Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier is out. He moved all in for 45,000 and when one player called another player moved all in over the top to get it heads up.
Mecier’s suited was up against his opponent’s . The board ran out .
Mercier hit his flush on the turn but his opponent flopped a set and improved to a full house on the river.
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Besides the tables in the general sporting tournament room, there are also high rollers playing at the secondary feature table. This table is set up with cameras and might just be live streamed if the Main Event is done in time. The Main Event is down to 10, two more to go before those guys are going to bag their chips. If it finishes in time you live stream watchers might get some High Roller action.
Dan Smith open shoved his last 35,600. Govert Metaal made the call in the small blind and Team PokerStars Alex Kravchenko announced he was all in. Sure enough Metaal folded and it was heads up with Smith at risk.
“Kings?” Smith asked turning over his . This got a few laughs, especially when Kravchenko turned over . Smith was staring death by black aces in the face.
The cards had other ideas though as brought salvation on the flop and a triple up for smith. Small dent to Kravchenko’s stack.
Angel Guillen opened for 8,500 and got a call from Sam Trickett in the hijack. Calvin Anderson on the button squeezed to 25,300 and Guillen made the call.
So far, nothing happened we hadn't seen before today. But now Sam Trickett shoved all of the sudden for about 200,000. Calvin Anderson went into the tank, and then announced all in as well. Guillen folded quickly and Anderson and Trickett put their cards on their backs.
Sam Trickett:
Calvin Anderson:
Trickett got up from the table as soon as the flop came , as he now needed runner runner perfect to stay alive. He got the first perfect on the turn () but the king of hearts wouldn't appear on the river. Instead it was the popping up and Trickett was eliminated.
Govert Metaal opened for 4,000 and was raised to 14,000 by Paul Klann in the cutoff. The blinds folded and Metaal made the call.
The flop was and Metaal check-called a bet of 18,000 from Klann. They both checked the turn and the river . With no action on the river Metaal was obliged to show first. He turned over for a full house.
JC Alvarado raised it up to 9,000 before the flop from the under the gun plus two position. Action folded to Martin Finger in the small blind who three-bet to 27,500, and Alvarado called.
Finger fired 25,500 on and Alvarado called. The 100,000 pot wouldn't get bigger than that, both players checked the on the turn and on the river.
Finger reluctantly showed and wasn't going to win the pot with the second nut low. Alvarado had and took it down.
Things are going pretty quick around here, players keep busting out and others are finding double ups. Watson is one of the latter group as he just doubled through Oleksii Khoroshenin.
Watson found himself all in with and was up against Khoroshenin's . Watson paired his ace on the flop, and the two remaining jacks stayed in the deck: .
Dan Smith in middle position and Govert Metaal got their stacks in before the flop. Metaal was the fevorite by a mile holding . Smith had and needed some help to eliminate the sole Dutchman playing today.
on the board and Metaal's aces held up. Smith had to forfeit 122,500 of his chips, but still has some to play with.
was up against his opponent’s 
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. This got a few laughs, especially when Kravchenko turned over 
. Smith was staring death by black aces in the face.
, as he now needed runner runner perfect to stay alive. He got the first perfect on the turn (
) but the king of hearts wouldn't appear on the river. Instead it was the 
against the suited 
it was Bilokur’s cards that held to give him a double up.
. With no action on the river Metaal was obliged to show first. He turned over 
and Alvarado called. The 100,000 pot wouldn't get bigger than that, both players checked the 
on the river.
and wasn't going to win the pot with the second nut low. Alvarado had 
. Watson paired his ace on the flop, and the two remaining jacks stayed in the deck: 
