In the few hands that have occured since the dinner break, James Honeybone and Dan Schreiber have been getting tangled up quite frequently. Despite never having seen a river card, Honeybone has managed to run his stack up to nearly 160,000 whereas the once dominant Schreiber is down to about 50,000 chips.
A short-stacked Shinhan Sid Kim moved all in pre-flop and was called by Jozef Berec. Sid Kim held A-T and was racing against the 7-7 of Berec. Sid Kim caught on ace on the flop and never relinquished the lead in the hand. He is still well below average with about 25,000 in chips.
We caught up to this hand on the flop. With the board reading , James Honeybone bet 2,500 from late position. Ziv Bachar, his lone opponent, raised to 13,000. Honeybone quickly made the call. The turn brought the . Honeybone again led out, this time for 10,000. Bachar raised to 26,000 and Honeybone called. The river came the . Honeybone fired the third barrel, this time for 17,000. Bachar raised all in for 46,000 total and Honeybone made the call. Bachar showed for the nut-straight. Honeybone showed the as he mucked. Honeybone dropped to 110,000 after the hand while Bachar climbed to 160,000.
Ryan Collett open-raised all in for 32,000 from under-the-gun. Action folded around to James Honeybone in middle position who re-raised all in for 120,000. No other players got involved so the dealer pushed back Honeybone's raise and the players turned up their hands.
Honeybone:
Collett:
Collett's fate was sealed with the hit the flop. There would be no miracle quads on this hand and Ryan Collett was eliminated
Avraham Bachar and Michell St-Pierre got tangled up on a flop of . Bachar was the player at risk as he was all in and well behind, holding against the of Michel St-Pierre. The turn and river came the and the respectively and Bachar was eliminated from the tournament.