No sooner was the three table redraw done when a couple of eliminations happened right out of the gate.
Paul Botelho shoved on the button and Tanner Millen called from the small blind. Botelho tabled and Millen held . The board ran and Millen hit a straight on the turn sending Botelho to the rail.
Daniel Lobato and Jarrod Lucero were at the river with the board reading and Lucero moved all in. Lobato called and tabled for a flush and Lucero tabled for a pair of jacks. Lucero was sent to the rail.
We've reached the three table redraw and the players are seated as such:
Table 279
1. Sebastian Winkler
2. Yevginey Timoshenko
3. Alex Smith
4. Matt Stout
5. Park Yu Cheung
6. Nicholas Lanzi
7. Ashton Berner
8. Eugene Castro
9. Bodo Sbrzesny
Table 278
1. Francois Billard
2. Pius Heinz
3. Mike DeMichele
4.
5. Peter Ippolito
6. Alexander Queen
7. Neil Maier
8. Brandon Becker
9. Vladimir Kochelaevsky
Table 298
1. Daniel Lobato
2. Paul Botelho
3. Tanner Millen
4. Timothy Gallegos
5. Corey Burbick
6. Sven Niklas Heinecker
7. Simon Charette
8. Athanasios Polychronopoulos
9. Jarrod Lucero
We caught this hand as Bryan Pena moved all in on the turn for around 76,000. The board read and Athanasios Polychronopoulos took a few moments before calling. Pena held and Polychronopoulos held .
Polychronopoul missed his flush draw but the on the river earned Pena a trip to the cashier's cage.
After a flop of , Daniel Lobato bet 200,000 and after a bit of thought Matt Stout decided to go all in. Lobato snap-called much to Stout's dismay.
Lobato:
Stout:
The turn was the making Lobato's hand even stronger and the on the river wasn't enough to help Stout and he shipped a good portion of his stack over to Lobato.
Shortly after winning a big pot Peter Mendelsohn moved all in preflop in late postion. Matt Stout called from the small blind and tabled . Mendelsohn held for his tournament life.
The board ran and Stout's pair held sending Mendelsohn to the rail.
Peter Mendelsohn was the first player to shove all in, but he wasn't the last as Eugene Castro and Alex Smith both followed suit. It was a three-way all in with Castro leading the way preflop.
Mendelsohn:
Castro:
Alex Smith:
The board ran out blanks through the turn showing the but then the fell on the river allowing Mendelsohn to triple up. Castro didn't get hurt too badly though as the side pot was still enough to boost his stack up a bit.