Eric Froehlich's stack is down to 14,400 after yet another pot in which he couldn't come up with the winner. He opened for 800 pre-flop, then called a three-bet to 2,000 made by the small blind. Both players checked the flop. When the turn fell , the small blind bet 2,000. Froehlich called that bet, but folded for 3,000 more on the river.
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Heather Sue Mercer opened to 850 from the button with the small blind calling before the big blind made it 2,500 to go.
With the action back on Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000, and once the small blind had released, the big blind called all in for around 6,000.
Mercer:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see Mercer slip to 16,500 after doubling her opponent up.
Adam Junglen opened for 750 from middle position and got four callers including Tony Cousineau on the button. The flop was and the small blind led out for 2,000. Only Cousineau called. The turn was the and both players checked. When the hit the river, the small blind bet 3,500 and Cousineau looked him up.
Cousineau showed for deuces full of jacks and took it down. He's up to 48,000.
There was 1,900 in the pot when we walked up to Table 366 to find a flop of coming off the deck. Veronica Dabul led out with a bet of 850. Her opponent called with position.
The turn came the , and Dabul continued the pressure with another 1,600 chips. the call came quickly again, and both players checked the river. Dabul showed her first; that was a miss. Her opponent tabled , two pair good enough to earn him the pot.
Dabul has taken a small step back to 31,000, still hovering around her starting stack.
Thomas Koo raised to 900 preflop and found one caller to the flop. Koo fired 1,100 on the flop and 2,500 on the turn before checking the river over to his opponent who made a bet of just 1,500. Koo made the call with for top pair but he was beat as his opponent showed for the flush.
Koo is down to his last 4,550 in chips.
Jennifer Leigh has doubled up after getting her last chips in on the turn on a board of . Her opponent went into the tank before making the call with for top pair, top kicker, but Leigh opened .
The river was the the and Leigh doubled to 44,000.
Faraz Jaka, who has been playing very loose and aggressive throughout the day, has been eliminated from the tournament. We witnessed Jaka pay off his massage therapist and make a hasty exit from the Amazon Room. Jaka took to his Twitter to announce his downfall:
"Busted. Flopped top two on Qs Ks 2c boards vs set of 2's with 20k behind."
On a board reading , Seat 2 moved all in for 4,450 and Brian Rast made the call.
Rast:
Seat 2:
Rast needed to dodge a lot of outs to eliminate his opponent but couldn't do it as the came on the river and gave Seat 2 a straight. Rast is down to 38,000.
Jonathan Karamaliks is now up to 45,000 after collecting a nice pot with a river bet of 4,200 on a board of . His opponent made the call and Karamalikis tabled for the flush.
Will Failla just won a medium-sized pot with pocket aces and is not happy about it. He was sitting with the button and put in the third pre-flop raise after one player opened for 650 and a second re-raised to 3,050. Failla made the price of poker 9,500, quickly driving the first player out of the pot. The second player could be seen considering a call.
"Now I want you to think about it before you do anything stupid," said Failla. At that point his opponent called to an ace-high flop, . Both players checked. Failla's opponent also checked the turn, drawing a bet of 12,000 from Failla. The other player called to the river, then check-folded to a bet of 15,000.
Failla collected the pot but was incredibly unhappy as he flashed . "Bad flop for me," he said. The other player started laughing, prompting Failla to add, "He's laughing and I'm on tilt."