Ludovic Geilich was among the late alternates to get their seat and grabbed the spot where Shola Akindele Deadman had been sitting.
Next to the bar, John Lucarotti was just all in for around 18,000 from the button and Shantanu Banerji in the small blind looked him up with . Lucarotti only had and saw the flop come . On the turn, Lucarotti asked for a jack or ten, thinking of a possible split pot, and sat back down relieved when the came on the river.
Only then he noticed the fatal mistake and bowed out.
After four players including Karim Souaid limped, it was up to Vamshi Vandanapu on the button and he simply moved all in for 24,200. The other players folded and Souaid called to put his opponent at risk. There were some gasps at the table when Vandanapu flashed and Souaid had the .
The board came and Souaid bumped his stack up nicely.
Table nine is among those in the main area, but quite difficult to reach towards the back near the big movie poster wall. Suddenly, there was a big uproar and several people stood up from their tables, with an apparent four-way all in going on.
According to Alexios Zervos on the same table, Raphael Rene Khalili had raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Martin Hogarty called. Michael Brown three-bet to 8,000 and Emmett Davis moved all in from the big blind. All other players behind moved in as well and the cards were turned over.
Raphael Rene Khalili:
Martin Hogarty:
Emmett Davis:
Michael Brown:
Brown had the biggest stack of all players involved and was looking to eliminate three opponents. On the flop nothing changed, but Hogarty suddenly took the lead on the turn. However, the next twist to the story was the river that gave Davis the best hand and he knocked out two opponents!
Pokerstars Team Pro Jake Cody has tweeted that the person who guess closest to how many chips he finishes with today will get 1% of his action and the top 12 closest will win a PokerStars hip flask.
There are a flood of guesses already with quite a few opting for zero. Shame on you!
The upper desk with the usual cash game area, Jimmy's and Alma's, The Lounge, the few tables next to the bar and the main tournament room are in use. Though, the cash game tables started to break and there are just four of them left. Below are a few assorted chip counts.
Enzo Del Piero finished in 2nd place in the High Roller yesterday that ran to an extra day. His crack at the Main Event though has come to a premature end.
Down to 15,000 Del Piero shoved and got a call from Antonius Samuel.
Del Piero had Ace-Jack and Samuel had Sevens which held up to eliminate Del Piero who still had a huge grin on his face.
From under the gun, a short stack pushed for his last 16,700 and the action folded to Shantanu Banerji in the hijack. He asked for a count and called, all other opponents folded.
"Jacks," the short stack announced and Banerji turned over to see appear on the other side of the table. Despite being ahead, the short stack seemed to know his fate and said "I need some luck" only for the flop to fall . The turn and river were blanks and Banerji added some more to his stack.
After a raise from under the gun to 2,100 and a call by Jitesh Mistry in the hijack, James Koumis on the button raised to 7,000. Stephen Hendry moved all in for 20,000 from the big blind and the action folded back to Koumis, who called.
Stephen Hendry:
James Koumis:
"Red cards please," Hendry said towards the dealer but his wish wasn't granted on a board of to chop it up.
Less than one orbit later, Koumis opened to 2,500 and Lucy Gamble called. Hendry shoved for around 16,000 and Koumis moved all in himself to force Gamble out of the pot.
Stephen Hendry:
James Koumis:
After a board of , Hendry failed to improve and was eliminated.
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came on the river.
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turn and 
, Hendry failed to improve and was eliminated.
