Tournament staff has just confirmed that the additional half an hour of the next level will be played according to the structure sheet. Half an hour remains in the current level followed by a short break, so bagging and tagging will be at quarter to 1 a.m. local time.
Seth Berger shoved his last seven big blinds from the button with an ace-five and Asi Moshe called with pocket sevens to claim the stack of Berger on a jack-high board.
Troy Sprungl was more fortunate. He shoved for 64,000 and Jonathan Abdellatif called with . Sprungl showed and the board came .
Eddy Sabat was in the small blind and raised to 35,000. Joel Ettedgi was in the big blind and three-bet to 85,000. Sabat took a moment and then four-bet to 235,000. Ettedgi thought for a couple of minutes before announcing, "all in," and Sabat snap-called, quickly rolling over . Ettedgi showed .
The board ran out and Sabat is the run-away chip leader at the moment.
Mazin Khoury got his stack in with and failed to get there against the of Pablo Fernandez to bow out in 32nd place.
The next player at risk was Joseph Kent, who called the shove of Asi Moshe on the river for his last 86,000. Moshe briefly showed his cards but could not beat the of Kent.
Charalampos Lappas was on the button and raised to 25,000. Eddy Sabat was in the small blind and called.
The flop was and Sabat check-called 28,000.
The turn was and again Sabat check-called but for 44,000 this time.
The river was the big action card when the fell. Sabat checked and Lappas moved all in for 192,000. After taking several minutes to make his decision, Sabat called.
Lappas tabled and Sabat showed . Both players made two pair but Lappas took it down.
Sadan Turker raised to 21,000 and Raul Martinez Requena called from the button, as did Charalampos Lappas in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked to the Spaniard, who now calls London his home. Requena bet 30,000 and that shut down the action right there.
Requena has been flying under the radar but chipped up nicely as of lately.
Jeffrey Gregg raised from the cutoff and Tom Thomas defended his big blind. On the flop of , Thomas check-raised from 30,000 to 70,000 and Gregg moved all in for what appeared to be 250,000. Thomas quickly called and Gregg looked up from his massage to find himself in trouble.
Jeffrey Gregg:
Tom Thomas:
Gregg was drawing to two outs only to double up, and the turn and river were both blanks. "I had four deuce," Asi Moshe on the button said when all was done and dusted.
Gregg left the table with a smile and the words "it has been fun, good luck guys."
Joseph Kent raised to 32,000 on the button and Asi Moshe moved all in from the big blind to force a fold.
One table over, a far bigger pot emerged and it was no surprise to see Eddy Sabat involved.
Raul Martinez Requena raised and Sabbat called from the button to see a flop of . Requena continued for 55,000 and Sabat called before doing so again for 125,000 on the turn.
After the river, Requena checked and Sabat made it 307,000 to go. Requena had slightly more than that left behind and took two minutes of consideration before tossing in a single chip. Sabat rolled over for the straight and Requena mucked to drop down to around six big blinds.
Michael Krasienko raised to 26,000 and Scott Margereson called in the small blind. The Brit checked the flop and so did Krasienko. On the turn, Margereson bet 50,000 and Krasienko called before doing so again on the river when Margereson made it 110,000 to go.
Margereson showed for a king-high bluff and Krasienko had that beat with .