Just moments after doubling up a player Mark Newhouse was back at it again. Newhouse raised to 85,000 and this time it was Gianfranco Visalli who moved all in over the top. Visalli was all in for 570,000 chips and Newhouse tanked for a bit before tossing in the call.
Newhouse:
Visalli:
The board ran out and Visalli was knocked out with Newhouse hitting two pair.
Dan Smith opened to 90,000 from middle position and was met with three-bet from Griffin Benger to 240,000. Seated directly to Benger's left is Ryan Fair, who four-bet to 560,000. Action folded back to Smith, who folded, and Benger, who quickly followed.
Mark Newhouse's seemingly unstoppable upward climb has finally been halted.
He opened on the button to 80,000, and Vladimir Bozinovic made it 220,000 in the big blind. Newhouse shoved all in, and Bozinovic called off his 1.715 million.
Bozinovic:
Newhouse:
The flop was massive for both: , giving Newhouse aces up and Bozinovic a set of kings. The helped Newhouse slightly as he added an extra out to possibly make quads, but the river kept Bozinovic's kings full good.
Kyle Keranen raised to 100,000 in middle position and the action folded to Anh Van Nguyen, who moved all in for 620,000 out of the big blind. Keranen went into the tank.
"You have a small pair?" he asked Nguyen, who remained still, staring at one spot on the felt. "Pocket fours?"
Keranen thought a little longer, then finally released his hand.
"Everybody's gotta eat, man," Nguyen told Keranen as he raked in the pot.
"Nah," Keranen disagreed. "I want every chip in this tournament."
Luis Velador raised before the flop to 85,000 and Aaron Kaiser three-bet from the button to 260,000. The action folded back to Velador who tanked for a bit before making the call.
The flop brought and Velador checked to Kaiser who bet 180,000. Velador check-raised to 425,000 and his opponent folded.
The final 20-minute break of the night has commenced.
Bruno Politano’s long reign at the top of the chip counts has finally ended, as he’s slipped to fifth during the past level, being overtaken by Mark Newhouse (7.2 million), Kyle Keranen (6.2 million), Scott Palmer (6.1 million), and Tony Ruberto (5.45 million). Politano still has plenty of chips with about 5.2 million.
Keranen had gotten into a rivalry with Curtis Rystadt, but took the role of big brother as he busted Stewart in a monster pot of over 4 million with the nut flush. Apparently, Keranen had gotten so fed up with Rystadt’s trash talk that he had complained to the floor. The knockout had to be sweet for him.
Scott Palmer dragged a huge pot from Mikiyo Aoki on his way to a top stack.
Mukul Pahuja, one of the hottest tournament players in the world, saw his deep run end during the level. On a flop of , he had for aces up only to run into the of Zachary Hirst. Pahuja was unable to find a third six and hit the rail in 101.
Other notables seeing deep runs come to a disappointing end included Simon Charette (103rd), Jonathan Aguiar (105th), Manig Loeser (107th), Farid Jattin (109th), Vladimir Shchemelev (114th), Byron Kaverman (123rd), and Timothy Reilly (125th).
We arrived on the scene to see Michael McGonigle all in and at risk for roughly one million on a flop of . McGonigle was up against Kyung Cha and was hoping to double heading to the turn.
McGonigle:
Cha:
Cha led with his flopped set of tens and sealed the deal when the fourth ten rolled off on the turn. The finished the board and McGonigle stood from the table. He walked over to Cha, shook his hand, and took his leave from the tournament area. Cha pulled the pot and now has about three million in chips.
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and Visalli was knocked out with Newhouse hitting two pair.
, giving Newhouse aces up and Bozinovic a set of kings. The 
helped Newhouse slightly as he added an extra out to possibly make quads, but the 
river kept Bozinovic's kings full good.
and Velador checked to Kaiser who bet 180,000. Velador check-raised to 425,000 and his opponent folded.
, he had 
for aces up only to run into the 
of Zachary Hirst. Pahuja was unable to find a third six and hit the rail in 101.
. McGonigle was up against Kyung Cha and was hoping to double heading to the turn.
