On hands at adjacent tables, Stefano Terziani and Liv Boeree were eliminated within seconds of one another. Terziani was the first to go when he got it all in with on a flop and was called by Ambrose Ng who held . The turn was the keeping Terziani in the lead but the on the river gave Ng the queen high straight and the pot.
Boeree was all in and at risk with against John Patgorski and his . The flop gave Boeree some chop hope as it came and the PokerStars Team Pro asked the dealer to give her a nine for that chop. The cameras gathered around and it was not to be as the turn was the and the river was the to send the popular Boeree to the rail.
In a hand that went into the break, Noah Schwartz fired a bet of an unknown amount from the cutoff with the board reading , and Markus Ross made it about 100,000. Schwartz called after some thought, and the river prompted Ross to bet his last 68,500. Schwartz called, and Ross showed for a pair of kings on the river. Schwartz had , also a pair of kings, but his kicker played, while Ross played the five.
Scott Baumstein opened to 11,500 in early position and Noah Schwartz raised it to 30,500 from the button. Baumstein took several minutes before deciding to fold.
"Show me and I'll show you," said Schwartz to his table mate. Baumstein took him up on it and showed . "Wasting my time with that sh**," laughed Schwartz as he turned over .
"I wasn't thinking about calling," answered Baumstein.
"Wasting my time. Payout Table 10," joked Schwartz and then telling the floor "he took two minutes out of my life with ace ten. He should get a penalty for that."
Ratharam Sivagnanam opened to 11,500 from uner the gun, Trevor Pope three-bet to 27,000 in middle position, Sivagnanam four-bet to effectively 138,000 and Pope called all in.
Sivagnanam:
Pope:
The board ran out , giving Pope a pair of aces to double up.
Daniel Strelitz was down to about 50,000 when he shoved from the button over a raise to 11,000 from David Lopez Llacer in middle position. Llacer made the call.
Llacer:
Strelitz:
Strelitz prepared to leave after the flop gave his opponent a set, but the turn gave him a glimmer of hope. No four materialized though, and Strelitz made his way out.
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on a 
flop and was called by Ambrose Ng who held 
. The turn was the 
keeping Terziani in the lead but the 
on the river gave Ng the queen high straight and the pot.
and the PokerStars Team Pro asked the dealer to give her a nine for that chop. The cameras gathered around and it was not to be as the turn was the 
and the river was the 
to send the popular Boeree to the rail.
turn left him drawing dead.
, and Markus Ross made it about 100,000. Schwartz called after some thought, and the 
river prompted Ross to bet his last 68,500. Schwartz called, and Ross showed 
for a pair of kings on the river. Schwartz had 
, also a pair of kings, but his kicker played, while Ross played the five.
. "Wasting my time with that sh**," laughed Schwartz as he turned over 
.
, giving Pope a pair of aces to double up.
turn gave him a glimmer of hope. No four materialized though, and Strelitz made his way out.
