Jonathan Duhamel and Bryan Pimlott were all in on the flop. Duhamel held the for an overpair against Pimlott's . Following the turn and river, Pimlott was eliminated.
There are two stacks getting blinded out as we speak as neither Dario Sammartino nor Shaun Deeb have shown up for the tournament. They started with 22,100 and 22,600 respectively, so neither has a lot of wiggle room.
We're not sure where Sammartino is, but if Deeb's recent tweet is any indication, he is on his way:
A short-stacked James Mackey, who was crippled after Zach Clark doubled through him, raised to 4,800 under the gun, which left him with just 500 behind. Action folded around to Clark in the small blind, and he called before Jeff Madsen raised to 11,000 from the big. Mackey called off and Clark got out of the way.
Madsen:
Mackey:
It was a flip, and while the flop didn't hit Mackey directly, it did open up some counterfeit possibilities. Likewise, the turn didn't hit Mackey, but it gave him a ton more outs including straight and flush draws.
"What a turn," Mackey said excitedly. Unfortunately for him, he would miss on the river as the appeared.
"Wow, too many outs," Madsen said. With that Mackey has bowed out of Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em.
With around 10,000 in the pot and a flop of , the small blind checked and Daniel Engels bet 6,200 from the big blind. Allen Kessler then raised all in for 22,500, the small blind folded, and Engels made the call.
Engels:
Kessler:
Kessler was ahead with two pair, but Engels was drawing to an open-ended straight. The turn actually completed that straight, and Kessler tossed up his hand in frustration. No sooner did he do that than the dealer burned and put out the . Kessler spiked a full house to double.
"You are the praying mantis of poker," tablemate Aaron Massey said of Kessler's complaining tactics that always seem to lead to a double.
From the hijack seat, Jonathan Duhamel raised to 2,200. Guiseppe Pantaleo called on the button, and Russell Rosenblum called out of the big blind. From there, the three players took a flop, and Rosenblum checked. Duhamel bet 4,300, and Pantaleo called. Rosenblum folded.
The turn was the , and Duhamel checked. Pantaleo bet 7,600, and Duhamel immediately folded.
Sergio Aido check-called a bet of 4,000 on the flop against Jason Somerville. Both players then checked the turn card that allowed them to see the land on the river. After Aido checked, Somerville fired 9,500. Aido tank-called, but could only muck his hand after he was unable to produce better than Somerville's for a flush.
In one of the last hands of Level 10, we happened upon a hand in progress with around 30,000 in the pot and a board reading . Igor Kurganov was in the cutoff debating what to do, and that's because Canadian Steven Kerr had the all-in button out in front of him on the button.
Kurganov had about 35,000 in his stack, and he thought long and hard before committing it to the pot.
Kurganov:
Kerr:
Kurganov had made the wrong decision, but he could still win with either a jack or ten on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Close, but no cigar for Kurganov.
"Good luck guys," he offered before collecting his things and exiting the tournament area. With that, Kerr is now up to 200,000.