Kristen Bicknell reportedly lost most of her stack after flopping kings and jacks with on against a player with . Unfortunately for her, they got stacks in and a queen hit the board, and she was eliminated a short time later.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy got his last 25,000 or so in preflop from the big blind with and had an opponent in the cutoff with dominated. Unfortunately for Troyanovskiy, a king-high flop hit and he lost all but his last 600, which was forced in the middle the following hand en route to his elimination.
Age Spets limped in from middle position and Rex Clinkscales followed suit on his left. The next player shipped it for about 30,000 from the cutoff. After the next three players mucked, Spets immediately reshoved, chasing Clinkscales.
We didn't see the action, but as related by a player at the table, a player bet 10,000 from early position on a flop, Daniel Granov called, and a third player moved all in. The bettor committed the requisite chips and proceeded to get stacks in against Granov, who had flopped trips with . The bettor had an overpair with and everyone was behind the third player, who had for a boat.
The turn was an and the river the , bringing quads for Granov and a better full house for the player with jacks. Granov covered everyone though and the double elimination means the tournament is in the money.
A player opened in middle position to 6,000, and Kristen Bicknell took some time to count down her stack before shoving from the big blind. It was 36,500 and her opponent called after he got the count.
Bicknell:
Opponent:
The race went Bicknell's way as she hit two pair on the board.
Zurab Ejibia was under the gun and playing a pot against both blinds when we got to his table. He bet 5,200 when they checked a flop, and only the small blind called. Both players checked the and and the small blind opened for top pair. Ejibia had though, and his kicker played to earn him the pot and add to a stack that's in contention for the lead.
A player in middle position opened to 3,500 and got a call on his left before Rex Clinkscales made it 8,900 to go on the button. The big blind moved in for approximately 40,000. The opener mucked, but the caller said he was trapping and proceeded to flip a coin after a couple of minutes, which apparently led him to a fold.
"I have a pretty big hand," Clinkscales said with a deep breath.
"Me too."
"I really wanted to get it in versus one of these two," the American said.
After a couple of minutes, he decided to let it go, saying he was flipping against ace-king and beating all of his opponent's other hands.