"You like big pots, huh?" Sergi Reixach just said to Brian Rast after taking a huge pot off him.
"I do," Rast said completely emotionless.
On the flop Reixach ended up all in for his tournament life holding and Rast turned over . Reixach was all in for 72,800 chips and stood up from his seat anxiously awaiting the turn and river.
The turn brought the and the river the , giving the pot to Reixcach and Rast was left behind with very little chips.
Fabrice Touil raised to 2,800 under the gun and Bertrand Grospellier, on his immediate left, made the call. The action folded to Russell Thomas in the small blind and he moved all in for 35,200.
Touil played around with his chips and tanked for about four minutes before folding and Grospellier shrugged as he quickly put in the call.
Grospellier:
Thomas:
The board ran out and Grospellier raked in the pot while sending the former November Niner to the rail.
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Grayson Ramage raised under the gun to 2,500 and from the cutoff it was Alex Bilokur who three-bet to 6,000. The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson was next to act from the button and he made it 14,500 to go.
Both blinds and Ramage gave up quickly after Bilokur went into the tank. After about two minutes, Bilokur put in a five-bet to 25,500 and the pressure was back on Merson. The Marylander went into the tank for 30 seconds before he announced he was all in, sitting in silence while his Russian opponent went into the tank.
Minutes went by and Bilokur kept counting down his stack down, not sure what his next move would be. After about six minutes, it was Bjorn Li who called the clock and in the final seconds of the countdown, Bilokur let go of his hand.
Merson raked in this nice pot and his run is already showing similar signs to the 2012 $10,000 NLHE 6-Max, a tournament he ultimately managed to win.
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flop Reixach ended up all in for his tournament life holding 
and Rast turned over 
. Reixach was all in for 72,800 chips and stood up from his seat anxiously awaiting the turn and river.
and the river the 
, giving the pot to Reixcach and Rast was left behind with very little chips.
and Grospellier raked in the pot while sending the former November Niner to the rail.
