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 .
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
Word on the street is that we'll play down to 16 players and then take a one-hour dinner break, but that's unconfirmed for now. Some snacks will have to do for the time being.
Amir Lehavot raised to 35,000 in the cut-off and Brian Roberts three-bet to 100,000 in the small blind. John Duthie was seated in the big blind and he four-bet all-in for 321,000 and both players folded.
Jake Cody and Dermot Blain just got it all-in pre flop but both had Big Slick. There were no flush draw computations on the dry flop and that is the end of that.
Max Silver is in the proverbial catbird seat today, on the direct right of three very short stacks. As such, he can get away with doing things like opening to 125,000 in late position. That raise got through a few hands ago, but we picked up another pot as Silver made a more standard open to 35,000. Arnaud Mattern squeezed out his cards, then shoved in for 176,000 on a three-bet. Action folded back around to the raiser, and he went into the tank for a while, eventually smirking at his opponent.
"Well, I'm not getting two to one," Silver lamented.
"You're not?" Mattern asked. Indeed, Silver was getting just less than that price, and he eventually folded showing the . Mattern answered by flashing the , and Patrik Antonius joked, "Call!" from across the table. "Overcard, right?" he grinned.
Mattern takes it down, though, earning himself just a bit of extra breathing room.
John Eames has never really had chips to play with in this event, and his long-suffering run has come to an end. With the shortest stack in the room, Eames got the last of his chips in with , and, of course, big stack Max Silver woke up with .
There was some help but not enough on board for Eames, and the board has sent him on his way in 20th place. That's good for €37,000 -- hopefully some consolation for the Brit.
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.
.
. Mattern answered by flashing the 
, and Patrik Antonius joked, "Call!" from across the table. "Overcard, right?" he grinned.
, and, of course, big stack Max Silver woke up with 
.
board has sent him on his way in 20th place. That's good for €37,000 -- hopefully some consolation for the Brit.