Peppe Doubles; Bloomberg Falls to Matakis
Action folded around to Vic Peppe, who was on the button and opened to 4,000. Daniel Schmidtknecht was in the big blind and looked across the table from the one-seat to see Peppe's stack, which was below that of which he started. Schmidtknecht then defended to bring a flop of 
. Both players checked,
The turn came 
and Schmidtknecht checked again. Peppe fired out a bet of 8,000 and Schmidtknecht called. The river fell 
and Schmidtknecht checked for a final time. Peppe bet 11,000 and then raised his hands up to show that he had no chips behind. The dealer responded by sending an all-in button his way along the felt.
Schmidtknecht thought for a bit and then decided to call.
Vic Peppe: 
Daniel Schmidtknecht: 
Peppe's flopped set of kings proved to be good at showdown to score him the double.
Moments earlier, Mark Bloomberg was eliminated from the tournament in 10th place at the expense of Ian Matakis, who has further extended his chip lead as a result and now sits with just over a quarter-million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
58,300
|
58,300 |
|
||
|
63,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
49,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
Busted | |