We missed the betting action but David Chiu ended up all in against Joe Hachem after a flop of with Chiu's way behind Hachem's . The turn and river of the and were of no help to Chiu who was eliminated.
After a flop of , Leif Force and the player in the cutoff checked the action to Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger who bet 2,200. Force folded and the cutoff called. The came on the turn and the cutoff went all in for his last 4,350. Lichtenberger called and the hands were revealed.
Lichtenberger:
Cutoff:
Lichtenberger's set of kings was in the lead but then the river brought the giving the cutoff a flush and the win. After the hand Lichtenberger was left with around 9,000.
We just watched a massive amount of chips get shipped over to Emmanuel Sebag who is now most definitely our chip leader.
After the flop came the first player to act checked, Frank Kassela bet 2,000, another player called and the button, Emmanuel Sebag, raised to 7,000. The first player folded, Kassela called the 7,000, and the next player potted it up to 30,800. Sebag then went all in and both Kassela and the other player called.
Sebag:
Kassela:
Other Player:
Sebag had flopped the nut straight and the turn and river of the and didn't help Kassela or the other player who were both eliminated.
Catching the action with Julian Powell making it 1,400 from the small blind, Eric Baldwin bumped it up to 6,000 from under the gun before Tex Barch potted to 20,000 from the button. Powell folded, but Baldwin committed his final few thousand.
Barch:
Baldwin:
The board rolled out to see Barch collect the pot with his ace-high flush as Baldwin was sent to the rail.
After a flop of the small blind checked and another player bet 2,100. Scott Seiver then raised to 10,500. The small blind called while the other player folded. The turn was the and the small blind bet 7,000. Seiver then went all in for his last 7,700 and the small blind called.
Seiver:
Small Blind:
Seiver was ahead with a seven-high straight but the river brought the which gave Seiver a flush, but gave his opponent a full house and sent Seiver to the rail.
With the board reading and five players still in the hand, action checked to a player who bet 500. All the other players folded except for Phil Hellmuth who raised to 3,000. The other player then went all in and Hellmuth called.
Hellmuth:
Opponent:
Hellmuth held the under-full house against the other player's trip queens. Unfortunately for Hellmuth the fell on the turn giving his opponent a better full house. The on the river couldn't save Hellmuth who was eliminated from the tournament.