From middle position, Mario Puccini raised to 160,000 with the . In the big blind, Davidi Kitai reraised to 420,000 holding the . Puccini called and the flop came down . Kitai fired 275,000 with his ace high and Puccini called with his straight draw.
The turn was the and Kitai fired a second barrel worth 550,000. Again, Puccini stuck around.
The river was the and Kitai checked. Puccini fired 875,000 and Kitai tanked for a bit, staring Puccini down the entire time. At one point, he reached for a stack of chips, slid it around his cards and hoped to get a reaction from Puccini. Puccini didn't flinch and after another minute, Kitai folded.
Pratyush Buddiga departs in eighth place, a great performance and one aided by his coach Mike McDonald, who talked about his teaching role, with the PokerStars Blog.
We are down to five in the Main Event after C��sar Garc��a's tournament came to an abrupt end.
Mario Puccini opened to 120,000 from under the gun and Andrew Chen made a loose three-bet to 310,000 holding just . C��sar Garc��a was in the big blind and he woke up with and moved all in for 1,580,000. Unfortunately for him Puccini had opened with and re-shoved all in. Chen instantly folded and the dealer got busy putting out the community bards.
By the river they read and with that Garc��a became the sixth place finisher.
Bahadir Kilickeser is unconventional but he sure is fun to watch.
He was sat in the big blind with and defended a 130,000 button raise from Andrew Chen holding .
The flop fell and Kilickeser checked to face a 180,000 c-bet. He check-called and faced a 350,000 bet on the turn when he checked again. Chen fired again for 350,000 and it looked as if Kilickeser was going to make a move but he decided aginast it and folded.
Andrew Chen opened to 130,000 with and when the action was on Bahadir Kilickeser moved all in for 1,485,000 holding . Chen gave him a sideways glance and we thought he was going to make the loose call but he got out of the way and Kilickeser mucked his hand.
From early position, C��sar Garc��a raised to 125,000 with the . Davidi Kitai reraised to 265,000 from the big blind with the . Garc��a jammed all in for over 1.2 million and Kitai folded.
. In the big blind, Davidi Kitai reraised to 420,000 holding the 
. Puccini called and the flop came down 
. Kitai fired 275,000 with his ace high and Puccini called with his straight draw.
and Kitai fired a second barrel worth 550,000. Again, Puccini stuck around.
and Kitai checked. Puccini fired 875,000 and Kitai tanked for a bit, staring Puccini down the entire time. At one point, he reached for a stack of chips, slid it around his cards and hoped to get a reaction from Puccini. Puccini didn't flinch and after another minute, Kitai folded.![[user76079]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. C��sar Garc��a was in the big blind and he woke up with 
and re-shoved all in. Chen instantly folded and the dealer got busy putting out the community bards.
and with that Garc��a became the sixth place finisher.
and defended a 130,000 button raise from Andrew Chen holding 
.
. Chen gave him a sideways glance and we thought he was going to make the loose call but he got out of the way and Kilickeser mucked his hand.
