Albert Balayn open-raised all-in from under-the-gun and was called by Charles Cohen form the hi-jack. Revealed hands showed that Balayn was in a race situation for his tournament life,
Balayn:
Cohen:
The board ran out and Cohen's tens held, ending Balayn's tournament life.
Joseph Bolnick raised to 45,000 from the hijack position and James Jarvis reraised al-in for his last 111,000. Bolnick decided to make the call with his and Jarvis flipped up . The two players were racing and when the flop fell , Bolnick's sevens had held.
The turn was safe as well, coming but Jarvis hit the on the river to double through Bolnick.
The action began with Stephen Krieg opening for 50,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Ralph Crow on the button, who went all-in for his last 210,000. Walter Browne tanked from the big blind, but eventually decided to call.
In an act of confusion, Crow revealed the before Stephen Krieg announced his action. Krieg announced he wanted to fold, but a floorman was called over. The floorman decided that Crow would receive a penalty if he survived the all-in. However, revealed hands showed that Crow was in about as worse of shape you can be in as far as Hold'em hands go.
Crow:
Browne:
The board ran out , leaving Crow second-best and sending him to the rail.
Former chip leader Craig Koch raised to 53,000 from under-the-gun and Kenneth Russell reraised to 135,000. After some thought, Koch announced that he was all-in for 513,000 and Russell called him down.
Showdown:
Koch:
Russell:
The flop came , pairing Russell's queen and giving him three additional outs. None of those outs arrived on the turn , or river , and Koch scored the double-up with his pair of kings. He now sits with 1,066,000 while Russell fell to 300,000.
Peter Lipton raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Jack Ward reraised all-in for his last 186,000. Lipton snap-called with his to put Ward at risk. Ward, who made the final table of the Seniors Championship last year, finishing in 7th place, held and would need to catch lucky to stay alive.
We missed the final board but no sevens or straights appeared, meaning Ward hit the rail just short of completing an amazing run to consecutive final table appearances.
Andrew Bradshaw raised to 53,000 from the cutoff and Walter Browne three-bet to 203,000. This move prompted Bradshaw to dramatically push his last 711,000 chips into the middle of the table.
While Browne went into the tank to deliberate over this tough decision, the fiery Englishman stood up and began chattering to both Browne and the railbirds. "Come on man... this is what we've come for, isn't it?" Bradshaw asked while pacing around the table. He looked at Browne and told him "This is poker mate!" and apparently Browne agreed with that sentiment because he decided to make the call.
Showdown:
Bradshaw:
Browne:
The Englishman had picked up a premium holding with his suited big slick, but Browne woke up with pocket kings and had the best hand. When Bradshaw saw Browne's kings he exclaimed "Ohhh no! I didn't want you to call with that!"
When the flop came , Bradshaw lost one of his three outs, as the was no longer a good card. The on the turn was a brick, and the sealed the win for Browne.
Andrew Bradshaw was one of the more entertaining players in the field and he hit the rail with his usual British flair.
We caught up with the action just as James Jarvis was getting up out of his seat. His opponent, James Jewell had on a and the dealer had already scooped up Jarvis' hand.