It seems as though Alexander Wice just can't be eliminated. In his latest hand he was in the small blind and made a three-bet after Sigurd Eskeland had raised from the button. Eskeland called and drew three cards while Wice drew two.
Wice bet after the first draw and then called Eskeland's re-raise, butting himself all in. For the last two draws Eskeland took one and then stood pat while Wice drew two each time.
Wice showed while Eskeland tabled .
After collecting the chips, Wice is up to 300,000.
Stephen Su was down to 113,000 chips after losing a pot to Steve Sung. The two got into it again, this time with Su's tournament life on the line.
It was a battle of the blinds when Sung raised only to be re-popped by Su, who went all in. Sung made the call.
Sung:
Su:
Su was ahead with his kings, but Sung picked up a flush draw when the flop came down . The turn was the , giving Sung even more outs. With the on the river Sung made his flush and brought us down to four-handed play.
Alexander Wice is doing everything he can to stay in this game. He recently raised to 56,000 from under the gun and got a call from Stephen Su on the button.
The flop was and Wice went all in for 58,000, leading Su to fold.
Su now has just 164,000 chips while Wice has 194000
Alexander Wice was under the gun and wasted no time getting his last 41,000 into the middle. He was called by Nikolai Yakovenko in the small blind.
Wice:
Yakovenko:
Things looked bleak for Wice, especially with the flop brining . However the on the turn gave Wice a better full house and he faded the case queen when the came on the river.
Nikolai Yakovenko had called from the cutoff only to have Sigurd Eskeland raise to 56,000 from the button and Alexander Wice re-raise to 170,000 from the blinds. Yakovenko got out of the way, but Eskeland four-bet to 946,000, putting himself all in.
Wice tanked for a while and asked to look at the payout or structure sheet before finally making the call.
Eskeland:
Wice:
Eskeland was way ahead with Wice needing to improve if he was to make the elimination. The flop of kept Eskeland out ahead. The turn was the and didn't change anything. The river brought the and Eskeland's kings held up.
Eskeland has now taken a huge chip lead and is sitting with 1,959,000 while Wice has been crippled to 53,000.
Nikolai Yakovenko raised to 38,000 from under the gun with Steve Sung raising to 120,000 from the small blind. Stephen Su called for his remaining 96,000 and Yakovenko called as well.
The flop was wuth Sung and Yakovenko checking. They went on to check the on the turn. When the came on the river, Sung led out for 200,000 and Yakovenko folded. Sung took the side pot which was worth 48,000.
Sung tabled while Su showed and won the main pot with his pair of kings. Su is now up to 323,000.
Steve Sung has pulled in quite a rail. Among those rooting for him are:
Danny Wong
JC Tran
Chino Rheem
The brothers Mizrachi
Nam Le
Quinn Do
Joe Cassidy
Mark Newhouse
Mike Matusow
Daneil Alaei
John Juanda
Nick Binger
Noah Schwartz
Amnon Fillippi
We have yet to see if this group has what it takes to get as rowdy as last night's Brazilian crew.
No sooner had we reported that Steve Sung was trending downward than did he pick up some chips from Stephen Su.
Sung: / /
Su: (X)(X) / / (X)
We were busy writing up Sung's lost pot and arrived only on sixth street to see Sung betting and getting a call from Su. Sung bet again on the river, once more getting a call.
Sung showed a set of sixes and scooped the pot. It was a serious loss of chips for Su, who now has just 146,000.
Steve Sung used to be our overwhelming chip leader, but he's slipped lately, and did so some more after this hand with Sigurd Eskeland
Sung: (X)(X) / / (X)
Eskeland: /
We arrived to see Sung call a bet from Eskeland on sixth street and then much after calling another on the river. Eskeland scooped the pot with a set of fours for his high and an eight-low.