Andrew Webking came in for a raise to 38,000, and action folded to Sam Barnhart, who raised it up to 121,000. Webking then announced himself all in for around 700,000, and Barnhart made the call. The cards were flipped, and Barnhart was in great shape to scoop the big pot.
Barnhart:
Webking:
Webking would need a ton of help to survive the hand, and he got none of that on the flop of . The hit the turn, eliminating any possible backdoor draws, and Webking would need a jack and a jack only on the river. The dealer laid out the on the river, and Barnhart took the pot. Barnhart is having himself quite a year so far, as he has already won two big tournaments this year.
Barnhart first won the WSOP Circuit event in Tunica In February. That win qualified him for the National Championship that was held at Ceasers Palace Casino just before the World Series started. Well he would go on to win that as well, and now he is setting himself for a triple crown of sorts, as he is sitting on a healthy 2.8 million.
Rupert Elder opened with a bet of 34,000 from middle position, and it folded around to Jean-Robert Bellande who called from the big blind. The flop came . Bellande checked, Elder continued for 44,000, and Bellande called. The turn brought the . This time Bellande led with a bet of 75,000, and after some thought Elder called.
The river was the . Bellande came out firing once more, this time pushing out chips for a bet of 190,000. Elder thought for about a minute, then finally folded.
Bellande has 1.282 million as we near the dinner break, while Elder has 1.21 million.
At the main feature table, Allen Cunningham matches those two at the moment with a stack of 1.266 million, while Evan McNiff has the lead at the table with 1.89 million.
Seth Davies opened the pot with a raise to 35,000, and Mazin Khoury three-bet to 75,000. David Bach overcalled in position, and Davies wanted to play for more. He shoved all in for 337,000, only to see Khoury reraise all in over the top. It was about 1.1 million total, and Bach's plan worked to perfection. He snap-called with and the covering stack. Davies tabled , and Khoury's was third-best.
The board ran out , and the chip-leading pot was stolen away from Bach on the river. Davies makes his life-saving set, drawing a huge exhale as if he'd been holding his breath all day long. He'll take the main pot, tripling up over a million chips! Khoury is eliminated by Bach in the side pot, and it moves the Gunslinger up to about 3.7 million. That number would be more like 4.7 million if not for that four-outer on the river, and Davies is certainly thrilled that one went the way it did.
We found this hand on the river with over 1,000,000 in the pot between Max Heinzelmann and Mazin Khoury. The board read and Heinzelmann put Khoury all in. Khoury had the unfortunate situation to sweat his tournament life with a team of camera, reporters and floor personnel surrounding the table. Khoury was deep in the tank and finally folded.
Heinzelmann checked his cards and flipped over the to show Khoury as he collected the pot.
There was 60,000 in the middle as Joseph Cheong and Frank Calo took a flop heads up of . Cheong checked to Calo, who fired out 26,000. Cheong assembled the call and put it into the middle. Both players checked the on the turn, and the river dealt out the .
Cheong was first to act and put together a bet of 69,000. Calo went into the tank for about a minute before tossing out three green T25000 chips for the call. Cheong announced "I have a King," and showed . Calo mucked his hand, and Cheong took the chips, upping his stack to 1.7 million.
We're not sure how it happened, but Donald Depew got his last 328,000 in the pot preflop and was at risk against Giuseppe Pastura.
Showdown
Pastura:
Depew:
Depew was in good shape to double, but that quickly changed when the flop delivered Pastura a pair of tens. Suddenly Depew was in need of a king or jack to stay alive in the Main Event. The turn was not what he needed, and neither was the river.
Depew hit the rail shy of the dinner break while Pastura chipped up to 2.4 million.
We found Fernando Brito all in preflop for around 400,000 and at risk against Vasily Tsapko.
Brito:
Tsapko:
Brito was in dominant position to double up until the flop came down to launch Tsapko into commanding position for the knockout. Brito would need a ten to come to stave off elimination but the on the turn and on the river were of no help to him and he was eliminated.
Action folded to Garry Gates in middle position and he put in a raise to 37,000, which Tri Huynh called from the cutoff. The blinds got out of the way and it was heads up to the flop, which came down . Gates put out a continuation bet of 53,000, which Huynh quickly made 200,000.
Gates snap-folded, leaving himself 476,000 behind; meanwhile, Huynh is up to 1.62 million.
Matt Stout opened for 36,000 from early position and found one caller in Claudia Crawford on the button.
The flop came and Stout c-bet for 51,000. Crawford asked for a count and made the call.
The turn brought the Stout checked, prompting a 90,000 bet from Crawford. Stout thought for a bit and called.
The completed the board and Stout announced he was all in for his last few hundred thousand. Crawford snap-called and Stout looked like he wanted to muck, however, he tabled for a pair of tens. Crawford flipped over for eights-full and Stout was sent to the rail.
We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer spread out . There was already over 125,000 in the pot by that point, and Pius Heinz either bet or raised to 117,000. Jon Friedberg called, and the appeared on fourth street. Heinz checked, and Friedberg took his cue to bet 268,000 at the pot. Heinz's response was an all-in shove over the top, and Friedberg called all in for 663,000. The news was not at all good -- in fact, he was already drawing dead.
Showdown
Heinz:
Friedberg:
The river was a mere formality, and Friedberg has been sent packing. His chips boost Heinz up to 3.77 million now as continues his assault on the top of the leader board.
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hit the turn, eliminating any possible backdoor draws, and Webking would need a jack and a jack only on the river. The dealer laid out the 
on the river, and Barnhart took the pot. Barnhart is having himself quite a year so far, as he has already won two big tournaments this year.
. Bellande checked, Elder continued for 44,000, and Bellande called. The turn brought the 
. This time Bellande led with a bet of 75,000, and after some thought Elder called.
. Bellande came out firing once more, this time pushing out chips for a bet of 190,000. Elder thought for about a minute, then finally folded.
and the covering stack. Davies tabled 
, and Khoury's 
and Heinzelmann put Khoury all in. Khoury had the unfortunate situation to sweat his tournament life with a team of camera, reporters and floor personnel surrounding the table. Khoury was deep in the tank and finally folded.
to show Khoury as he collected the pot.
on the turn, and the river dealt out the 
.
. Calo mucked his hand, and Cheong took the chips, upping his stack to 1.7 million.
flop delivered Pastura a pair of tens. Suddenly Depew was in need of a king or jack to stay alive in the Main Event. The 
river.
and Stout c-bet for 51,000. Crawford asked for a count and made the call.
completed the board and Stout announced he was all in for his last few hundred thousand. Crawford snap-called and Stout looked like he wanted to muck, however, he tabled 
. There was already over 125,000 in the pot by that point, and Pius Heinz either bet or raised to 117,000. Jon Friedberg called, and the