PokerNews' own Tony Bromham has just eliminated another competitor from the tournament. Sam Vakili was the victim this time around. Bromham opened the pot with a 5,000 raise from under the gun and the action folded around the table to Vakili in the big blind, who moved all in for a total of 14,000.
Bromham made the call and tabled a pocket pair of jacks; Vakili had two overcards -- the ace and queen of diamonds.
The board ran out in favor of Bromham's jacks and Vakili was subsequently eliminated from the tournament.
Bromham stacked up approximately 54,000 in chips after the hand.
Pim Van Wieringen has doubled up through Chris Homenja in a blind-on-blind battle. All the chips were in preflop with Van Wieringen holding for the lead against Homenja's .
The board ran out and Van Wieringen's ace high held up for the double-up to 35,000. Homenja is back to 9,000.
Kenneth Damm continues to put pressure on his opponents with his big stack as evident in a recent hand with Nauvneel Kashyap.
Damm limped from under the gun with the action folding around to Kashyap, who completed from the small blind. Oliver Gill checked his option in the big blind and they saw a flop of .
Kashyap led out at the pot with a bet of 3,200. Gill folded and Damm made the call. The turn brought the and Kashyap fired again, this time for 7,500. Damm instantly moved all in, to put Kashyap to a decision for his tournament life. He quickly let it go as Damm now holds over 130,000 chips.
Before the flop, Manny Stavropoulos got it all in with and was called down by Geoffrey Channing, who tabled .
The flop came ugly for Stavropoulos as it fell . The turn provided some more outs though, as the gave him an open-end straight draw. In true come-from-behind fashion, Stavropoulos nailed his on the river, filling in his straight and snatching the pot from Channing. After the hand, he has doubled his way up to 45,000, while Channing is left with just 1,500.
The final 32 players have been reassigned to allow for a more even chip distribution among the final four tables. Each table will play down until there are two players remaining. The final eight will then return tomorrow to finish things off.
Here are the new seating assignments:
Table 29:
Seat 1: Richard Scott - 25,800
Seat 2: Nauvneel Kashyap - 46,100
Seat 3: Oliver Gill - 17,400
Seat 4: Kenneth Damm - 110,800
Seat 5: Eoghan Lyons - 49,900
Seat 6: Stewart Allen - 8,100
Seat 7: Abel Cabrera - 17,300
Seat 8: Emad Moaref - 25,200
Table 30:
Seat 1: Pim Van Wieringen - 18,600
Seat 2: Reza Vakili - 43,100
Seat 3: Dennis Huntly - 107,600
Seat 4: Stefan Fuchs - 52,600
Seat 5: Con Cotsomitis - 11,500
Seat 6: Roy Vandersluis - 16,800
Seat 7: Andre Andrade - 24,200
Seat 8: Chris Homenja - 27,000
Table 31:
Seat 1: Jacob Chen - 93,400
Seat 2: John Bampton - 31,700
Seat 3: Donovan Ilic - 16,600
Seat 4: Josh Jurcic - 20,500
Seat 5: Sam Vakili - 11,600
Seat 6: Tony Bromham - 41,700
Seat 7: Sam Khouiss - 23,900
Seat 8: Antonis Kambouris - 67,900
Tony Bromham and George Palavos just got tangled up together in a big pot.
The flop showed , and Bromham led out for 6,500 chips. Palavos moved all in, and Bromham paused for a minute to consider his options. He had Palavos slightly covered, and decided to make the call, showing down . He was ahead, but Palavos' was the best drawing hand.
The turn was a money card. The fell, making Palavos a flush, but giving Bromham a full house. Left drawing to just one out, Palavos needed to find the to fill his straight flush. The river was low and red, but the was useless to him. Bromham's hand held up, and George Palavos is eliminated from the field.
We pick up the flop in a big pot brewing between Kristian Svensson and Jay Kinkade. The board shows , and Kinkade leads out with a bet of 2,500. Svensson bumps it up to 7,000, and Kinkade three-bets it up to 17,000. Svensson moves all in and Kinkade makes the call, having his man covered.
Showdown:
Svensson:
Kinkade:
Kinkade has his man out-chipped and out-kicked, a bad situation for Svensson. The turn and river prove no help to the all-in player, coming and respectively, and Svensson is out. Kinkade, on the other hand, is up near the top of the board, sitting with 80,000 in chips.