We caught up with the action on the flop between Richard Lyndaker and Daniel Retallick. Lyndaker checked the action to the larger-stacked Retallick and he bet 25,000. Lyndaker made the call.
The dealer added the on the turn and Lyndaker checked again. Retallick bet again and made it 56,000 to go. Lyndaker thought for a few brief moments before folding his hand.
Table 12 has been going absolutely nuts so far today. We've heard all-in shouts on seemingly every hand over there, and every time we walk by, it's a huge confrontation.
In the last hand over there, John Moore opened the pot to 20,000 from the button, flexing those double-up chips he found earlier in the level. In the small blind, Kyle Johnson three-bet to what looked like 54,000, and Mars Callahan squeezed all in for 166,000 from the big blind. Moore re-shoved all in for 380,000, and Johnson tanked and folded what we think he said was ace-king, but we can't be sure. The TV microphones may have caught his words better than we did. In any event, Callahan was at risk, but he had the goods.
Showdown
Moore:
Callahan:
The flop was safe for Callahan, and Moore asked the dealer for his one-time queen. The dropped on the turn, a scary but safe painted card. Duane Alexander has been keeping a running commentary over there, and he piped up, "Wow! Little excitement with that card. I saw his heart jump on that one." The river was safe without the scariness, and Callahan had doubled his way up to about 400,000. "Don't let me get over 500," he yelled to the cameras. "I'll be dangerous."
One hand later, the all-in madness continued at Table 312. Under the gun, Sergey Altbregin open-shoved for what looked like 224,000, and David Rounick re-shoved for about 474,000 right next door. The table passed all the way around to Alex Moore in the big blind -- yes another Moore at the same table -- and he had the easiest decision of his life. He looked down at , and all he had to do was say, "Call," to put both men at risk with his covering stack.
The board ran out , and the double KO moves more than doubles up Moore, pushing his stack to about 1.36 million!
From middle position "Miami" John Cernuto moved all in for 108,000, Steve Rawie was in the small blind and announced 300,000 for a raise. Jon Turner was in the big blind and had around 280,000 and called.
Cernuto:
Turner:
Rawie:
The board ran and Cernuto and Turner were eliminated and Rawie is up over 800,000.
We found Matthew Cohen all in preflop for his last 120,000 and at risk against Kim Chee.
Chee:
Cohen:
Cohen was flipping for his tournament life and the flop and turn brought no help to him. The on the river certainly didn’t save Cohen either as it gave Chee a set and the knockout.
Jordan Rich was down to about 160,000 when he got the last of his chips in with against the of Tod Holley. The pair held up, and Rich's horse finished in second place on the board, ushering him out the door with $35,492 to show for his efforts.
Holley is up over a million chips now, climbing to about 1.085 with that knockout.
Kenn Pluard was all in for 79,000 with the and up against the for Andrew Jenkins. The board ran out and Pluard was eliminated. Jenkins moved up to a quarter million in chips.
Rupert Elder opened with a minimum-raise to 20,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Hayden Fortini who reraised all in for his last 95,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Elder called.
Fortini:
Elder:
The flop came , pairing Elder. The turn was the and river the , and Fortini hits the rail. Elder's good start to Day 5 continues, as he now has 867,000.
Mathew Frankland raised to 23,000 under the gun and received a call from a player in middle position. Jared Vengrin then moved all in from late position for 242,000, Frankland quickly called, and the middle-position player got out of the way.
Showdown
Vengrin:
Frankland:
The ESPN cameras swarmed the table as the dealer put out the on the flop. The turn made things interesting by adding a gut-shot straight draw to Fankland's outs, but the on the river blanked. Vengrin survived and doubled to over 500,000.
In middle position, Satoshi Isomae and Ruben Visser mixed it up in a preflop raising war that left Visser all in for 473,000. Isomae opened to 24,000, Visser popped it up to 59,000, and Isomae shoved over the top. The latter was trying for the knockout with , but Visser's was up to the task.
The board ran out , and the kickers play for Visser. That's a dangerous double for his table to deal with, pushing the Dutchman up to 970,000.