We saw Yuval Bronshtein stand up and lean over his chair, so we went to go check out what was going on at his table. We saw that Bronshtein had just committed all his chips preflop holding a big hand: . He was up against the of Kirill Gerasimov, and the board ran down . Bronshtein's aces took the high while both players shared the low with ace-deuce.
This gave Bronshtein 3/4 the pot, which upped his stack to 60,500, while Gerasimov dropped to 65,000.
Barry Greenstein has been able to take down two pots on the turn in succession, to move to over 100,000 in chips.
In the first hand, Greenstein opened to 6,000 from utg+1, and was called by Marco Johnson in the cut-off. The flop came down , as Greenstein threw out a continuation bet of 9,000. Johnson thought about his decision for about a minute, before folding.
In the very next hand, Greenstein again opened to 6,000, and was called by Allan Le in middle position. was the flop, and Greenstein’s successive continuation bet of 9,000 was enough to take down the pot.
We don't know the exact action, but we saw Loni Harwood and Andrew Brokos heads up on a flop of . When we got there, Brokos had a bet of 12,800 out there, but he was the one in the tank, as Harwood had shoved all in for her last 43,000. Brokos spent about 90 seconds in the tank before folding his hand, dropping him down to 35,000.
On the other hand, Harwood, who is mainly known for her play in no-limit hold'em on the WSOP Circuit, is up to 61,000.
We arrived at the table to find Nick Binger all in and tabling his up against Joao Simao, who had . The board ran out to see Simao’s two pair take down the pot, sending Binger to the rail.
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Ryan Lenaghan got the last of his money in preflop, holding . He was up against the of Noomis Jones, who finished 14th in this event last year. The flop of kept Lenaghan out in front, and the on the turn meant that only a river club would end his day. Unfortunately for Lenaghan, the river brought just that, coming the . Lenaghan headed to the payout desk, while Jones is up to 160,000, and in great shape for back-to-back deep runs in this event.
. He was up against the 
of Kirill Gerasimov, and the board ran down 
. Bronshtein's aces took the high while both players shared the low with ace-deuce.
. When we got there, Brokos had a bet of 12,800 out there, but he was the one in the tank, as Harwood had shoved all in for her last 43,000. Brokos spent about 90 seconds in the tank before folding his hand, dropping him down to 35,000.
. The board ran out 
to see Simao’s two pair take down the pot, sending Binger to the rail.
