We got to the table to see the flop. Both Christopher Mitts and Mark Babekov checked. On the turn, the appeared. Babekov checked, Mitts bet 240,000, and Babekov raised to 10,000,000 — he liked it as a round number. Mitts called, which meant he was all in.
Mitts showed for a pair of nines, and Babekov showed for a flush draw. The river brought another diamond for the flush, so Babekov climbed to more than 20,000,000 chips. Mitts was eliminated in 12th place.
Chris Mitts raised from under the gun to 525,000, and Luke Vrabel three-bet to 1,500,000 from the big blind. Mitts called.
The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the , and Vrabel checked. Mitts bet 1,000,000, and Vrabel called. The completed the board on the river, and both players checked.
Vrabel tabled for top pair top kicker, Mitts mucked, and Vrabel sprang out of his seat and ran a couple laps around the adjacent tables, a practice that has become increasingly routine for him.
Ralph Massey was all in against Tony Sinishtaj with very similar stack sizes of around 2,800,000 apiece.
Massey and his were a slight underdog against the of Sinishtaj.
The board ran out . The turn delivered a pair for Massey to double up and leave Sinishtaj short on chips. He managed to double-up the next hand but is still looking for a miracle to get back into contention.
Taylor Black raised to 500,000 from under the gun, and Hugo Perez re-raised to 1,300,000. Black took his time and decided to go all in. Perez snap-called.
Perez:
Black:
The board ran out — no help for Perez, and he was eliminated in 14th place.
Mark Babekov raised from under the gun to 475,000, and Luke Vrabel, who was next to act, folded. Vrabel then started an animated discussion with a member of the tournament staff, and as the conversation was ongoing, a player in middle position went into the tank.
"Can I get a clock on seat seven?" asked Babekov, blissfully unaware that the player in question, Vrabel, had folded long ago.
The middle-position player ultimately folded, as did everyone else, and Babekov took the blinds and antes.