Picking up the action on the turn in a battle big blind versus button, Erik Bauer check-jammed his small stack into a bet worth 75,000 by Raul Garza. What followed was the snap-call by Garza and they flipped the over.
Erik Bauer:
Raul Garza:
The on the river brought no help to Bauer and he had to settle for 11th place for a payday of $11,400.
Ali Eslami opened to 75,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Woof three-bet jammed a stack of 815,000 from the button. Eslami snap-called when the action folded around.
Jonathan Woof:
Ali Eslami:
"The implosion continues," Woof groaned when he saw he was against kings.
The board ran out and Woof was eliminated in a disappointing 10th place after starting the day as the chip leader.
"What a f***in' implosion. F***," Woof said as he left the tournament area.
Yuliyan Kolev raised to 55,000 from under the gun and was called by Robert Cowen in the big blind. They checked all the way on the board and Cowen won the pot with the .
"I saved a bet," Kolev said and then asked Cowen where he was from. "I am from England," the Brit replied. Gianluca Speranza chimed in "It is the winner of the $50,000 PLO," to which Kolev said "oh, Robert Cowen, you played with a friend of mine there" [Veselin Karakitukov from Bulgaria].
Ali Eslami then raised to 50,000 from under the gun and received two callers. The flop brought and Eslami took it down with a bet.
Raul Garza then opened to 55,000 and Eslami defended the big blind. No betting action followed on a board and Garza earned the pot with .
Gianluca Speranza opened from the cutoff and Eric Bensimhon flat-called on the button. Benjamin Kaupp also called from the big blind.
The action checked to Bensimhon on the flop of and he put out a bet. Only Speranza called. Speranza checked again on the turn and Bensimhon checked back.
The river brought the and Speranza checked before Bensimhon moved all in for around 250,000. Speranza made the call with , but it was no good against the of Bensimhon for an overpair.
Benjamin Kaupp raised to 55,000 on the button and then called a three-bet to 180,000 by Raul Garza in the small blind. Both invested 100,000 on the flop and Garza then also bet the turn for 250,000. This time, Kaupp folded.
One hand later, Ali Eslami raised to 75,000 and Garza called on the button, as did Robert Cowen in the big blind. The flop was checked to Eslami, who bet 125,000. Garza raised to 280,000 and won another pot uncontested.
In the first hand back from the break, Gianluca Speranza moved all-in from under the gun for the last seven and a half blinds. Gregory Wish then got it in from the button to isolate and the blinds got out of the way.
Gianluca Speranza:
Gregory Wish:
The dominated ace found no help yet on the flop while picking up some equity on the turn. However, the on the river paired the board and the kicker of Wish played to eliminate Speranza in 9th place for $15,000.