In one of the biggest pots on the feature table today, Ben Lamb has moved up to more than 9.7 million after a massive three-way pot against JP Kelly and Erick Lindgren.
From under the gun, Lindgren raised to 110,000 and the action folded around to Kelly who called from the button before Lamb also called from the big blind to see the flop of .
Lamb opened for 190,000 and both Lindgren and Kelly called and the action repeated after Lamb's bet of 550,000 on the turn of the 6c. However, Lamb fired out a bet worth one million on the river of the , forcing Lindgren out of the way, but Kelly went into the tank for over five minutes before laying his hand down.
With that, Kelly is down to almost 2.3 million, but Lindgren is now on life support with almost 1.2 million.
Over in The Mothership, JP Kelly raised to 125,000 from middle position before Brian Yoon called from the hijack position to go heads-up to a flop that read .
Kelly bet 165,000 and Yoon called, then Kelly led out for 355,000 after the turn of the . Yoon called again, then Kelly pushed out a third bet worth 800,000 on the river of the . Yoon called, but when Kelly showed down for top-top, Yoon mucked his hand.
Kelly's now up to almost four million in chips, but Yoon's now running on fumes, holding only 955,000.
On a flop, Marc-Andre Ladouceur shoved all in against Nicolas Fierro, and the two men were very close in chips. Fierro had 1.35 million, Ladoceur 1.37 million, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Ladouceur:
Fierro:
The two pair were in front for Fierro, and they held fast as the turn and river filled out the board. It's 2.8 million for Fierro now, just 20,000 for Ladouceur.
On the next hand, Ladouceur was all in for 15,000 from the small blind, and Pius Heinz bet Stephane Albertini out of the side pot. When the cards were turned up, the board showed , and Heinz's had Ladouceur's drawing dead. The river was a meaningless , and Ladouceur is headed to the rail to collect his six-figure check.
Ryan Lenaghan opened from the hijack seat, Amanda Musumeci moved all in from the cutoff, and when the action folded back to Lenaghan he quickly called.
Lenaghan:
Musumeci:
The flop was clean, but the splashed on the turn, giving Lenaghan a leading pair of queens. Musumeci needed a nine to survive, but the completed the board, and she was eliminated from the tournament.
With the elimination of Amanda Musumeci, Erika Moutinho is officially the last woman standing and is currently playing on the feature table. Interestingly, Moutinho is the girlfriend of poker pro David "Doc" Sands, who just so happens to alive and well in this very tournament.
What's more, Sands' table recently broke and he has been moved to the feature table as well. This has set up a little lovebird rivalry that'll no doubt have some serious bragging rights on the line.
Andrey Pateychuk opened to 100,000 from late position only to have Chris DeMaci moved all in for 740,000 from the cutoff. It folded back around to Pateychuk who snapped, flipping up . DeMaci sighed and tabled .
The board fell and DeMaci was sent to the rail while Pateychuk scooped the pot, bringing his stack to 6,100,000.
Back over on the secondary feature table, Tyler Bonkowski moved his last 430,000 into the middle after the dealer had spread the flop of with , but ran smack into Tri Huynh's .
Neither the turn of the or the river were of any help, and just like that, Bonkowski was given his cue to depart from the Amazon Room. Huynh is now holding more than six million in chips.
Gionni Demers opened to 120,000 from under the gun, Philipp Gruissem three-bet to 285,000 from middle position, and Tony Hachem moved all in for 1.5 million on the button. The action folded to Gruissem who sat in the tank.
"There's still tomorrow buddy," Hachem told him. "But do what you want to do. I want a double, you want a double..."
Gruissem did not give him action though, instead he opted to fold his hand. Hachem raked in the pot, and is now back up to 2 million chips.
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, forcing Lindgren out of the way, but Kelly went into the tank for over five minutes before laying his hand down.
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. Yoon called again, then Kelly pushed out a third bet worth 800,000 on the river of the 
. Yoon called, but when Kelly showed down 
for top-top, Yoon mucked his hand.
flop, Marc-Andre Ladouceur shoved all in against Nicolas Fierro, and the two men were very close in chips. Fierro had 1.35 million, Ladoceur 1.37 million, and the cards were on their backs.
and river 
filled out the board. It's 2.8 million for Fierro now, just 20,000 for Ladouceur.
had Ladouceur's 
drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 
splashed on the turn, giving Lenaghan a leading pair of queens. Musumeci needed a nine to survive, but the 
completed the board, and she was eliminated from the tournament.
. DeMaci sighed and tabled 
, but ran smack into Tri Huynh's 
were of any help, and just like that, Bonkowski was given his cue to depart from the Amazon Room. Huynh is now holding more than six million in chips.
