Another preflop shove and call has led to the demise of Chris Walker, after a battle of the blinds just went down.
Thomas Balla shoved all in from the small blind - putting around 1.2 million in the middle - and Chris Walker quickly called off the last of his stack with .
Balla was behind with his - the hand he calls "George Robinson" - but the flop paired his live cards when the dealer fanned . The turn () and river () failed to deliver Walker a tournament-saving ace, and he hit the rail with a 6th place finish.
Adir Davidov had just over 4 big blinds to work with in what is quickly becoming a turbo shove-fest, and when he woke up with those 500,000 chips were happily pushed into the middle.
The chip leader (a man with no name as of yet) quickly called with to put the shorty at risk, and as if fate truly wanted the world to know he's playing a poker tournament here today, the flop fell to give him trips.
The turn () and river () changed nothing, and Davidov was knocked out in 7th place for a $7,654 score.
During the last orbit not much has happened in the way of flops, as open-shoved before the flop are getting through without a contest.
Adir Davidov and Matt Damico have both shoved their 10-or-less big blind stacks in to begin the action, and both players showed an after the blinds surrendered.
Jimmy "Bagels" Lillis has also taken down the blinds and antes recently, although he opened to just 350,000 to collect the dead money.
A man who politely insists his real name never be revealed (just like a superhero) just sent a quick double up over to Gene Mazza.
The action folded around to the man with no name, who held the button, and he raised to 350,000.
The small blind folded and Mazza three-bet for his last 680,000, and the nameless player called with . Mazza tabled and the board ran out to give him the much needed double.