Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren has just doubled up at the expense of the fiery Ilan Boujenah.
Down to 10 big blinds, Coren moved all in from under the gun and Boujenah reshoved on the button. Coren flipped over and Boujenah was in heaps of trouble with his . The board was void of drama and Coren doubled up.
It might just be in the stars that Martin Jacobson will win this tournament. He's taken out the dangerous Vladimir Troyanovski in a pot worth around 600,000 chips.
All the chips went in preflop with Jacobson holding ace-king to Troyanovski's pocket jacks. The overnight chip leader couldn't hold and leaves four places short of the money.
Pascal Lefrancois has just been eliminated by Vojtech Ruzicka and the final 16 players are redrawing for the last time.
Lefrancois got the last of his chips into the middle with and Ruzicka, who has shown a penchant for making big calls, called with . The board ran out and Lefrancois' tournament came to an abrupt end.
Martin Jacobson and Kevin MacPhee have just collided over on Table 22 and it was Jacobson who added more chips to his ever growing stack.
It was a three bet pot, Jacobson in the big blind and MacPhee on the button. The board read and Jacobson fired a 78,000 chip bet at MacPhee. The draw heavy board received no further action because MacPhee folded.
It should be very interesting to see if these two poker Goliath's clash again. With no disrespect to their table mates, MacPhee and Jacobson are the stronger players on Table 22 but they have already shown signs they will not avoid each other.
Sometimes limped pots can cause all sorts of weird scenarios post flop. That happened in a hand just now that cost Philippe Ktorza his tournament life.
Ilan Boujenah limped the button and Timothy Reilly completed before Ktorza checked his option.
The flop fell and it was Ktorza who was the first to bet, for 13,000. Boujenah folded before Reilly put in a check-raise. In a flash Ktorza shoved and Reilly called.
Ktorza: for two pair.
Reilly: for a straight.
The board ran out and Ktorza left in disbelief.
Boujenah always likes to cause a little mischief, even if it's accidental.
Ramin Hajiyev has just been eliminated over on Table 22, Martin Jacobson was the culprit.
The action folded around to Hajiyev in the cutoff and he pushed all-in for around 60,000. Jacobson called in the big blind to put Hajiyev at risk of being busted out.
Jacobson:
Hajiyev:
Hajiyev paired his nine on a flop but the turn kept him behind. The river improved Jacobson to an unnecessary straight, and Hajiyev headed to the rail.
Alexandre Reard opened from under the gun and made it 12,000 to play. Reard met some resistance from Kevin MacPhee a couple of seats to his left when MacPhee three-bet to 35,000. Reard called and it was heads-up to the flop.
Reard checked to MacPhee, who declined to bet and checked behind. The saw Reard check then call a 29,000 bet from MacPhee. That was the last of the aggression as both players checked the river.
MacPhee turned over and a disappointed Reard flashed a pair of red queens.
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. The 
board was void of drama and Coren doubled up.
and Ruzicka, who has shown a penchant for making big calls, called with 
. The board ran out 
and Lefrancois' tournament came to an abrupt end.
and Jacobson fired a 78,000 chip bet at MacPhee. The draw heavy board received no further action because MacPhee folded.
for two pair.
for a straight.
flop.
saw Reard check then call a 29,000 bet from MacPhee. That was the last of the aggression as both players checked the 
