With roughly 13,000 in the middle already, the flop was and Stout had gotten all of his 60,000 chips into the pot.
Matt Stout:
Opponent:
Stout had flopped top set but was in trouble against his opponents' already made flush. The turn was no help when the hit but the river was the giving Stout queens full of nines to double up and stay in the tournament.
Alex Foxen opened from under the gun and was called by David Rounick on the button. The flop came and Foxen continued for 3,500. Rounick called and the landed on the turn.
Foxen fired out another bet of 6,500 but Rounick stuck around to see the on the river. Foxen checked this time and Rounick quickly checked it back. Foxen turned over for a missed flush draw and Rounick held for a missed flush draw as well. Foxen flung his cards to the muck, knowing that one more bet likely would have won him the pot.
On a flop of there was roughly 22,000 already brewed in the pot, Ryan Leng check-raised his opponents' 7,100 to 35,000 and he called.
The fell on the turn and Leng wasted no time announcing he was all-in. Leng had approximately 153,000 behind and his opponent had slightly left. His opponent muttered something along the lines of "any other card," as he mucked his hand.
Leng's neighbor begged him to show, and Leng obliged and showed for ace-high.
The clock has struck the 8 p.m. hour and the remaining players have rushed out of the Amazon and Pavillion rooms for a 90-minute dinner break. When they return, there will still be roughly 20 minutes left in this level with one more level to go before the end of the night. Here is what took place leading up to the dinner break:
Rachid Amamou limped first to act and Johannes Becker did so from the cutoff. The button min-raised to 4,000 and the big blind called, as did Amamou and Becker. On the flop all four players checked and Amamou bet the turn for 17,000, Becker called. The button shoved for 25,800 and the big blind let go, Amamou and Becker called.
After the river, Amamou check-called the shove of Becker for 23,900 with the words "I know I am behind, but I have to call."
Becker turned over for a full house, the button had for the nut straight and Amamou mucked the for trips queens.
However, only a few minutes later Becker was on his way out of the tournament area. Amamou confirmed he had felted the German with aces versus kings, Becker failed to catch a king or hearts flush draw.
Michael Lech raised to 4,500 from the button and William Gibbons three-bet to 20,000 in the small blind. Joe Hachem shoved for 36,000 in total from the big blind and Lech dived into the tank.
The ESPN camera crew swarmed the table as the 2005 Main Event Champ had put his tournament life at risk. Lech ended up folding and now it was Gibbons' turn to consider his options. Gibbon looked at the pot, at how much more he'd have to put in, and took some more time to consider his options.
"I really want to fold here," Gibbons said but still made the call in the end.
Joe Hachem:
William Gibbons:
The board ran out for Hachem to hold and double up.
Lech said he folded ace-jack and Hachem responded: "You're such a good player! All day long, I thought you were shit, but now... I think you're a good player."
The table all laughed.
"I knew you had an ace, so I was happy you folded as I knew he had bupkis," Hachem said while pointing to Gibbons. Gibbons laughed and they joked around a bit more after shaking hands.
Andy Hwang raised to 4,000 and Chris Grigorian reraised to 11,000, the action folded back around to Hwang and he called.
The flop came , Hwang checked and Grigorian moved all-in for roughly 60,000 and Hwang Snap called.
Andy Hwang:
Chris Grigorian:
Grigorian was going to need to catch an ace to stay in the tournament but the fell on the turn giving Hwang quad sixes, and the river completed the board with the , sending Grigorian to the rail.