Matt Sterling led out for 20,000 and was raised to 75,000 by Robin Bergren. Sterling pushed all-in for 200,000 and Bergren made the call. Sterling showed pocket nines and Bergren showed , and the race was on.
Board:
The ace on the turn sealed the deal and Sterling was eliminated.
Rami Boukai moves all in from the cutoff for about 120,000, and Adam Weiss calls from the small blind. Weiss shows , and Boukai is angry and disgusted as he shows . Boukai needs to improve to survive.
The flop comes , and Boukai's mood changes as he takes the lead with a pair of threes. The turn card is the , and the river card is -- the . Weiss wins the pot with a rivered pair of kings.
Rami Boukai is eliminated from the Main Event, and he is *not* happy about it. The floorpeople that bring him his payout slip and take him to the payout room get to hear all about it -- whether they want to or not.
Moritz Hopfner limped in and John Bird raised 22,000. Moritz Hopfner called. The flop was . Moritz Hopfner checked. Bird bet 35,000. Moritz Hopfner called. The turn was the . Moritz Hopfner checked. Bird bet 45,000. Moritz Hopfner moved all in and Bird called.
Hopfner:
Bird:
Although Hopfner flopped a set, Bird turned a higher set. The river was the and Moritz Hopfner headed to the rail. Bird increased his stack to 715,000.
On a flop of Takeshi Takii pushed all-in and Mickey Seagle called. Takii had for top pair, but Seagle had two pair with and was out front. The and were no help, and Takii was eliminated. Seagle won the pot and is up to 470,000.
With the board showing on the turn, Paulo Louveiro moves all in for 339,000, and Conor Tate calls with . Louveiro shows for the seven high-straight, and Tate is drawing to the flush, and misses when it arrives the .
Paulo Louveiro doubles up to about 735,000, and Conor Tate is down to about 255,000.
Lu raised to 35,000 (leaving him just 4K behind) and Mizzi called in the small blind. The flop came K-8-5 and Mizzi set Lu all-in. He of course called and showed , while Mizzi held J-3.
And on the turn, a Jack. Lu didn't catch an Ace on the turn and was eliminated.
Brad Mills shoved with . He was called by Billy Willis' . The board ran out . Mills thought he won, but Willis rivered a straight to win the pot and send Mills to the rail.
All the money ended up in the middle before the flop, with Baker's trailing Belles' . That changed after the flop, but before Baker could properly enjoy her two pair Belles spiked the on the turn to make his gutshot straight. The on the river didn't save Baker and she was eliminated.