Erik Seidel was down to his final 130,000 when he moved all in from the cutoff seat. To his immediate left, on the button, was Michael Egan. He went into the tank for quite a while before he made the call. Both blinds folded, and Seidel was at risk with the . Egan had the .
The board ran out , and Seidel wished his former opponents "good luck" before exiting the tournament area.
Jason Mercier has just managed to double his stack at the expense of Pratyush Buddiga. Buddiga raised from the cutoff seat, and Mercier shoved from his direct left for 69,000. The action folded back to Buddiga, and he called right away.
As we arrived over on Table 6, there was already lots of action underway and three players involved.
Stephen Chidwick was in the hijack seat and had apparently opened with a raise. Christoph Vogelsang was in the cutoff seat and had three-bet. Leon Tsoukernik was in the small blind and cold-called. Then, Chidwick four-bet to 100,000. Vogelsang tanked for a bit before he made the call, and then Tsoukernik instantly called to leave himself with just 80,000 behind.
The flop came , and Tsoukernik checked. Chidwick sat motionless, except for his middle finger that made a tapping motion to indicate he as well was checking. Vogelsang confirmed how much Tsoukernik had (exactly 80,000), and then bet 39,000. Tsoukernik folded his hand, and Chidwick made the call.
The fell on the turn, and Chidwick, still not moving much at all, checked again. Vogelsang bet a modest 115,000, and Chidwick folded after just a little bit of thought.
Australian Alexander Trevallion had a bet of 64,000 in front of him on the board against Italian Mustafa Kanit. Kant thought for a little bit, then called to see the appear on the river. Trevallion announced that he was all in for a bit over 300,000, and he had his opponent covered. Kant, with a stack of 287,000 behind, went deep into the tank. After a few very long minutes, Kanit opted to fold, and Trevallion picked up the pot to move to 600,000 in chips.
[Removed:17] was all in preflop with pocket nines against the for Vladimir Troyanovskiy. Thanks to a queen on the flop, Troyanovskiy won the all-in clash to send his opponent to the rail.
World Series of Poker November Niner Ofer Zvi Stern entered the tournament this morning after winning the "reverse freeroll" satellite last night, but he just took a big hit after doubling up Leon Tsoukernik.
After unknown action, it was Tsoukernik who ended up all in for 115,000 with the . Stern had the .
The board ran out , and Tsoukernik's hand held up.
Thomas Muehloecker raised all in for 67,000 and was called by Ivan Luca. Muehloecker had the , and Luca had the . The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Muehloecker successfully doubled up.
Igor Kurganov has been slowly building a stack today, and he just won another decent-sized pot to move over 1.1 million.
With John Juanda missing in action (he thought there was a break, but that was just the Estrellas High Roller and not the EPT Super High Roller), the big blind was up for grabs. Kurganov tried to take it with a raise to 16,000 from the cutoff seat, but Connor Drinan three-bet on the button to 45,000. The small blind folded, and Kurganov made the call.
The flop came , and Kurganov check-called a bet of 40,000. Kurganov check-called another 80,000 on the turn, and the hit the river. Kurganov checked, and Drinan checked behind.
After a raise to 25,000 from Andrey Andreev and a call from Bryn Kenney, Steve O'Dwyer squeezed to 130,000. Action folded back to Andreev and he pushed all in for 480,000 total. Kenney folded, but O'Dwyer made the call with the . He was up against Andreev's .
The board ran out , and Andreev forfeited his stack to O'Dwyer, who started the hand with 519,000.