European grinders Oliver Weis and Thomas Eychenne were sat next to each other on table #429 and got into a preflop scuffle.
Weis opened to 16,000 from under the gun before Eychenne made it 40,000 on his direct left. It folded back to Weis, who jammed for around 130,000. Eychenne snap-called.
Oliver Weis: K♦Q♦
Thomas Eychenne: A♠K♥
Weis was dominated, and was sent to the exit after failing to connect on the 8♦6♣6♥8♠4♠ runout.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Sanjeev Bais and Mario Colavita exchanged raises from under the gun and early position to see the former all-in and at risk for around 160,000.
Sanjeev Bais: 10♠10♣
Mario Colavita: AxKx
Bais' pocket pair remained best following the 9♦7♥4♦5♥5♦ runout.
Just moments earlier, Travis McCullough pulled off an even more unlikely double-up against Tom Middleton.
McCullough told PokerNews he was all in for roughly 40,000 when Middleton looked him up in pursuit of a bounty chip.
McCullough tabled A♠10♠, while Middleton revealed A♦10♦, leaving a chopped pot as the overwhelmingly likely outcome.
But the K♠Q♠K♥ flop, gave McCullough a freeroll and a royal flush draw. The dream J♠ peeled off on the turn to complete the royal, rendering the 6♦ river irrelevant.
William Martinez moved all in with his last 10,000. Thomas Eychenne made the call.
William Martinez: Q♦J♥
Thomas Eychenne: A♦8♦
The runout 3♠5♠6♠2♦3♦ gave Eychenne the win.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
With registration officially closed after Level 10 in Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em, the numbers are in.
A total of 2,104 entries created a prize pool of $1,740,233, with another $1,051,500 in bounties. The eventual champion set to walk away with $238,097 and a WSOP gold bracelet. The top 316 finishers will make the money, with a min-cash worth $1,882.
Play is currently on 20-minute break with 377 players remaining, meaning the money bubble is fast approaching.
Mario Colavita opened to 5,000 from early position but quickly released his hand when Lawrence Robinson moved all in for 69,000 from the big blind.
While those names may not jump off the page, Table 448 is packed with talent and has quietly become one of the toughest tables in the room. Jon Kyte, Roberto Romanello, Alex Keating, and Tom Middleton are all seated together, making it a table few players would be thrilled to draw.
Altynai Fung is running like Usain Bolt with a tailwind, already having compiled eight bounty chips.
In this hand, Sal Jasani raised to 15,000 under the gun. Christopher Walters made the call form middle positions.
Fung raised to 45,000. When the action got back to Jasani, he moved all in for his full 74,000-chip stack.
After the floor needed to be called on whether Fung would be able to raise, Walters and Fung each called.
The flop came 9♦4♦A♣. Walters and Fung checked.
The 9♥ hit on the turn. Walters checked again. Fung bet 75,000. Walters folded.
Sal Jasani: J♣J♠
Altynai Fung: A♠Q♥
Fung had already jumped ahead in the race and the 8♦ didn't slow her down.
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