From hijack, Chris Brammer was betting 8,000 into the pot when we arrived. Three players were in the contest on the turn and only Winson Yuen called on the button while the player in the big blind released his hand.
The river came the and Brammer announced he was all in. Yuen asked for a count and it was 21,400. He paused for about a minute and then called. Brammer opened and Yuen mucked in defeat.
Erwann Pecheux opened to 1,500 from early position. Zhe Li, in the hijack, three-bet to 4,500. The player on the button called. Pecheux called as well.
The dealer spread a flop of . Pecheux checked. Li bet 10,000. The button folded. Pecheux called.
The turn came the . Pecheux checked. Li continued for 18,000. Pecheux took a few minutes of reflection, before check-raising all in for 63,600. His opponent went deep into the tank, but proceeded to give up his hand.
"Oh my god," was all what could be heard upon showdown by Robert Stevanovski after he had turned over on the river of a board . The reason for that very comment was due to Noe Cantu's cards, as he had shown for flopped quads, the only hand that could beat Stevanovski.
"When did you feel secure?" another player joked to Cantu while he was stacking the chips, to which Cantu replied "on the flop, I guess."
Levon Khachatryan shoved for 22,700 from the button and Tye Smoole called in the big blind with the bigger stack.
Levon Khachatryan:
Thye Smoole:
The board ran out to give Khachatryan two pair on the flop for his double-up.
The hand right after, Jasper Wetemans raised to 1,400 from under the gun and only Khachatryan called in the cutoff. Wetemans continued with another bet of 1,600 on the flop. Khachatryan called. The turn came with the , Wetemans barreled another 3,500 over the line and Khachatryan gave his hand up.
The next hand, Khachatryan shoved all in from the hijack and was called again by Smoole who now had 14,900 in front of him.
Tye Smoole:
Levon Khachatryan:
The board ran out to save Smoole on the river for the full house, aces over sixes to double up.
Then in the last hand, Khachatryan raised to 1,500 from late position and was called by the player on the button and James Dempsey in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Dempsey checked and Khachatryan bet 2,600. Only Dempsey called.
The river completed the board with the , Dempsey checked for the last time. Khachatryan fired a bet of 5,400, Dempsey considered his options for a while and then Dempsey called. Khachatryan tabled for the turned flush and that was enough to make Dempsey muck his hand.
Two tables over, [Removed:414] couldn't be found in his seat anymore.
Antoine Saout, who final tabled the WSOP Main Event in 2009 and 2017 finishing third and fifth respectively, has been eliminated from this year's Main Event.
According to Huey Hulin, Saout shoved blind on blind with for his last 12,000 and Hulin called in the big blind with .
There was a nine on the flop and Saout was eliminated.