Blair Rodman was short stacked and all in preflop with against an opponent’s . The flop was a clean for Rodman however the turn put his opponent in the lead. The bricked out and Rodman was eliminated.
While Anh Van Nguyen recently doubled, he was unable to turn that win into any sort of momentum. In a recent hand, Nguyen raised from middle position and received calls from the players in both blinds. The small blind then led out on the flop, which the big blind and Nguyen called. When the dealer burned and turned the , The small blind bet, the big blind raised, and Nguyen three-bet all in. The big blind folded while the small made the call.
Nguyen:
Small Blind:
Nguyen was ahead with his flopped set but needed to dodge a heart or jack on the river. Unfortunately for him, the spiked and sent him to the rail.
Meanwhile, the wife of Patrik Antonius, Maya Geller, was also eliminated from the tournament.
After raising pre-flop Mercier managed to get a call from The Button. On a board of Mercier bet out and was called. The turn brought the and we had a repeat of action with Mercier betting again and getting called.
Mercier slowed down and checked the river , and was rewarded with a bet from his opponent. Mercier made the call and was shown for a set of tens. Mercier mucked his hand.
We found Zach Clark all in preflop with and racing against an opponent’s . The board rolled out which gave the opponent a higher two pair and eliminated Clark from the tournament.
The cutoff raised and Anh Van Nguyen made it three bets from the button. The cutoff asked to see how much Nguyen had left and put him all in. Nguyen made the call and flipped up while the cutoff showed . The flop was a juicy one as it came . The turn changed nothing and although the river gave the cutoff two pair, it gave Van Nguyen a straight and the double up.
We're not sure of the details, but the seats formerly occupied by Michael Mcdonald, Noah Schwartz, Hoyt Corkins, and David Chiu have found new inhabitants. That can only mean one thing . . . they have all been eliminated!
We caught up to the action at Table 358 to find Jarred Solomon raising his opponent on a board of . While his opponent thought about a call, Solomon continued to stack chips from winning the previous hand. His opponent, perhaps intimidated, folded and Solomon was awarded more chips to his pile.
We caught the action on this hand on the turn with the board reading . Action was capped between Matthew Suelflow and Daivd Chase, with the former being all in. Chase revealed for a flopped set, but Suelflow flipped over for a flopped set of his own.
Suelflow was ahead, but just to rub salt in Chase's wound, the peeled off on the river!
Richard Veenman raised from middle position and the button made it three bets. Veenman called and check-called the button’s bet on a flop. Veenman checked again and his opponent made a bet when the hit the turn. This time however, Veenman came in with a check-raise which his opponent called. On the river, Veenman bet leaving himself with 300 behind. The button made the call and Veenman showed for a flopped set and the pot.