Manuel Stojanovic was among the bigger stacks not that long ago but vanished from table 141, which has received a face lift of sorts. There are currently just 45 players remaining and the money bubble is certainly coming closer.
Josh Arieh opened to 40,000 under the gun, Jonas Kronwitter called on the button, Emmanuel Sebag called in the small blind, and Stephen Chidwick called in the big blind.
The dealer spread the flop and action checked to Arieh who bet 60,000. Kronwitter folded, Sebag called, and Chidwick raised to 160,000. Arieh put in another raise, Sebag got out of the way, and Chidwick got the rest of his chips in.
Stephen Chidwick:
Josh Arieh:
The and completed the board and the two chopped up the pot, with each making some profit on the hand.
Ben Lamb had previously taken a hit to the stack when he doubled Gavin Cochrane with the Brit making jacks full on the runout.
Soon after, Lamb clashed with Dash Dudley when they both invested 132,000 preflop. On the flop, Dudley got the last 103,000 in the middle and was looked up by Lamb.
Dash Dudley:
Ben Lamb:
Dudley had more outs to dodge on the turn as Lamb picked up an additional gutshot and he got there with the on the river.
On the tail end of a hand between Brent Roberts in the big blind and James Chen on the button, the board showed . Roberts check-raised from 35,000 to 157,000 and Chen reluctantly paid it off.
Roberts tabled the for a full house, deuces over eights, to win the pot.
One hand later, the table short stack Eelis Pärssinen raised the pot out of a stack of 107,000. Chen in the cutoff repotted and then called the all-in by Pärssinen.
Eelis Pärssinen:
James Chen:
The flop propelled Chen into the lead and he retained it throughout the turn and river, denying Pärssinen a shot at a second WSOP gold bracelet for now. No longer featured at the same table is Phil Galfond and Ian Bradley has also been spotted on his way out of the tournament area.
Stephen Chidwick opened to 42,000 in the hijack, James Chen called in the small blind, and Jonathan Depa called in the big blind.
The flop was checked to the turn. Action checked to Chidwick who bet 45,000, before Chen check-raised to 120,000. Depa folded and Chidwick thought about it before sending his hand into the muck as well.