Justin Bonomo, coming off his 3rd-place finish in Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em, opened from the button followed by a three-bet from Allen Cunningham in the big blind. Bonomo shipped all in and Cunningham called. Bonomo held and Cunningham . Bonomo flopped a set with the on the board and doubled through Cunningham.
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Phil Ivey continues to run well here in Event #18 where his second pair no kicker won him another pot.
The hijack opened to 600 and was called first by Mike Sexton in the small blind and Phil Ivey in the big blind. The trio watched on as the flop came down . Sexton checked, Ivey bet 1,000 and only the hijack called. Both players then checked down the turn and river, Ivey scooping the pot with his .
The player in the cutoff only called the big blind of 300. Joe Serock raised to 1,000 from the button and the cutoff was the only caller to the flop of .
The cutoff called Serock's continuation bet of 900 and led for 1,600 on the turn. After some thought, Serock raised to 4,000 and his opponent answered by moving all in prompting Serock to fold and give up half his stack.
First to act, Vojtech Ruzicka opened to 650 and it initially looked like he would pick up the blinds and antes because the action passed all the way around to the big blind. Jakob Oliva was in the big blind seat and he raised to 1,350. Ruzicka took a look at Oliva's stack before calling.
The dealer spread the flop onto the felt and Oliva fired a continuation bet of 1,525 at his opponent. Ruzicka was prepared to pay that amount to see the turn and he called. The turn brought the into play and Oliva bet again, increasing his bet size to 2,800. Again, Ruzicka called.
The river was the and when Oliva checked Ruzicka checked behind.
Oliva opened the for two pair and Ruzicka let out a quiet "aaarrrggghhh" before turning a shade of red and shaking his head and mucking his hand.
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We came to the table with the flop already dealt. Humberto Brenes, the big blind, check called a 950 bet from the player in middle position. Both players checked the turn and Brenes led on the river for 1,700. His opponent called and slid his cards into the muck when Brenes turned over for a full house.
Another player from the table: "You are right. You never bluff."
Brenes, laughing: "I told you, I never bluff."
Matt Affleck is up to 7,000 after sending an opponent to the rail and claiming his chips. Affleck called the button's all in with and was against the . Neither player improved on the board, Affleck's ace-kicker winning him the pot.
It's almost three years since Affleck was involved in that hand with Jonathan Duhamel in the 2010 Main Event. Affleck will be hoping to avoid a similar scenario this summer.
Cards are back in the air as the players filter back in from dinner. We have eliminated more than a third of the field and only have about 620 players left. We still have five more levels tonight so don't go anywhere.
and Cunningham 
. Bonomo flopped a set with the 
on the board and doubled through Cunningham.
. Sexton checked, Ivey bet 1,000 and only the hijack called. Both players then checked down the 
turn and 
river, Ivey scooping the pot with his 
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flop onto the felt and Oliva fired a continuation bet of 1,525 at his opponent. Ruzicka was prepared to pay that amount to see the turn and he called. The turn brought the 
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turn and Brenes led on the 
for a full house.
board, Affleck's ace-kicker winning him the pot.
and Stern made a pair on the river to eliminate his opponent. Stern is sitting pretty with a more than double average stack.