Paul Greim announced that he was all in from under the gun. He had 65,000 left but slid out just one stack of about 15 yellows representing his shove. Ryan Young was in the cutoff and said, "Call." However, he didn't realize that it was an all in bet and was made aware of it immediately by the rest of the table. By rule of verbal declaration, he was forced to put in 65,000 regardless of the mistake. Ben Volpe, who was in the big blind, seemed torn about the decision he was faced with but eventually folded.
Amazingly, Young was ahead with his against the of Greim. The flop would change things though when it fell . The turn and river brought Young no help. The pot allowed Greim to double up and left Young with only 210,000.
Afterwards, the table debated whether Volpe would have been correct to move all in from the big blind with . In an attempt to isolate while getting better than 2 to 1 on his money, Volpe would have made a flush. The table appeared generally in favor of it and it leaves Volpe, who has 690,000 in chips, wondering if he should have more.
Under the gun, Vanessa Peng opened to 13,000, and Eric Froehlich and David "Bakes" Baker both called, the latter coming along out of position from the big blind.
The flop came , and Peng continued out with 23,000 more. Froehlich quickly folded, Baker quickly called, and the landed on fourth street. Peng loaded up with another 34,000 and fired it into the pot, and Baker check-called once again. On the river, Peng checked behind Baker's check.
Baker turned over , and Peng quietly mucked, slipping back to about 320,000. Baker is on the rise, climbing to 470,000 as he stacks that pot.
We missed the preflop action, but David Bakes Baker, Eric Froehlich, and Narendra Banwari all took a flop of . Baker was first to act, and he put out a bet of 26,000. Froehlich made the call, and Banwari got out of the way, leaving the two heads up. The turn brought the , and both players checked. The hit the river, and Baker assembled a bet of 72,000, and slid it into the middle. Once Froehlich got the count, he only took a few moments before announcing call. Baker showed for a straight, and Froehlich mucked his hand. Baker upped his stack to 450,000, while Froehlich is still the big chip leader with 850,000.
The players are now on a 20 minute break while the tournament staff colors up the Purple T500 chips. Once the players return, we will play two more levels before we end the night.
On a board Eric Froehlich check-raised Matthew Bucaric's 14,500-chip bet to 40,000. Bucaric three-bet to 92,500 and Froehlich had to re-examine his cards. Once he checked them, he announced that he was all in and Bucaric wasted little time making the call for his whole stack worth 375,000 tournament chips.
Bucaric held but Froehlich had him in deep trouble with the . Both players had flopped two pair but it was the top two of Froehlich that was well in the lead. The turn was the and the river was the .
With that pot Froehlich is now just under a million, with 975,000 chips.
On two different occasions earlier in the tournament, Sam Stein came from behind to survive all in hands. However, in the one hand where he was a big favorite, he was not so lucky, as he has just been eliminated. Action folded around to Jesse Martin on the button, and he put out a raise to 12,000. The small blind folded, and Sam Stein peaked at his cards, took a few moments, then slid the rest of his stack forward. Martin quickly called, and was not happy to see that Stein woke up with a monster in the big blind.
Stein:
Martin:
Stein faded the flop, as it came . However, the spiked on the river, and Stein would need a king or a ten to survive the hand. The river came the , and Stein's dream of another final table has come to an end.
against the 
of Greim. The flop would change things though when it fell 
. The turn 
and river 
brought Young no help. The pot allowed Greim to double up and left Young with only 210,000.
. In an attempt to isolate while getting better than 2 to 1 on his money, Volpe would have made a flush. The table appeared generally in favor of it and it leaves Volpe, who has 690,000 in chips, wondering if he should have more.
, and Peng continued out with 23,000 more. Froehlich quickly folded, Baker quickly called, and the 
landed on fourth street. Peng loaded up with another 34,000 and fired it into the pot, and Baker check-called once again. On the 
, and Peng quietly mucked, slipping back to about 320,000. Baker is on the rise, climbing to 470,000 as he stacks that pot.
. Baker was first to act, and he put out a bet of 26,000. Froehlich made the call, and Banwari got out of the way, leaving the two heads up. The turn brought the 
hit the river, and Baker assembled a bet of 72,000, and slid it into the middle. Once Froehlich got the count, he only took a few moments before announcing call. Baker showed 
for a straight, and Froehlich mucked his hand. Baker upped his stack to 450,000, while Froehlich is still the big chip leader with 850,000.
board Eric Froehlich check-raised Matthew Bucaric's 14,500-chip bet to 40,000. Bucaric three-bet to 92,500 and Froehlich had to re-examine his cards. Once he checked them, he announced that he was all in and Bucaric wasted little time making the call for his whole stack worth 375,000 tournament chips.
. Both players had flopped two pair but it was the top two of Froehlich that was well in the lead. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. However, the 
, and Stein's dream of another final table has come to an end.