When we got to the table, the cards were already on their backs and all the chips were in the middle on a board reading . Manuel Martinez had tabled and we were informed that Ioannis Angelou-Konstas, whose cards had already been mucked, had held . According to the table, Martinez raised preflop and Konstas defended his big blind. The flop was checked through, there was a bet and call on the turn, and the rest of the chips went in on the river in a flurry of activity. Konstas had flopped a king-high straight but was second-best to Martinez's Broadway.
Action folded around to the blinds and William Blais moved all in from the small to put Kelly Saxby to a decision for her stack. She instantly called.
Blais:
Saxby:
Saxby had a big lead with her kings and Blais needed to improve in order to win the pot. The board ran out and at the end, Saxby's hand was still best, so she took the pot to double up.
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas put his entire short stack in the middle from under the gun, Anastasija Sivaka re-shoved from the hijack, Claudio Di Giacomo called with a bigger stack from the cutoff, and after going into the tank, Pavel Plesuv called from the button to put himself at risk.
Konstas:
Sivaka:
Di Giacomo:
Plesuv:
Di Giacomo was a heavy favorite with his aces and all three of his opponents needed help from the deck to survive. None of them improved enough on the board, so Di Giacomo took the entire pot to send all three of his opponents to the cage.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team was just informed that Barny Boatman was eliminated moments after the giant four-way all-in which sent three players to the cage. Boatman shoved from the cutoff with and Manuel Martinez called from the big blind with to put Boatman at risk. The board ran out to give Martinez Broadway, so he took the pot to end Boatman's run in this tournament.
Philippe D'Auteuil raised to 2,500,000 from under the gun, Michael Sklenicka three-bet to 7,500,000 from the button, and D'Auteuil called.
The flop came and D'Auteuil checked. Sklenicka bet 5,500,000 and D'Auteuil called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and D'Auteuil checked. Sklenicka bet 18,000,000, and after some consideration, D'Auteuil called. Sklenicka tabled having paired his king on the river, D'Auteuil mucked, and Sklenicka took the pot.