Main Event

Utg Ricardo Torres limp jammed his 200,000 stack in with 4♣ 4♠ after Kawaguchi Akihiro bumped up the stakes. Putting the chips in with 9♥ 9♠ , Kawaguchi busted Torres shortly after 5♣ J♣ 8♣ 7♠ 2♥ rolled on board.

Cutoff Jeffrey Pamplona flicked in his remaining 54,000, called by button Ricardo Torres. Big blind Ionov Sergei reshoved all-in and successfully isolated Pamplona for heads up.

Pamplona Q♦ J♠ Ionov T♠ T♣

Still a flip, Pamplona managed to land top pair on 7♣ 2♣ 3♦ Q♠ 6♠ and collect a triple up allowing him to bounce back in the game.

Rick Jason Ambata defended his big blind and called an 18,000 button raise from Ricardo Torres. The two headed to flop A♥ K♠ 4♣ where Ambata check called 11,000. Turn 9♥ went check check, leading to river T♥ . Ambata this time, bet out 40,000, convincing Torres to throw in the fold.

Button Ricardo Torres opened to 14,000, joined by big blind William Ysmael on flop Q♣ Q♠ 5♥ . Checked to Torres, he bet 12,000 and another 33,000 on turn 7♣ . Ysmael called both streets but was unable to continue after Torres fired a final 60,000 on river 5♦ . Ysmael used two time banks before throwing in the fold and giving up the fight.

66/268 runners remain in today’s Main Event Flight C games with 26 more eliminations before the day concludes.

Top Chip Counts

Cutoff Reynaldo Osete opened to 7,500 and faced a three bet to 20,000 from small blind Ricardo Torres. Osete answered back with an all-in for his entire 145,000 stack, Torres with a quick call.

Osete A♦ K♠ Torres A♥ A♠

Drawing slim, Osete ran two pair on board A♣ 5♣ 7♣ K♦ 8♣ but still remained behind against Torres’ top set for his unfortunate elimination.