Rick Alvarado got his stack of approximately 200,000 chips into the middle before the flop against Marek Ohnisko.
Alvarado:
Ohnisko:
Ohnisko had the preflop advantage, and Alvarado needed help from the deck to double up. The board ran out to give him trip kings, which was good enough to win the pot.
Mark Radoja got his remaining chips in preflop against Ryan Wince, who had the larger of the two stacks by a fair margin.
Radoja:
Wince:
Wince had the preflop advantage, and Radoja needed help in order to double up. The board ran out , which left Radoja drawing dead on the turn against Wince's ten-high straight, and he was eliminated.
Mark Radoja got all his chips in the middle preflop against John Dallaire.
Radoja:
Dallaire:
Radoja was behind and needed help from the board in order to double up. The gave him two pair, aces and nines, which was good enough to win the pot and preserve his tournament life.
Adam Owen got all his chips into the middle on a board of against his lone opponent, Ryan Wince.
Owen:
Wince:
Both players had flush draws, but Wince was ahead with the nut flush draw and a pair of jacks. Neither the turn nor the river provided any help to Owen, and he was eliminated.
Joe Beevers got his last 50,000 chips into the middle on a board of against Ryan Wince and James Chen, who both had him covered.
The turn brought the , Wince bet, Chen folded, and Wince and Beevers tabled their hands.
Wince:
Beevers:
Wince was far ahead with trip fives, and Beevers needed help from the river in order to double up. However, the was no help to Beevers, and he was eliminated.
to give him trip kings, which was good enough to win the pot.
, which left Radoja drawing dead on the turn against Wince's ten-high straight, and he was eliminated.
gave him two pair, aces and nines, which was good enough to win the pot and preserve his tournament life.
, Wince bet, Chen folded, and Wince and Beevers tabled their hands.
was no help to Beevers, and he was eliminated.
