Faraz Jaka opened up a big lead on Nicholas Rampone, big enough that both players were just open-shoving preflop on most hands.
On the final hand, it was Jaka shoving from the button, and Rampone finally found a hand to call with. He put his last 57,500 chips into the pot with , just out in front of Jaka's .
If hold'em was a four-card game, Rampone would still be alive. As it turns out, though, the board of was unkind at the very end, and Rampone has been eliminated.
He and Jaka shook hands, and they both commended each other on their play and how much they enjoyed the battle. Only one of them can advance, though, and it's Faraz Jaka who we'll see again in the next round.
Bertrand Grospellier shoved from the button with , and Scott Clements called all in for his last 55,000 chips. He was ahead with , but he'd need to fade ElkY's live cards.
The flop paired both players as it came , essentially changing nothing. The turn, however, changed quite a bit. The gave ElkY the trip fours, putting Clements one card away from extinction.
The river was not what Clements was looking for, and he has run out of chips here in Event #35. Grospellier advances, and he'll face Ludovic Lacay in the next round in a French Civil War.
Tim Adams was all in on a three-bet shove following a flop of . Ludovic Lacay called him down with , and Adams was going to need his to improve in order to stay alive.
The turn was a very improvable , pulling Adams into a big lead with one to come. It looked like he was about to double back into contention, but an untimely on the river gave Lacay the best hand again, as well as all 480,000 chips on the table.
Martin Kabrhel open-shoved with from the button, and Darren Woods snap-called with pocket eights.
As Kabrhel tells it, "The flop was king-high. Nothing exciting." The king and the axe work for Kabrhel, and he has knocked off Darren Woods and punched his card for the next round.
A short-stacked Antonio Esfandiari moved all in for roughly 30,000 and Brian Rast made the call.
Esfandiari:
Rast:
The flop put Esfandiari in the lead with a pair, and after the landed on the turn, Esfandiari looked in good shape to double.
Unfortunately, the would land on the river to see Rast make a straight to send Esfandiari to the rail for a $17,987 payday as Rast progresses through to the final sixteen.
Antonio Esfandiari got his money in with , ahead but at risk against Brian Rast's .
The board gave Esfandiari his first double up as it ran out . That puts him back to 30,000, still a long climb away from getting himself back in this match.
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, just out in front of Jaka's 
.
was unkind at the very end, and Rampone has been eliminated.
, but he'd need to fade ElkY's live cards.
, essentially changing nothing. The turn, however, changed quite a bit. The 
gave ElkY the trip fours, putting Clements one card away from extinction.
was not what Clements was looking for, and he has run out of chips here in Event #35. Grospellier advances, and he'll face Ludovic Lacay in the next round in a French Civil War.
. Ludovic Lacay called him down with 
, pulling Adams into a big lead with one to come. It looked like he was about to double back into contention, but an untimely 
to put Williams on the rail and Schmejkal into the final sixteen.
against Lykov's 
.
to see Smith double to 220,000 as Lykov slips to 260,000 in chips.
from the button, and Darren Woods snap-called with pocket eights.
flop put Esfandiari in the lead with a pair, and after the 
landed on the turn, Esfandiari looked in good shape to double.
would land on the river to see Rast make a straight to send Esfandiari to the rail for a $17,987 payday as Rast progresses through to the final sixteen.
