoto a pair and Cornelius failed to recover on the run out and he was eliminated.
A player opened to 25,000 and Satoshi Tanaka moved all in for 250,000 from the button. Peter Mercini three-bet all in from the big blind and the original raiser folded.
Satoshi Tanaka:
Peter Mercini:
Mercini had picked up a big blind special, but the gave a pair and a flush draw to Tanaka and left Mercini drawing to a single out. The turn and river did not help him. After a quick count, he was covered by just 25,000 chips and Mercini was eliminated.
A late position player opened for 25,000 and Renji Mao three-bet jammed for 161,000 on the button. The small blind player folded and Jeremiah Miesen jammed for his remaining 83,000 from the big blind, the initial raiser called.
Jeremiah Miesen:
Renji Mao:
Opponent:
Miesen was in the lead with his ladies and didn't have to sweat as the board ran out and he tripled up through his opponents.
There was a three-way all in involving Michael Moncek, Terry Gillespie and Matthew Diethelm.
Michael Moncek:
Matthew Diethelm:
Terry Gillespie:
"I'm officially using my one time dealer," said Gillespie as the flop gave him a pair. He was the short stack with 125,000 with Diethelm slightly ahead of him with 135,000.
The turn was the but the river gave Moncek a set and sent both opponents to the rail.
"Nice hand," said Gillespie graciously as both he and Diethelm exited the tournament area.