David O'Callaghan opened from the cutoff and Ryan Messick three-bet jammed from the big blind. O'Callaghan thought for a minute and called off with a stack of about 250,000.
David O'Callaghan:
Ryan Messick:
O'Callaghan couldn't win the flip as the board ran out and he was eliminated in 27th place.
Eric Smidinger raised to 20,000 from middle position and John Duke jammed his last 74,000 from the button. The buttons got out of the way and Smidinger called. Action was heads-up with Duke at risk.
John Duke:
Eric Smidinger:
The board ran out and the pair of aces was good for Smidinger to knock Duke out of the tournament in 26th place for $6,200.
Christopher Bissinger had previously already lost a bigger pot after the three table redraw and then raised it up from the hijack. Benjamin Kaupp three-bet to 67,000 in the cutoff and Bissinger called after very short consideration. On the flop, Bissinger checked and then folded when Kaupp continued for 26,000.
In the last hand over on table 671, Yuliyan Kolev bet the turn out of the big blind. Mark Liedtke called in the cutoff and Kolev then bet again the river for 115,000. Liedtke gave it some thought and eventually folded some five minutes into the break. Kolev offered to show one card and Liedtke exposed the .
Mark Liedtke raised to 25,000 in the hijack and was called by Joanthan Woof on the button and Abbas Alikhani in the big blind. The flop brought and it checked to Woof, who bet 32,000 to win the pot.
One hand later, Liedtke opened once more and then called the shove by Alikhani for 158,000 out of the small blind.
Abbas Alikhani:
Mark Liedtke:
The kicker played a pivotal role on the board as Alikhani doubled and left Liedtke short.
Robert Cowen made it 27,000 to go in the cutoff and then called the three-bet shove by Erik Bauer in the small blind for 154,000 total.
Erik Bauer:
Robert Cowen:
The flop gave Cowen more equity with a pair and back door hearts. However, both the turn and the river changed nothing whatsoever and the aces held up for the double.