On a flop of , Andjelko Andrejevic got his stack in after a bet of Michail Karapanos and the latter called to put Andrejevic at risk.
Andjelko Andrejevic:
Michail Karapanos:
The turn didn't change anything, but the river gave Karapanos a flush to eliminate Andrejevic in 25th place. All remaining players will now redraw to the last three tables and move rooms.
Murat Tulek is no longer a big stack over on Table 609. On the contrary, the German just slipped to below average status after losing a hand against Tommy Le while Scott Clements has taken over the lead.
On the turn, Le bet 110,000 and Tulek called. The river was checked by both, then Le showed for a straight and Tulek mucked.
With about 300,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Scott Clements checked from middle position to his lone opponent, Murat Tulek in the hijack, who checked behind.
The fell on the river and Clements bet 125,000. After a few moments of thought, Tulek raised to 277,000. Clements came over the top for 800,000 and Tulek quickly called.
Clements instantly flipped over for the jack-high straight flush. Tulek showed for the king-high flush and Clements took the pot to put himself firmly in the chip lead.
The action remains very fast-paced. Just now both Yan Shing Tsang and Ryan Miller joined the list of early casualties to reduce the field to 25.
Tsang was all in before the flop with the and Tommy Le had him dominated with the . After a board of , Tsang was eliminated and headed to the rail.
At the same time, a big pot was developing one table over. John Racener raised to 46,000 from the hijack and Chris Lee three-bet to 168,000 from the cutoff. Ryan Miller called with 265,000 behind on the button while Racener folded.
On a flop of , the remaining chips of Miller went in and he showed for kings and a flush draw. Lee had and faded the flush draw thanks to two blanks on turn and river, stopping Miller's tournament run.
With a substantial pot of about 240,000 already brewing and the completed board reading , John Racener bet 95,000 into his lone opponent, Chris Lee. After a few moments of thought, Lee folded, and Racener took the pot.
On the heads-up flop of , the stack of Michael Kamran went into the middle of the table and Sean Rafael looked him up with the superior stack.
Michael Kamran:
Sean Rafael:
The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Kamran doubled for 387,000.
Moments later, Yuriy Boyko was all in and at risk preflop and found a caller in Cyrus Partow.
Yuriy Boyko:
Cyrus Partow:
"I would wish you good luck, but I don't want to lie," Partow said before the showdown proceeded. The board came and Boyko asked "the kings win?" which was confirmed. Boyko tapped the table and left with a "good luck, guys."
With about 110,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Jason DeWitt bet 55,000 from the big blind and Johnny Lodden, who was under the gun, shoved for a total of 224,000. DeWitt went into the tank for around a minute before he ultimately called and the two players tabled their hands.
DeWitt:
Lodden:
DeWitt had an open-ended straight draw and pair of sixes but Lodden had the best of it with two pair, queens and fives. The on the turn gave Lodden a boat, leaving DeWitt in terrible shape, the river changed nothing and Lodden took the pot to double up.