Larry Karambis was all in for about 180,000 with against Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes' . The board ran out , giving Lopes queens and jacks to eliminate Karambis shy of the money.
Randy Ohel opened for 8,000 from middle position and was met by a three-bet to 15,000 from Ali Eslami in the cutoff. Action folded back to Ohel, and the WSOP bracelet winner shoved all in for 130,000 total. Eslami hit the tank for several minutes as the ESPN cameras surrounded the table.
"It takes a lot of heart to call with this hand," Eslami explained. He had chips to spare, and after a couple more minutes in the tank he made the call.
Eslami:
Ohel:
Ohel didn't seem thrilled Eslami called him so light, and he didn't get any happier when the flop put out a flush draw against him. The turn wasn't a spade, but it gave Eslami even more outs to a straight.
"It'll be an exciting river either way," Eslami explained. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Ohel managed to fade Eslami's outs and doubled on the hand.
Antonio Moreno just raised from the cutoff to 8,000 and Joseph Alban called from the small blind. The flop came down with two clubs and both players checked.
The turn was the and Alban checked to Moreno again who bet 14,000 this time around. Alban called and on the river the hit.
Alban checked to Moreno again and the latter moved all in to put his opponent at risk. Alban had 71,000 chips behind and after minutes of tanking he ultimately made the call.
Moreno showed , and with a set, he sent Alban to the rail.
David Einhorn checked the flop, and then Rasmus Larsen fired 8,000. Einhorn called, and the turn was the . After Einhorn checked, Larsen bet 17,500. Einhorn mulled it over, and then folded, giving Larsen the pot and moving him to one million in chips. Einhorn dropped back to 140,000.
Picking up with the action on a flop, we found Jesse Wilke lead out with a bet of 25,000. His lone opponent, Darlene Lee, tossed out calling chips.
Fourth street paired the board with the and Wilke continued his aggression, moving 55,000 into the middle. Lee stuck around once more with a call, allowing the to finish off the community cards. Wilke cut out one last bet of 150,000. Lee called, showing just one hole card — the — for trips. Her lone queen was no good, however, as Wilke tabled for queens full of tens. He dragged in this sizable pot and his stack now sits on 1.178 million.
2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Open champ Ben Hamnett recently got his stack all in preflop against Byron Kaverman, who finished runner-up in the WPT Championship earlier this year.
Hamnett:
Kaverman:
It was your classic race, but Hamnett needed to improve to keep his tournament life alive. The flop was pretty dry, and so was the turn. Hamnett needed either an ace or queen on the river to double, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked. Kaverman was pushed the pot while Hamnett exited the 2014 WSOP Main Event empty-handed.
Huck Seed opened to 8,500 in the cutoff, and Dan Smith three-bet to 21,000 on the button. The big blind went into the tank, and Smith called for time. As soon as the tournament director arrived, the big blind mucked.
"Stay close," Smith said. "He's been taking a long time every hand."
Seed four-bet to 80,000, leaving himself about the same amount behind. Smith said he was all in, and Seed called.
Smith:
Seed:
"All in and a call," the dealer announced.
"Deal fast, before they show up," Seed joked, referring to the cameras that would come catch him all in with queen-high.
The flop gave Seed some hope with a straight draw, but the and were bricks, sending the 1996 Main Event champion to the rail just short of the money. American pro Smith, meanwhile, has a massive stack to work with as the bubble approaches.