Mike McDonald moved all in from the hijack, with a dead button in play after the elimination of Jeff Rossiter, and Martin Finger re-shoved from the cutoff. The other players folded and the showdown went as following.
McDonald:
Finger:
The board ran out and McDonald was left with very little chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree raised to 325,000 under the gun and Mark Teltscher made the call after some thinking from he button.
The flop came down and Boeree bet 400,000, Teltscher called.
On the turn the hit and Boeree check-called a bet of 350,000 from Teltscher. The river was the and both players checked. Boeree showed and Teltscher won the pot with .
Mark Teltscher opened to 340,000 from the cutoff and Isaac Haxton in the small tanked for a bit. With Mike McDonald extremely short still in, he had to give it some thoughts. He eventually decided to move in and Liv Boeree folded her big blind. Teltscher instantly called. "Ouch, that's not what I wanted to hear" Haxton said.
Isaac Haxton:
Mark Teltscher:
The flop came , giving Haxton some direct outs. The fell on the turn and the completed the board. Haxton out in 6th place.
Martin Finger opened to 320,000 under the gun and action folded to Mike McDonald who was extremely short and commited all of his chips. Not before long the two of them had their cards on their backs. "Probably a flip" Finger said, and McDonald seemed happy with that.
Martin Finger:
Mike McDonald:
The board ran out and McDonald made his exit in 5th place.
Jani Sointula moved all in under the gun for 840,000 and the action folded to Mark Teltscher in the big blind. Teltscher hesitated for a while but in the end he made the call.
Teltscher:
Sointula:
The board ran out and Sointula was knocked out by the five on the turn. Teltscher raked in the chips and his lead keeps growing and growing.
Liv Boeree pushed from the button for 1,980,000 and Martin Finger in the small blind asked for a count but eventually folded. Mark Teltscher in the big blind made the call.
Liv Boeree:
Mark Teltscher:
Boeree's boyfriend Igor Kurganov on the rail asked what the situation was, and Boeree answered "Ace-king against king-jack." Mili seconds later the dealer put the flop out with the in the window.
Boeree sighed from disappoinment, but she lifted up after she saw the entire flop: !
The on the turn and on the river didn't change the situation anymore and Boeree doubled. "That was a scary first card [for you]!" Teltscher exclaimed with a smile. "Nice hand!"
Martin Finger made it 400,000 to go from the button and received calls from both Teltscher and Boeree. All three of them checked on and the hit the turn. Teltscher and Boeree checked again and Finger bet out 400,000. Teltscher folded, Boeree called.
The river came the and Boeree checked a third time. Finger bet out 1.1 million and Boeree folded after some hefty thinking.