Frederik Jensen, down to his last 195,000, was just all in before the flop and up against Tomas MacNamara. Jensen looked to be in a decent spot to double up with his against MacNamara's .
Things continued to look well for Jensen after the flop. But the turn brought the and Jensen was down to two outs to survive. The river was a bit of overkill, though Jensen nevertheless smiled and shook hands with his tablemates before exiting the main feature table stage.
From the button, Neil McFayden opened to 25,000, and Farshad Fardad called from the big blind.
The flop came out , and Fardad check-raised McFayden's continuation bet from 40,000 up to 140,000. McFayden promptly called, and he fired another 150,000 on the turn. Fardad smooth-called this time, and he checked dark as the landed on fifth street. McFayden checked it back to see the showdown.
Fardad tabled for the straight, and McFayden returned his cards to the muck as his stack slips under the million-chip mark.
The tables keep breaking and the busts keep coming. Time for a 20-minute break to catch your breath.
Anders Taylor certainly didn't think the last break would be his final one. He had nearly a million chips in his stack when he got them all in the middle with . It looked like he would take over the chip lead by doubling through Martijn Schirp and his . But the cruel on the turn sent Taylor home instead and boosted Schirp to the chip lead with 2.25 million. Matt Affleck is right on his heels with 2.13 million. Phil Galfond dropped out of the top tier when an unsuccessful bluff left him with a still impressive 1.5 million.
Power players Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier made their exits in the last level, as did the legendary Sammy Farha, Brandon Cantu, Dean Hamrick, Jonathan Karamalikis, Jason Somerville, Kevin MacPhee and Dwyte Pilgrim. The biggest French star in the field, Antony Lellouche, saw his run come to an end, as did one of the last few ladies in the field, Evelyn Ng.
In the last hand dealt before the break, Scotty Nguyen opened with a raise from early position, and it folded around to David Liu who reraised all in for 209,000. The action back on Nguyen, the Prince of Poker quickly called.
Nguyen showed and Liu . The flop came , and Liu assumed the lead. The turn was the and the river the , and Liu doubled to 438,000. Meanwhile, Nguyen tumbles to 359,000.
"Sorry, Scotty," said Liu as the players went to break. "There's no sorry, baby," said Nguyen with a smile.
So, Patrick Hartnett has decided to start playing blind. After he won one hand, he called a raise the next hand without looking at his cards. He didn't look until his opponent bet the river when he looked down to see pocket queens. The board was -X-X. Hartnett called on the end and was good.
He enjoyed this so much that he raised blind the next hand. Padraig Parkinson reraised and Hartnett called blind. He then checked blind on each street as the board ran out until the river. On the end, Hartnett looked down at his cards and fired 25,000. Parkinson called.
Hartnett tabled the for a club flush and won the pot. He's now up to 1.23 million in chips.
Just a few minutes before the next scheduled break, Robert Mizrachi and Alex Jacob took a flop of . Mizrachi checked to Jacob, who bet bet 40,000. Jacob was put to the test with about 160,000 behind after Mizrachi check-raised to 100,000. Jacob tanked for a few minutes before putting his stack in with . Mizrachi snap-called with top pair, . The on the turn gave Jacob a few extra outs, but he was eliminated after the river came a second queen, .
We have a new group moved over to the secondary feature table, including Scotty Nguyen, Bryan Pellegrino, and James Carroll. Nguyen has about 500,000 at the moment, Pellegrino has about 680,000, and Carroll remains among the leaders with almost 2 million.
None of those three was involved in the first dramatic hand at the table, however. The hand began with Jonathan Duhamel opening with a raise to 26,000 from the hijack seat, Jamie Brown reraising to 56,000 from the cutoff, then Rafal Michalowski reraising all in for about 160,000 from the button. The blinds got out, as did Duhamel, and Brown quickly called.
Brown
Michalowski
"Chop it up, baby, so nobody get hurt now" said Nguyen with a grin. The flop then came , and it looked as though a chop was likely. But the turn brought the and a collective "uh oh" from the crowd.
"I hate the slowroll," said Michalowski with a grimace. Then came the river -- the -- and indeed, Michalowski's Main Event had come to a painful end.
Brown now has about 890,000 as we approach the next break.
against MacNamara's 
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flop. But the turn brought the 
and Jensen was down to two outs to survive. The river 
was a bit of overkill, though Jensen nevertheless smiled and shook hands with his tablemates before exiting the main feature table stage.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
turn. Fardad smooth-called this time, and he checked dark as the 
landed on fifth street. McFayden checked it back to see the showdown.
for the straight, and McFayden returned his cards to the muck as his stack slips under the million-chip mark.
and was up against Filippo Candio's 
. It looked like he would take over the chip lead by doubling through Martijn Schirp and his 
. But the cruel 
on the turn sent Taylor home instead and boosted Schirp to the chip lead with 2.25 million. Matt Affleck is right on his heels with 2.13 million. Phil Galfond dropped out of the top tier when an unsuccessful bluff left him with a still impressive 1.5 million.
and the river the 
, and Liu doubled to 438,000. Meanwhile, Nguyen tumbles to 359,000.
-X-X. Hartnett called on the end and was good.
on the turn gave Jacob a few extra outs, but he was eliminated after the river came a second queen, 
.