Julio de la Rosa was all in for his last 156,000 chips holding . Mihai Manole had him at risk with , and after a brief pause for the camera crew, the flop fell . De la Rosa remained ahead as the turn and river came , , doubling him to over 300,000 chips.
Marc Ladouceur raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Felipe Quijano called from one seat over. It folded all of the way around to Max Ovseyevitz in the big blind who pushed all in for 453,000 total. Ladouceur quickly folded, and after about a minute of thought Quijano called.
Ovseyevitz turned over his , and Quijano shook his head at the sight of his opponents cards as he showed his . The flop came , extending Ovseyevitz's lead even further, and by the turn the hand had been decided.
Just a few hands after losing Daniel Negreanu, we have lost another notable at the table: Chance Kornuth. He moved all in for 250,000, and it folded to Ricky Markowitz, who moved all in for a little more, 287,000 total. Everyone else folded, and we had a classic race on our hands.
Kornuth:
Markowitz:
The flop brought little help for Kornuth, coming down . He was still looking for a king or a queen, and while he didn't get it on the turn, the did bring him straight outs. Kornuth would need an ace, king, queen, or nine on the river, but the came instead.
Kornuth heads to the rail, while Markowitz is up to 588,000.
When we reached the table, was laying in front of Cylus Watson, and the board read . Watson was raking in a massive pot after a three-way all in, where Steve Merrifield had ace-king, and John O'Shea, who had already left, evidently had .
Watson increased his stack to 1.65 million, while Merrifield sunk to 630,000, and O'Shea is out.
Daniel Negreanu moved all in for his last 240,000 from early position. It folded around to Kevin Pollak in the cutoff, and after tanking for about 90 seconds, he moved all in for about 500,000. Everyone else folded, and the cards were tabled.
Negreanu:
Pollak:
Negreanu was in a world of hurt, and he was looking for a king or diamonds going to the flop. He got no help from that, as it came . Pollak was standing up, rubbing his hands on his head, while Negreanu sat in his chair to await his fate. The turn brought the , and Negreanu was looking for a king and a king only.
River:
It's another Day 5 bustout for Daniel Negreanu, who wished the whole table good luck before making his exit. As always, Negreanu was extremely gracious in defeat, and is still posing for pictures with fans who are lining up in the mothership as we are typing this. Kevin Pollak said before the tournament that Negreanu was one of his poker idols, and while he loves to have the chips, he surely didn't want them to come from Negreanu, who will have to wait for next year to have another shot at the Main Event Final Table.
"All in and a call," we heard over at Table 385, which has become a familiar shout. We made out way over to see chip leader Klye Keranen holding on a flop, which was out in front of Nicholas Abourisk's .
We're not sure of the action, but but we do know there was at least 300,000 in the pot already and Abourisk was in for around 700,000. The ESPN cameras swarmed the table as the dealer burned and turned the . Any hope Abourisk might have had of running straight cards disappeared, while the river put an end to his Main Event.
Keranen was busy stacking chips long after the hand, and by our best guesstimate, he is sitting right around 5.04 million.
We found Hans Joaquim Hein all in before the flop for about 180,000 in chips. Alban Juen called only to find that Hein held and was way ahead of Juen's .
The table let out a collective gasp, however, when the flop came , giving Juen both flush and straight draws. The quickly rolled off on the turn and gave Juen the nut flush. Hein could still fill up on the river, but failed to as the completed the board.
Juen is now sitting on a stack of 1,960,000 while Hein was forced to the rail, left only with a story of how his aces were cracked to bust from the most important tournament of the year. Oh yeah, and the $44,655 he received in prize money.
Timothy Adams opened for 43,000 from middle position and was three-bet by Webber Kang from the hijack seat. It was then folded over to Eric Legoff in the small bind - who re-popped it to 154,000 total. Adams folded, but Kang made the call for a heads-up pot.
The flop came and Legoff led out for 115,000 and Kang called. Both players then proceeded to check down the turn and river. Kang tabled for for a pair of treys, ace-king kicker. Legoff mucked and Kang scooped the pot.
Luke Brereton raised preflop to 45,000 from the cutoff, after which Kyle Keranen three-bet from the button to 105,000. Both blinds folded, and Brereton opted to four-bet to 245,000. Keranen announced he was all in, and Brereton called off his remaining 1.3 million chips to create a massive preflop all in.
Keranen turned over , and he got caught bluffing by Brereton who showed .
The flop brought out , and Keranen shouted "Yes!" as he took a commanding lead.
"Just two more!" Keranen said as the dealer burned before putting out the turn.
The hit, and Keranen said, "Just one more!".
On the river the hit, and Keranen jumped into the chip lead. Brereton was left behind with just a payout slip, and his Main Event dream is over.
Keranan consoled with opponent who looked devastated, "Good call man." "That's how you win poker tournaments," Keranan said with a huge smile after he stacked up his freshly won chips.
Omar Saeed opened up the action by raising to 40,000 in the hijack. Chance Kornuth came along by defending his big blind, and the dealer laid out a flop of . Both players checked, and the turn came the . Saeed led out for 45,000, and Kornuth clicked it back with a raise to132,000. Saeed tossed in the call. and the river was the . Kornuth assembled a bet of 210,000, and Saeed quickly called.
Kornuth rolled over for flopped two pair, but Saeed tabled for a better two pair. Saeed shoots up to 1.786 million after that hand, while Kornuth tumbles to 224,000.