After a relatively quiet period, big hands are erupting all over it seems.
Right on the heels of James Page's elimination came a hand in which Mario Silvestri opened by shoving all in for 2.035 million from middle position. Khoa Nguyen flat-called from the cutoff, and it folded to Frank Sinopoli who reshoved for approximately 2.3 million from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Nguyen called the extra amount.
Sinopoli:
Silvestri:
Khoa Nguyen:
Pocket pairs all around, with Sinopoli's the best of the bunch. Then came the flop, , giving Nguyen a set. The turn brought the , making quads for Nguyen and making the on the river no matter.
Nguyen knocks out two with one monster of a hand. Silvestri, who started the hand with fewer chips, finishes 39th, while Sinopoli takes the 38th-place spot. Nguyen, meanwhile, is stacking up about 10.3 million at the moment.
Ben Lamb was under the gun and raised to 225,000. Action folded around to James Page on the button and he moved all in for 2.285 million. The blind got out of the way and Lamb nonchalantly called.
Showdown
Lamb:
Page:
It was a classic race with Page at risk and needing to improve. The ESPN cameras swarmed the table and gave the go ahead for the dealer to put out the flop, which came down . Page sat quiet and stoic as he awaited his fate. The turn brought him one step closer to elimination, but it was the on the river that sent him to the payout desk in 40th place.
With the table folded around to her small blind, Erika Moutinho open-shoved for 1.945 million -- right into her boyfriend's big blind! David Sands quickly surrendered (smart man), and Moutinho showed him the as a courtesy for her aggression.
A blind-vs.-blind battle here, between Gregory Kaplan (small) and Pius Heinz (big). Nice and friendly, for the most part, until the river.
Before the flop it folded around to Kaplan who raised to 225,000 and Heinz called the raise. The flop came and both checked. Both also checked the turn. Friendly, friendly.
Then came the river, the . Kaplan checked again, and this time Heinz pushed out a bet of 765,000. Kaplan considered, then check-raised to 1.8 million, sending Heinz into the tank. After a long think, Heinz finally called Kaplan's raise. Kaplan tabled for two pair, and Heinz mucked.
Kaplan has 6.55 million now, while Heinz slips to about 4 million.
Bryan Devonshire opened to 230,000 from the cutoff, Guillaume Darcourt three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind, and Devonshire four-bet to 1.1 million. Darcourt responded with a five-bet shove, and Devonshire's eyes popped out of his head.
"He's all in?" Devonshire asked the dealer who nodded. "I call."
Showdown
Devonshire:
Darcourt:
Dozens of people gathered around the rail as the dealer waited for confirmation to deliver the flop. Once she was given the word, she rapped the table and fanned .
"No paint!" Devonshire's rail shouted. "No paint!"
The turn was paint, but the did not improve Darcourt's hand. The entire rail fell silent as the dealer prepared to deliver the river: the .
Devonshire's rail exploded with chants of "DE-VO! DE-VO! DE-VO!" Devonshire himself was counting down his stack, and Darcourt could only throw his hands on his head. After a wave of chips were pushed to Devonshire, the stacks looked like this:
First into the pot from middle position, Matt Giannetti raised to 220,000, and he found a call from Hilton Laborda on the button. The two men went off to a heads-up flop, and the dealer spread out . Giannetti continued out with 300,000, and Laborda made the call. On the turn, Giannetti slowed down and passed the action over to his opponent, and Laborda took his cue to bet 420,000. Giannetti called there, and he checked again on the river. Laborda was not going anywhere, and he made a big pot-sized bet of 2 million. After some time in the tank, Giannetti check-raised all in for 5.26 million, and Laborda made a pained call.
Showdown
Giannetti:
Laborda:
It was a big cooler, and Giannetti's set improved to the winning full house on the river. It gives him a huge double to 12.63 million, knocking the remaining Brazilian down to 3.48 million.
Action folded around to Frank Sinopoli in the small blind and he limped. Philipp Gruissem then checked his option in the big blind and it was heads up to the flop. Sinopoli was first and bet the size of the pot, which was 140,000. Gruissem called the bet, leading to the on the turn.
This time Sinopoli checked, Gruissem bet 300,000, and Sinopoli called. The betting swung the other way on the river when Sinopoli once again lead out, this time for 350,000. Gruissem called and revealed for two pair, which was good enough to win the hand.
Last week we learned that the 6,865 players who entered this year's World Series of Poker Main Event came from 85 different countries. And with 40 players left, 14 countries still have representatives with a chance to claim the bracelet.
Looking through the WSOP's official designations of nationality for the final 40, the United States is the most represented country with 22 players still remaining. Canada has three players still in, and Germany, Russia, and United Kingdom have two each. And Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, South Africa, and Ukraine each have one player left as well.
(In actuality, more than 14 countries are represented among the group as at least a couple of the WSOP's designations don't reflect players' generally recognized nationalities.)
Phil Collins opened for 225,000 from early position, then Nelson Robinson reraised to 615,000 from middle position. It folded around to Tri Huynh in the big blind who shoved his last 680,000 in, and both Collins and Robinson called.
The flop came , and Collins and Robinson both checked. The turn was the . Collins checked again, Robinson bet 575,000 into the side pot, and Collins got out.
Robinson showed while Huynh had but . The turn was the , and Huynh is out in 41st place.
Robinson has 8.35 million now, while Collins has 10.585 million.
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, giving Nguyen a set. The turn brought the 
, making quads for Nguyen and making the 
on the river no matter.
. Page sat quiet and stoic as he awaited his fate. The 
turn brought him one step closer to elimination, but it was the 
on the river that sent him to the payout desk in 40th place.
as a courtesy for her aggression.
and both checked. Both also checked the 
turn. Friendly, friendly.
. Kaplan checked again, and this time Heinz pushed out a bet of 765,000. Kaplan considered, then check-raised to 1.8 million, sending Heinz into the tank. After a long think, Heinz finally called Kaplan's raise. Kaplan tabled 
for two pair, and Heinz mucked.
.
on the turn.
for two pair, which was good enough to win the hand.
. Collins checked again, Robinson bet 575,000 into the side pot, and Collins got out.