Pierre Neuville raised to 65,000 from the hijack seat, Jeremy Kottler called on the button, and Andrew Lichtenberger defended his big blind. The flop fell , Lichtenberger checked, and Neuville continued for 110,000. Kottler called, Lichtenberger folded, and the turn was the .
Neuville led out for 250,000, Kottler called, and the completed the board. Both players checked, the Belgian revealed , and he was awarded the pot.
Hand #20: Pierre Neuville raised to 75,000 in the cutoff, Kevin Eyster three-bet to 200,000 on the button, and Neuville folded.
Hand #21: Neuville raised in the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Eyster raised to 70,000 in the hijack, and received no callers.
Hand #23: Eyster raised to 70,000 from under the gun, Neuville called, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , Neuville check-called a bet of 85,000, and both players checked on the river ().
Neuville won the pot with .
Hand #24: Bryn Kenney raised to 70,000 from the hijack seat, Andrew Lichtenberger moved all in for 595,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Kenney, who folded as well.
Hand #25: Neuville raised to 65,000 on the button, Kottler defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Kottler check-folded to a bet of 85,000.
Hand #26: Neuville raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, Eyster called on the button, and the two took a flop of . Neuville led out for 100,000, and Eyster folded.
Pierre Neuville doubles & blows a kiss to the dealer
Hand #13: Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 62,000 in the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #14: Pierre Neuville raised to 75,000 in the cutoff, and he received no action.
Hand #15: Jeremy Kottler raised to 60,000 on the button, and both players in the blinds folded.
Hand #16: Neuville raised to 65,000 from under the gun, Kevin Eyster three-bet to 160,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to the Belgian. He tank-folded.
Hand #17: Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 65,000 on the button, Neuville moved all in for 515,000, and Lichtenberger called.
Neuville:
Lichtenberger:
The flop was all eights - - and Lichtenberger remained in the lead. The on the turn missed Neuville as well, but the spiked on the river to give the Belgian the winning hand.
Neuville doubled to 1.075 million chips, and Lichtenberger slipped to 675,000.
Hand #2: Kevin Eyster raised to 55,000 on the button, Jeremy Kottler three-bet to 175,000 from the small blind, and Eyster folded.
Hand #3: Eyster raised to 55,000 in the cutoff, Byrn Kenney called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the .
The two players checked again, and Eyster won the pot with .
Hand #4: Eyster raised to 55,000 from early position, and no one called.
Hand #5: Bryn Kenney raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 120,000 on the button, and Kenney reached for chips. He put in a fourth bet, making it 267,000 to go, and Lichtenberger moved all in for 922,000. Kenney snap-folded.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 48,000 from early position, Kevin Eyster called from the small blind, and the flop fell . Eyster checked, Kanit fired out another 48,000, and Eyster check-raised to 150,000.
Kanit moved all in for 545,000, and Eyster quickly called.
Eyster:
Kanit:
Kanit was in rough shape, but he added three more outs when the fell on the turn. Kanit could make the best hand with a non-spade five or a jack, but neither came as the bricked off on the river.
Kevin Eyster raised to 45,000 on the button, Fabrice Touil moved all in for 270,000 out of the big blind, and Eyster called.
Eyster:
Touil:
The Frenchman was dominated, but there was a sliver of hope for a chop when the flop fell . The on the turn was no help, however, as was the on the river, and Touil was eliminated.
The seven remaining players are now transitioning over to the Mothership to form the unofficial final table. We will have full counts for you shortly.
Bryn Kenney raised to 45,000 in the cutoff, Matt Jarvis moved all in for 300,000 out of the big blind, and Kenney called.
Kenney:
Jarvis:
The start-of-day chip leader was racing for his tournament life, and he was in need of some serious help after the dealer fanned . The Canadian failed to hit a two-outer as the turn and river bricked , respectively, and he was eliminated in ninth place.
Kenney, who lost a million-chip pot at the start of Level 23, chipped back up to 1.6 million.
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Jeremy Kottler raised to 32,000 on the button, Fabrice Touil called in the big blind, and the flop came . Touil checked, Kottler tossed out an additional 32,000, and Touil check-raised to 100,000. Kottler moved all in for 385,000, and Touil called.
Kottler:
Touil:
Kottler had a pair of aces, and the nut flush draw blocker, but Touil had a pair of tens and a flush draw. The on the turn was a brick, as was the on the river, and Kottler doubled to 850,000 chips.
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