From the button, David Bach raised to 20,000, and Anders Taylor three-bet the pot from the small blind. It was 68,000 total, and Bach called to see a flop.
It came , and Taylor led out all in for 101,000. Bach matched the bet with the covering stack, and he was well in front as the cards were turned over.
Showdown
Bach:
Taylor:
Bach's top pair gave him a big lead, and the on the turn kept him in front. Taylor needed to catch a seven to scoop or a low card to stay alive with a chop. The river was the , a suitably low non-pair for Taylor, and he ran down a low hand to survive his all in. The two men get their money back, and Taylor has 173,000.
Action folded to Nick Schulman in the hijack and he raised to 20,000, which Trevor Reader called from the button. It was heads up to the flop and Schulman proceeded to check-call a bet of 32,000. It then went check-check on both the turn and river.
Schulman sheepishly turned over for two small pair, which ended up being good as Reader simply mucked.
Fabrizio Gonzalez raised to 28,000 from the cutoff only to have Anders Taylor three-bet from the button. The blinds both folded, Gonzalez moved all in for 78,000, and Taylor called.
Taylor:
Gonzalez:
The flop quickly put an end to any low hopes, meaning Taylor's ace-king was currently the best hand. The turn gave Gonzalez a flush draw, but the river completely blanked. The ace-king of Taylor held on to score the elimination of Gonzalez in 22nd place.
Peter Charalambous raised to 20,000 before the flop, and Marcelo Costa called in position to go heads-up.
The two men checked all the way to the river on a board. On the end, Charalmbous bet 40,000 -- exactly half of Costa's remaining chips. The call eventually came, and the news was not good for Costa.
Showdown
Charalambous:
Costa:
Charalmbous made the nut low to take that half of the pot, and Costa can only earn one-quarter as he and his opponent both shared the same top hand. With his quartering, Costa has fallen back to 73,000 chips.
We missed the hand that sealed his fate, but Ray Dehkarghani is the latest victim of a serious heater that Doc Sands is on.
Sands came into the day with 110,000 chips, but he's worked that count all the way up to 445,000 here in the first level of the day. Like we said, we don't have many details on the hand other than to tell you that Dehkarghani was shaking his head and cursing the cards as he waited in line at the cashier's desk. He'll collect $12,623 for his work over the last three days.
Marcelo Costa raised to 19,000 from early position and was quickly called by David Bach, who was the next player to act. The rest of the field cleared out and it was heads up to the flop. Costa thought for a minute before checking, opening the door for Bach to bet pot (50,000).
Costa released his hand, dropping to 150,000, while Bach raked in the pot and chipped up to around 420,000.
Kirill Rabtsov raised to 25,000 from the hijack and received a call from Allen Kessler in the big blind. When the appeared on the flop, Kessler checked, Rabtsov bet 50,000, Kessler raised pot, and Rabtsov called off for 155,000 total.
Kessler:
Rabtsov:
Kessler had a pair of fours with both flush and low draws, while Rabtsov was in front with his aces and low draw. The turn changed nothing, but the case ace, , spiked on the river. It gave Kessler two pair, but Rabtsov a set; not only that, it meant that the latter's 7-3 low was best.
Rabtsov scooped the pot to double to 310,000 while Kessler was knocked down to 490,000.
First into the pot from early position, Padraig Parkinson opened to 28,000, and the table folded around to the big blind. There, Phil Laak craned his neck to see how many chips his opponent was playing, then potted to 88,000. Parkinson called all in for 76,000 total, and the cards were on their backs:
Parkinson:
Laak:
The board ran , and Parkinson could not catch up. He's out in 24th place, leaving with $12,623 as a consolation prize. With the knockout, Laak moves up to 400,000, maybe just a tick more.
Peter Levine raised to 25,000 from middle position and Joseph Marchal called off his extreme short stack of 13,000. The rest of the players got out of the way and the cards were turned up.
Marchal:
Levine:
Any and all suspense was dashed when the flop fell to give Levine a wheel. The turn left Marchal drawing dead, and after the was put out on the river for good measure, he made his way to the payout desk in 25th place.
, and Taylor led out all in for 101,000. Bach matched the bet with the covering stack, and he was well in front as the cards were turned over.
on the turn kept him in front. Taylor needed to catch a seven to scoop or a low card to stay alive with a chop. The river was the 
, a suitably low non-pair for Taylor, and he ran down a low hand to survive his all in. The two men get their money back, and Taylor has 173,000.
flop and Schulman proceeded to check-call a bet of 32,000. It then went check-check on both the 
turn and 
river.
for two small pair, which ended up being good as Reader simply mucked.
flop quickly put an end to any low hopes, meaning Taylor's ace-king was currently the best hand. The 
turn gave Gonzalez a flush draw, but the 
river completely blanked. The ace-king of Taylor held on to score the elimination of Gonzalez in 22nd place.
top hand. With his quartering, Costa has fallen back to 73,000 chips.
flop. Costa thought for a minute before checking, opening the door for Bach to bet pot (50,000).
appeared on the flop, Kessler checked, Rabtsov bet 50,000, Kessler raised pot, and Rabtsov called off for 155,000 total.
turn changed nothing, but the case ace, 
, and Parkinson could not catch up. He's out in 24th place, leaving with $12,623 as a consolation prize. With the knockout, Laak moves up to 400,000, maybe just a tick more.
turn left Marchal drawing dead, and after the 
