Aaron Van Blarcum limped in from the button and Sergi Reixach opted to check.
The flop came , they both checked through to the on the turn. Reixach check-raised the 1,200 bet of Van Blarcum. The latter re-raised to 15,900 for Reixach to shove and Van Blarcum to call for the 24,400 he had left.
Aaron Van Blarcum:
Sergi Reixach:
Reixach had flopped two pair while Van Blarcum had hit the straight.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Van Blarcum to double up.
Oktay Kahyaoglu limped in on the button and Stuart Wallensteen opted to check.
The flop came , Wallensteen check-raised the 1,280 bet of Kahyaoglu to 4,800 and was called.
The turn was the and Wallensteen bet 13,880 which Kahyaoglu called.
The river completed the board with the for Wallensteen to bet 14,000 and was called. Wallensteen tabled the for Kahyaoglu to scoop the pot and finally take a lead with the for the flopped two pair.
Sergi Reixach had won two pots to increase his chip lead and then raised to 2,000 from the button which Aaron Van Blarcum called.
The flop came , Van Blarcum check-raised the 1,600 bet of Reixach to 5,200 and was called.
The turn was the , Van Blarcum bet 14,400 for Reixach to shove. Van Blarcum called for the 33,300 he had left with the for the overpair. Reixach held the for two pair.
The river completed the board with the for Reixach to hold and make it through to the semi-finals on Sunday.
Oktay Kahyaoglu raised to 1,760 which Stuart Wallensteen called.
The flop came , Wallensteen check-called the 1,831 bet of Kahyaoglu.
The turn was the , Wallensteen check-called the 5,746 bet of Kahyaoglu.
The river completed the board with the , Wallensteen checked for the last time. Kahyaoglu bet 4,109 for Wallensteen to shove for 45,818 and Kahyaoglu to call with the bigger stack. Wallensteen tabled the for two pair but Kahyaoglu held the for the higher two pair to advance to Sunday.
Brunno Botteon raised to 2,000 from the button and Jason McConnon called.
The flop came , McConnon check-called the 2,680 bet of Botteon.
The turn was the and McConnon bet 2,089 for Botteon to make the call.
The river completed the board with the and McConnon took some time before betting 10,154 which Botteon called with the for flush. McConnon scooped the pot with the for the nut-flush.
Jason McConnon raised to 2,500 from the button and Brunno Botteon three-bet to 8,500 which McConnon called.
The flop came , Botteon continued with a bet of 8,500 which McConnon called.
The turn was the , Botteon barreled a bet of 7,700 over the line and was called by McConnon again.
The river completed the board with the and Botteon shoved. McConnon tanked for a while and then called for his tournament life and last 32,165 with the for the pair of kings. Botteon tabled for two pair to claim the final spot in the semi-finals.
The four remaining players will return on Sunday to play down to a winner and a recap is to follow.
One of the three novelty tournaments of the GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events was on the schedule today with the popular vote going for a heads-up tournament. Event #79: $25,000 Heads Up NLHE attracted 127 entries, just one short of the maximum to create a total prize pool of $3,111,500 which means eight players would get paid.
The first player to earn his spot in the semi-finals which will take place on Sunday was Spanish poker star Sergi Reixach. This will be his tenth cash in the online WSOP series and his biggest to date as he finished in third place on the $10,000 Short Deck Championship. He also cashed in the previous heads-up tournament where he busted in the Round of 16.
Reixach will be facing another legend in the game, GGPoker Ambassador Fedor Holz. Holz might not have been around as much over the past years as he sort of retired, he still comes out to battle for the special series and high roller events. With over $32.5 million in live cashes, the $1,077,025 first-place prize here would fit in nicely on his already lengthy poker resume.
Over on the other side of the bracket, Brunno Botteon has already collected at least ten online WSOP cashes and the online grinder needs to win one more match to surpass his best result as he finished in sixth place in the $25,000 NLHE POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP last Saturday. With the $311,150 all four players have secured, Botteon will have won almost $700,000 over a few days at the minimum.
Botteon will be taking on Oktay Kahyaoglu who is relatively unknown compared to the rest. With one cash in the Mini Main Event for $1,356 and almost $17,000 in cashes on the live circuit according to The Hendon Mob, the Turkish player is looking to upset some people.
Routes to the Final Four
Brunno Botteon
Oktay Kahyaoglu
Fedor Holz
Sergi Reixach
Round of 128
Ole Schemion
Pedro Velasco
Luc Greenwood
Berns Gleissner
Round of 64
Daniel Negreanu
Martin Zamani
Anton Morgenstern
Luke Reeves
Round of 32
Dan Smith
Jean-Noel Thorel
Robert Flink
Aleksandar Trajkovski
Round of 16
Luke Sneath
Michael Addamo
George Wolff
Dmitry Yurasov
Round of 8
Jason McConnon
Stuart Wallensteen
Justin Bonomo
Aaron Van Blarcum
Jason McConnon, Stuart Wallensteen, Justin Bonomo, and Aaron Van Blarcum all cashed for $194,469 as the only players to get paid today.
The four remaining players are on a break until Sunday, 6 p.m. UTC when they continue the race for that WSOP bracelet and the win that comes with more than a cool milllion in addition to the WSOP Europe package. PokerNews will be right there alongside them to bring you all the action until a new champion has been crowned.