Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 46,000 in the cutoff and from the big blind Lisa Hamilton shoved. Brummelhuis snap-called all in for 346,000 and revealed , having Lisa Hamilton's crushed.
The flop ran out giving Hamilton her set, leaving Brummelhuis shaking his head in disbelief. The turn left Brummelhuis looking for the two-outer river to survive.
Sure enough, the landed on the river to keep Brummelhuis alive in the tournament. He soars to 714,000 while Hamilton takes a hit down to 468,000.
Action folded around to the small blind and Will Molson completed. Tobias Reinkemeier was in the big blind and raised to 60,000. Molson made the call.
The flop came down and Molson checked. Reinkemeier fired 65,000. Molson came back with a check-raise to 180,000. Reinkemeier then moved all in and Molson snap-called!
Molson held for two overs to the board and a straight draw. Reinkemeier held for a-whole-heckuva-lot draws.
The turn card was dealt the and now Molson could chop the pot with some more cards on the river.
The river card was the though and Molson gave a double-fist pump as he scored his straight and would scoop the pot. His all in was for 865,000 total.
Will Molson raised to 47,000 and action folded to William Reynolds in the big blind. He moved all in and Molson quickly called. The two tabled the same hand, but different suits.
Reynolds:
Molson:
The flop was a very interesting one when it came . Now Molson had the edge holding the only spade. He was also the player with more chips in the hand, meaning Reynolds would be sent home if a spade fell.
The turn was the and the river the . Both red cards produced a rather blah climax to hand and the two chopped up the pot.
Will Molson raised to 47,000 in the cutoff and Adolfo Vaeza called from the big blind.
The flop came and Vaeza led out 55,000. Molson called and the turn fell the . Vaeza bet 100,000 and Molson called, leading to the river card. Vaeza bet 100,000 again, but this time Molson went all in.
Vaeza folded, sending the pot Molson's way. Molson is over 900,000 while Vaeza drops to under 400,000.
PokerStars and PokerStars players are offering their help to the people of the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation of Haiti. Tens of thousands of people are feared dead and up to three million affected by the huge tremor.
Players can donate in two ways and all donations will be matched by PokerStars, being donated to the Red Cross.
In order to give a donation, people can either:
a) Transfer money to the account "Haiti Fund" using the Transfer Funds tool under Requests menu on PokerStars.
b) Enter enter one of the dummy tournaments located under the "Tourney" tab and then "Special" called "Haiti Earthquake Relief". Please note these are not real tournaments, just a means for players to donate and publicly show their contribution to the relief efforts. Players can enter the "tournaments" for amounts ranging from $1 to $1,000.
At the time of writing this, thousands have already donated. Among those who have donated the maximum include Team PokerStars Online player Anders "Donald" Berg and American pro Steve Silverman. Too many people have been affected by this devastation and your help would be greatly appreciated.
Lisa Hamilton is complaining about losing her bottle of water she brought to the final table. Hamilton brought a brand new bottle of Fiji water, but someone scooped it. It turns out, Matt Marafioti thought it was his because he ordered a water before he busted from the event. When he left the stage, Marafioti took the water.
Hamilton saw him with the bottle and yelled, "Matt, that's my water, give it back!" Marafioti came back to the table and gave Hamilton her water back.
Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti raised to 45,000 from middle position and action folded over to William Reynolds on the button. Reynolds moved all in and Marafioti quickly called when the action got back over to him. Reynolds held to Marafioti's .
The flop came down and Marafioti stayed in the lead. The turn card wiped the feet out from under Marafioti when the fell. He stood from his chair, fearing the worst and waited for the river.
The river card was the and Marafioti was eliminated, earning just over $87,000 for his finish.
Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 45,000 in the hijack and Lisa Hamilton called from the cutoff.
The flop came and Reinkemeier put out a continuation bet of 55,000. Hamilton popped it to 155,000 and Reinkemeier gave it up, boosting Lisa's stack to around 600,000.