Just a minute after losing most of his chips to Patrik Antonius, John Eames doubles up (and some).
Antonius raised to 25,000 under the gun and Max Silver three-bet to 68,000 in the cut-off. Eames was in the big blind and he moved all-in for 80,000. Antonius was in a tough spot and decided to fold and Silver threw in a few more chips to make the call.
Showdown
Eames
Silver
"These kids have no respect these days Patrik," said Moseley
The new seat draw could not have been worse for John Eames, who found himself sat to the right of Patrik Antonius and Andy Moseley. In fact it was Antonius that may have ended Eames' hope of WSOPE glory in this following hand.
Eames opened to 26,000 under the gun and Antonius called in the next seat. Only two of shared the flop of and Eames bet 45,000 and Antonius called. The turn was the and Eames now checked and Antonius bet 80,000. Eames took maybe a minute before making the call and we saw the last card and it was the . Eames once again checked and Antonius bet 210,000. Eames had 290,000 and after a few moments squirming in his seat he made the call and did not like the results.
Antonius:
Antonius had the full house and Eames folded his hand before telling the table he had .
John Duthie raised to 27,000 to open the pot, and Elio Fox three-bet to 60,000 on the button. When it came back to Duthie, he considered for about a minute, then shoved in for about 350,000. Fox snap-called.
Showdown
Duthie:
Fox:
Some would tell you that Duthie was a favorite with his two flush draws, but it was actually Fox with a very slight edge. That edge grew considerably as the flop was a huge sweat for Duthie. He shot out of his chair and leaned over the table to sweat the final two cards. As the turn landed, he took one step away from the table, perhaps expecting the worse on the final card.
But the river was the safe , and the two men will chop up the blinds and antes.
Moritz Kranich opened the pot to 27,000 from the button, and Jeremy Kottler defended his big blind to see a flop.
It came , and Kottler knocked the table. When Kranich made a continuation bet, though, he check-raised, and Kranich made the call to go on. The landed on the turn, and Kottler fired out into the pot with 112,000. That bet was quickly, called, and the river drew an all-in shove from Kottler. Kranich snap-called, putting himself all in for 305,000 in the process.
Kottler showed for the flush-draw-turned-top-pair, but it was second best. Kranich flipped over , and his set was good enough to double him up. He's still stacking, up, but it looks like he's pipped over the million-chip mark.
James Schafer had just doubled up against Michael Drummond before being eliminated in the very next hand. His conqueror was Dermot Blain and we caught the action on the flop with all the money in the middle.
Flop:
Showdown
Blain
Schafer
Schafer needed a club but it never came. Turn: and River:
Max Silver hadn't even finished stacking his chips when he was handing them over to Dario Sammartino. This is what happened.
Andy Moseley raised to 26,000 in the hijack seat, Dario Sammartino three-bet to 62,000 in the cut-off and Max Silver cold four-bet to 148,000 on the button. Moseley quickly moved out of the way but Sammartino five-bet to 299,000. Silver asked for a count and the dealer declared it was 299,000.
"I am all-in," said Silver.
Sammartino called instantly and we had a huge showdown.
Showdown
Sammartino
Silver
Board:
Remarkably Sammartino has leap-frogged over Silver in the chip counts.
Ricardo Tavares raised to 33,000 and Max Silver defended his big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Silver checked to Tavares who bet 48,000 and Silver moved all-in. Tavares pondered his decision for a short while before making the call.
Showdown
Silver
Tavares
River:
Silver takes a huge chip lead after eliminating Tavares.
James Schafer and Michael Drummond tangled in a preflop pot that left Drummond all in for 204,000. He was on the good end, though, working with against Schafer's .
You could almost hear Drummond's heart quicken as the gave him a big sweat with two to come. Schafer used his, "One time," but his prayers would go unanswered. The turn was the wrong shade of black, and the river was a miss, too. When he paid off his debt, Schafer was left with just 59,000 chips.
On the next hand, he three-bet shoved against Alex Dovzhenko, and he was lucky enough to wake up with . Dovzhenko called with and the board has kept Schafer in the game for now.
and Eames bet 45,000 and Antonius called. The turn was the 
and Eames now checked and Antonius bet 80,000. Eames took maybe a minute before making the call and we saw the last card and it was the 
.
flop was a huge sweat for Duthie. He shot out of his chair and leaned over the table to sweat the final two cards. As the turn 
, and the two men will chop up the blinds and antes.
landed on the turn, and Kottler fired out into the pot with 112,000. That bet was quickly, called, and the river 
, and his set was good enough to double him up. He's still stacking, up, but it looks like he's pipped over the million-chip mark.
was a miss, too. When he paid off his debt, Schafer was left with just 59,000 chips.
board has kept Schafer in the game for now.