Eric Smidinger raised to 20,000 from middle position and John Duke jammed his last 74,000 from the button. The buttons got out of the way and Smidinger called. Action was heads-up with Duke at risk.
John Duke:
Eric Smidinger:
The board ran out and the pair of aces was good for Smidinger to knock Duke out of the tournament in 26th place for $6,200.
David O'Callaghan opened from the cutoff and Ryan Messick three-bet jammed from the big blind. O'Callaghan thought for a minute and called off with a stack of about 250,000.
David O'Callaghan:
Ryan Messick:
O'Callaghan couldn't win the flip as the board ran out and he was eliminated in 27th place.
Raul Garza raised to 22,000 in the cutoff and then faced a three-bet to 80,000 by Carlos Loving in the big blind. Garza clicked it back and instantly called all-in when Loving jammed with the superior stack.
Jonathan Woof raised to 125,000 and Ryan Messick called from the button before Robert Cowen shoved from the big blind. Woof quickly called for less and Messick got out of the way. Action was heads-up with Woof at risk.
Jonathan Woof:
Robert Cowen:
The board ran out and the jacks held to secure a big double for Woof.
In a three-way all-in, the short stack of Gary Bodley went in with the and Christopher Chatman got involved with the . Robert Cowen looked them both up with the and remained ahead all the way, even spiked the on the river for good measure to knock out two opponents.
Soon after, Cowen tangled in a pot with Jonathan Woof, who had been moved into the vacated seat that formerly belonged to Chatman.
Following a button raise by Cowen and the big blind call by Woof, both checked the flop. Woof bet the turn for 15,000 to receive a call and bet again the river for 25,000. Cowen raised to 80,000 and Woof clicked it back to 175,000. Brief consideration by Cowen led to the call and Woof exposed the , which Cowen had beat holding the for superior two pair.
Antoine Vranken was on the button in a heads-up pot against Gaetan Balleur in the big blind.
Balleur checked on the flop of and called a bet of 16,000 from Vranken. The turn brought the and Balleur led out for 35,000. Vranken called.
The river was the and Balleur bet 58,000 for most of his stack. Vranken snap-called. Balleur showed a bluff with and Vranken tabled for eights full of kings to leave his opponent with crumbs.
Balleur had just 1,000 behind after posting the small blind and managed to spin it up when he got it in with pocket queens and held against ace-jack of an opponent.
Christopher Bissinger limped in and Ryan Messick raised to 24,000 out of the hijack. Robert Cowen called in the small blind and Bissinger then limp-raised to force folds.
"If you have two six there, I am impressed," Messick joked, referring to the hand in the big pot prior to the dinner break.
One hand later, Bissinger limped from under the gun again and Messick made it 24,000 once more. Dan Smith called, as did Christopher Chatman out of the big blind. Bissinger then limp-raised to 125,000 and Messick contemplated his option before he pushed for nearly half a million in chips.
Smith tank-folded, while Chatman quickly got out of the way.
Ryan Messick:
Christopher Bissinger:
This time, Bissinger had a premium hand but failed to hold up on the board. Messick doubled for 488,000 and soared about a million in chips.
Maxx Coleman pushed all-in for what appeared to be 86,000 from an early position. Yuliyan Kolev moved all-in over the top in the cutoff and that isolated successfully, as it folded all around to Michael Bohmerwald who then forfeited his big blind as well.
Maxx Coleman:
Yuliyan Kolev:
The board kept Kolev in the lead and sent Coleman to the payout desk.
"You saved me, I had ace nine of hearts," Bohmerwald mentioned in the table chat.