Phil Laak had limped in from the cutoff seat and Tom Dwan potted it to 13,500 from the button. The player in the big blind made the call and then Laak re-potted it to 57,500. Dwan raised and was all in for 60,000 even. The big blind folded the and Laak called.
Laak:
Dwan:
The board ran through and Dwan was able to double up.
Alexander Kravchenko got all of his chips in the middle on a flop. He was in pretty darn good shape with against his opponent's . Always nice to "risk your tournament life" when your opponent is drawing dead. Kravchenko is up to 94,000.
Mike Matusow has left the building. He was so oddly quiet all day, it's almost like he was never here. Roger Teska raised to 7,000, and Matusow potted to 25,500, which left him with 19,000 behind. Ludovic Lacay and Teska both flatted rather than putting him all in. The flop fell , and Teska checked. Matusow dutifully stuck in his 19,000, and Lacay potted to 84,500. Teska repotted, and Lacay called all in. Both he and Matusow were at risk to big-stack Teska.
Matusow: - top pair, top kicker
Lacay: - two pair and an open-ender
Teska: - nut-flush draw
The on the turn ended the sweat, giving Lacay a full house. After the meaningless river, Matusow was eliminated, Teska dropped to 150,000, and Lacay jumped up to 230,000.
Sam Stein checked the flop with 24,000 chips in the middle. Tom Dwan bet 12,500 and then Stein check-raised to 61,500. Dwan thought about it long and hard, but eventually folded his hand and Stein won the pot.
From the button, Aaron Schaff raised to 10,000. John Shipley called from the small blind and then Sam Chartier reraised to 44,000 from the big blind. Schaff called and Shipley folded.
The flop came down and Chartier moved all in. Schaff called with the . Chartier held the .
The turn was the to give Schaff a straight. The river completed the board with the and that was it for Chartier as he was eliminated.
Roger Teska had close to 400,000 at dinner break and was among the chip leaders. But he cooled off big time and after dropping a few major pots was on the short side. After a player in middle position limped, Tristan Clemencon over-limped. In the small blind, Teska potted it to 22,000. The first limper called, but Clemencon had everyone exactly where he wanted them and made it 94,000 to see a flop. Teska called all in for 91,000, and after three minutes in the tank, the third player folded.
Teska:
Clemencon:
Clemencon's aces were in the lead, but the flop was huge for Teska, giving him a straight and flush redraw. The on the turn gave Clemencon two ace outs. He couldn't hit a third jack because Will Failla was busy having a heart attack that he'd folded jacks and would have made quads. And there, on the river, was the shiny . Clemecon jumped out of his chair with a yell, issuing a few celebratory grunts while Teska stared at the board in shock.
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and Laak called.
and Dwan was able to double up.
flop. He was in pretty darn good shape with 
. Always nice to "risk your tournament life" when your opponent is drawing dead. Kravchenko is up to 94,000.
flop with the 
. He was up against the 
for Aaron Schaff.
and the river the 
.
- top pair, top kicker
.
to give Schaff a straight. The river completed the board with the 
and that was it for Chartier as he was eliminated.
