Jesse Sylvia raised to 160,000, Percy Mahatan raised to 450,000, Sylvia pushed his big stack all in, and Mahatan called for 2.93 million total. Yet another in a series of all-in-and-a-call situations we've seen in Level 28, with this one featuring Mahatan's pitted against the of Sylvia.
The board brought no rude surprises for Mahatan, running out , and he doubles through Sylvia.
Jan Heitmann opened for 175,000 and received a call from Russell Thomas. Paul Siem then moved all in for 1.57 million, Heitmann folded, and Thomas made the call.
Showdown
Siem:
Thomas:
Siem needed some help, and it looked like was going to get it as the appeared in the window. Much to his dismay, it was followed by the and , giving Thomas a set. The turn kept Siem alive and drawing to an ace on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
Siem shook hands with all of the remaining players at the feature table and then exited the Main stage in 42nd place.
Robert Corcione and Kyle Keranen traded bets back and forth through the turn, at which point the board showed and more than 1.5 million worth of chips lay scattered around the community cards. That's when Keranen led with a bet of 675,000, then Corcione responded by reraising to 1.4 million total, leaving himself but 375,000 or so behind.
Keranen thought for a few moments, then said he was pushing all in and Corcione quickly called. Keranen tabled , but was well behind the set Corcione had flopped with .
The river brought the , and Corcione improved his status chip-wise considerably while Keranen takes a tumble.
Jeremy Ausmus opened for 170,000 from early position, then Jordi Martinezalonso reraised all in from the hijack seat for 2,355,000 total. It folded to Jesse Sylvia in the small blind who pushed all in over the top of that, forcing folds from both the big blind and Ausmus.
Martinezalonso had and needed to improve against Sylvia's . With the screams of the crowd watching over in the bleachers of the Gold section punctuating each post-flop street, the community cards came , then , then , together spelling the end of Martinezalonso's Main Event run.
Gwennael Grandmougin open-jammed his last 1.605 million from late position, and Yuval Bronshtein called out of the small blind. The big blind released, and the hands were opened.
Grandmougin:
Bronshtein:
"I wish you had like ace-queen," Bronshtein joked.
The flop didn't connect with Bronshtein, nor did the on the turn, but the slammed on the river, eliminating Grandmougin from the tournament.
Bronshtein gave a hearty fist-pump, and his rail exploded at the sight of the man with the axe. Grandmougin shook Bronshtein's hand, then was off to the payout line to collect his hard-earned money.
From the middle position, Jesse Sylvia raised to an unknown amount and Andras Koroknai called from the hijack seat before Fabrizio Gonzalez reraised to 430,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Sylvia and he folded. Koroknai moved all in and Gonzalez quickly called to put himself at risk for about 2.5 million.