Action folded around to Adam Heger in the small blind who raised to 40,000. Zachary Hall responded by moving all in from the big blind and Heger snap called with . Unfortunately for Heger, Hall had him crushed with .
The board ran out and Hall's tens held, crippling Heger in the process.
Nachman Berlin entered the pot from middle position with a raise to 45,000 only to have Adam Heger move all in for slightly less then 80,000 from the cutoff. Berlin made the call.
Berlin:
Heger:
The board of would see Heger spike, but be unable to outdraw Berlin as he turned two-pair to claim the pot and move to nearly 1,200,000 while Heger would have to be content with a $30,431 payday for his 13th place.
Sherif El Messiri raised all in from the button for 62,000 and was called by Phillip Meulyzer from the big blind. Messiri held while Meulyzer flipped up .
The flop brought good news for Meulyzer, coming . The on the turn left Messeri with just three outs to the river, but he managed to hit the and double up.
Players around the table are proclaiming Sherif El Messiri as a man who never loses a preflop all in and that theory was proved correct yet again when he pushed in with and was called by Zachary Hall's . The board fell and he was able to double up and stay alive once again.
Jacob Naquin opened to 46,000 only to have Matthew Carmody move all in from the small blind. Naquin made the call as the cards were placed on their backs.
Naquin:
Carmody:
The flop of kept Carmody in the lead until the landed on the turn. Still needing any ten, eight or five to stay alive, Carmody would see the slapped on the river to ensure his double to 1,500,000 as Naquin dived down to 3,450,000 in chips.
Nachman Berlin raised to 45,000 from the button and Andre Akkari made the call from the small blind. Sherif El Messiri moved all in from the big blind for 89,000 more. Berlin folded and Akkari made the call.
Akkari:
Messiri:
The board fell and Messiri was sent to the rail, collecting $38,839.
With the elimination of Sherif El Messiri, the final ten players have moved to the Thunder-Dome to play until we lost one more and leave the remaining nine players at an elusive WSOP final table.