Cheryl Svenson found herself in an pre-flop all in hand with Charles Mitchell, who put in his remaining 880,000.
Charles Mitchell:
Cheryl Svenson:
After recently being one of the chip leaders with nearly four million, Svenson found herself with ace-king against kings for the second time in the last hour.
The flop gave her a straight draw and a backdoor flush draw that vanished on the turn.
The river meant Svenson's once-enormous stack had dwindled down to just 625,000 in record time.
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Action was picked up with around 700,000 in the pot and a flop of on the board.
Valerii Lubenets, in early position, checked to Kathy Liebert in late position. She fired for 300,000 and got a call from Lubenets.
The turn was checked through before Lubenets fired for 500,000 and Kathy Liebert made the call. Lubenets turned over for top pair before Liebert showed , good enough to take the pot.
With 350,000 already in the middle on a flop, Keith Block continued for 105,000. Steven Butler, in the small blind, made a 330,000-chip raise. Block went all in for 1,600,000 total and Butler shrugged his shoulders and made the call.
Keith Block:
Steven Butler:
Block's top pair was about a 53% favorite against Butler's ace-high flush draw, which also had plenty of backdoor straight outs.
While the turn gave Butler more outs on the river, it took away his potential straight outs and made him a 32% underdog.
However, the odds were in his favor as the arrived on the river, shoving a large pot Butler's way and eliminating Block.
Mark Pett opened from the cutoff for 110,000. Joseph O'Grady, on the button, moved all in with the effective stack of 650,000. Pett tanked for a minute before making the call.
Joseph O'Grady:
Mark Pett:
Pett was behind, but that changed quickly when the flop paired his ten. The turn improved him to trips before the river gave him a full boat, more than enough to best O'Grady's ace high and send him out of the tournament.
Robert Bichler opened from early position with a shove of 435,000. He got one caller, Noel Edwards in middle position, who had the effective stack of 430,000.
Noel Edwards:
Robert Bichler:
Bichler was behind, and when the flop provided just one club, he was drawing thin, but still had outs. The turn gave him a flush draw, but the river was a brick, and Edwards scooped the pot and doubled up, leaving Bichler with a single 5,000 chip.
On the very next hand, Bichler found himself under the gun and tossed his last chip into the pot. Deonarine Itwaru raised to 100,000. David Jones, the small blind, and Bruce Webb, the big blind, both made the call.
"You guys don't want to leave it alone? You want to intercept," Itwaru said as the blinds called, "This isn't football. These guys want to play football not poker."
The flop was checked through before Jones fired for 300,000 on the turn. Webb folded quickly before Itwaru tanked for a few minutes, counting out chips several times, before finally mucking, giving the side pot to Jones, and letting him showdown heads-up against Bichler.
Robert Bichler:
David Jones:
The river completed the board, and Jones' pair of aces were enough to send Bichler to the rail. Itwaru told Jones he had him beat, as he had folded .