On a flop, we caught up with the action as Kent Lundmark was putting out a bet of 5,700. He was heads up, and Dmitry Motorov raised to 12,000 with about 50,000 behind. After some consideration, Lundmark shoved in, and Motorov quickly called all in for his tournament life.
Showdown
Lundmark:
Motorov:
Motorov needed a four, five, or nine to notch the knockout, but he'd just miss on both ends. The turn was too high and the river was too low, and Motorov has found his double. Lundmark could afford that little bit, and it looks like he's still the chip leader with over 300,000.
From under the gun, Jonathan Aguiar raised to 5,000. Action then folded to Joseph Elpayaa in the cutoff seat and he reraised to 12,400. Play folded back around to Aguiar and he took a minute before announcing that he was all in, a shove worth 71,200. Elpayaa called.
Aguiar:
Elpayaa:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Aguiar finished with quads to win the hand and double through.
Massimiliano Martinez raised to 5,000 from under the gun and Kent Lundmark reraised to 11,500 from the cutoff seat. Action folded to Jason Mercier and he reraised all in for 105,300. Martinez studied for a little bit and then reshoved for 124,300. Lundmark folded and the hands were revealed.
Martinez:
Mercier:
The question now wasn't "will Mercier win this hand?" but rather "how will Mercier win this hand?"
The flop came down and bam, just like that Mercier spiked a set of deuces to take the lead. The turn brought the and the river the to keep his set good and double him up.
Mercier is famous on Twitter for his hastag "#whenwillitend," but as far as we can tell, it's not ending anytime soon. Credit to Jonathan Aguiar for the title to this post.
Bryn Kenney began the day with just 10,000 chips -- a third of his starting stack -- and he's now in the hunt for the chip lead.
Michael Mizrachi led the betting on a flop, but he slowed down on the turn. Kenney took his cue to bet 12,400 at the pot, and Mizrachi didn't waste much time calling. The filled out the board, and Kenney kept the heat on with another bet worth 22,800. Mizrachi thought it over for a good while, but he eventually dropped the call into the pot.
Kenney's was a medium-strength hand, but it was good enough to take down the pot. Mizrachi flashed one card (possibly an eight of his own), then mucked his cards to drop to about 130,000.
After a level that saw zero eliminations, the players have stepped away to regroup. They're on a 20-minute break, and we'll play on down to 16 players once they return.
Bruno Fitoussi has just doubled through Kent Lundmark when his proved too much for the former big stack's . The board ran out , and Fitoussi moves from about 70,000 up to about 140,000 once again.
While Fitoussi is rebounding, Lundmark is finding the going a bit tougher. He's still just fine with an above-average stack of about 180,000, but it's only about half his high point on the day.
Mattias Bergstrom was all in from the small blind with the versus the for Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. The flop, turn and river ran out and Bergstrom headed to the rail.
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flop, we caught up with the action as Kent Lundmark was putting out a bet of 5,700. He was heads up, and Dmitry Motorov raised to 12,000 with about 50,000 behind. After some consideration, Lundmark shoved in, and Motorov quickly called all in for his tournament life.
was too high and the river 
was too low, and Motorov has found his double. Lundmark could afford that little bit, and it looks like he's still the chip leader with over 300,000.
and Aguiar finished with quads to win the hand and double through.
and bam, just like that Mercier spiked a set of deuces to take the lead. The turn brought the 
to keep his set good and double him up.
turn. Kenney took his cue to bet 12,400 at the pot, and Mizrachi didn't waste much time calling. The 
filled out the board, and Kenney kept the heat on with another bet worth 22,800. Mizrachi thought it over for a good while, but he eventually dropped the call into the pot.
for Noah Schwartz. The board gave no help to Martinez and he was eliminated.
. The board ran out 
