Toby Lewis just raised under the gun and David Eldridge called from the cutoff after which Timothy Ulmer called from the big blind.
The flop came down and both Ulmer and Lewis checked to Eldridge who bet 120,000.
Ulmer was the only player to make the call, and on the turn the hit. Ulmer checked again, and this time Eldridge bet 240,000. Ulmer went into the tank for quite some time before folding, and he's now one of the shorter stacks.
Tony Gregg just saw Phillip McAllister limp on his big blind, after which the former PCA runner up raised to 140,000. McAllister called, and the flop brought out on which McAllister checked.
Gregg bet 90,00 on the flop and his opponent called.
The turn was the and now both players checked.
The river brought the and McAllister lead for 140,000, which was called by Gregg after about a minute.
Phillip McAllister opened for 90,000 under the gun and got one caller before David Eldridge repopped to 240,000 in the big blind. McAllister wasn't done with the raising and he came back with 485,000, isolating Eldridge, who tank-called. The flop was , and Eldridge checked. McAllister bet 260,000, and after a lengthy tanking session, Eldridge let his hand go.
Timothy Ulmer defended his big blind from an 85,000 open by cutoff David Eldridge. The flop came and Ulmer check-called 70,000. Both players checked when the board paired again on the turn, and a boat was on the felt when the hit the river. Ulmer fired 500,000, and Eldridge tanked awhile, said something to Ulmer, and folded.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 90,000 from the button only to have chip leader Mike Watson three-bet to 240,000 from the small blind. Troyanovskiy responded by four-betting to 610,000, and Watson five-bet all in. Troyanovskiy snap-called off for 2.32 million total.
Troyanovskiy:
Watson:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down to give Troyanovskiy trips. Neither the turn nor river was the black nine Watson needed, and he shipped over a big stack of chips to Troyanovskiy.
Tony Gregg raised to 90,000 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 275,000 by Toby Lewis in the small blind. Gregg made the call and the two watched the flop come down .
Lewis check-called a bet of 210,000, both players checked the turn, and Lewis checked for a third time on the river. Gregg bet 585,000 and Lewis hit the tank before ultimately releasing his hand.
The action folded around to Ken Demlakian in the small blind, and he was invited by Martin McCormick to call blind.
McCormick kept things in the dark, as he didn't look at his cards before checking.
The flop brought out and McCormick kept encouraging Demlakian to play blind, and the Aussie listened as he checked, and McCormick checked as well.
The turn was the , and McCormick said, "Come on, don't bet, let's keep checking."
Demlakian however, looked at his cards and bet 60,000.
"All in!" McCormick yelled, right after having checked his own cards.
Demlakian, a bit surprised by the all in for 860,000, double checked his cards and made the call.
McCormick:
Demlakian:
McCormick still had a lot of outs, but the river was the , sending the most colorfull character of the tournament to the rail. McCormick provided lots of entertainment for both the players and the fans, but the tournament will continue with 10 players and without him.