Before the break, Greg Mueller was involved in a hand against Eric Froehlich. On a flop of , Mueller checked, Froehlich bet, and Mueller called. When the fell on the turn, Mueller again checked, but this time raised after Froehlich bet. Froehlich called, and the river brought the . Both players checked, and Mueller tabled , which did not connect with the board. Froehlich mucked his cards, and Mueller's ace-high was good enough to win.
A short-stacked Mothel Santoro, who hails from Brazil, raised to 800 from the under-the-gun position only to have Danny Qutami three-bet to 1,200. Action folded back around to Santoro, he made the call, and the flop came down , which both players checked.
When the dealer burned and turned the , Santoro bet and then called when Qutami raised to 1,600. Santoro then checked the river and Qutami bet 800. Santoro, who only had 1,400, raised and Qutami snap-called with the for a flopped set. Santoro showed the for a pair of aces and quickly exited the tournament area.
Action folded to Sorel Mizzi in the hijack and he put in a raise. The player in the cutoff then three-bet to 1,200, the button and blinds all folded, and Mizzi made the call to see a flop of . Mizzi check-called a bet and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Mizzi led out and the cutoff snap-folded.
It wasn't much of a hand but it gave us a good excuse to update you on his chip stack.
Andre Akkari raised from late position, and Andy Bloch three-bet from the small blind. Akkari called, and the players saw the flop heads-up. After the dealer spread , Bloch bet out, and Akkari called. That action repeated itself on both the turn and the river. Bloch then tabled for a pair of aces, and Akkari mucked his cards.
Despite the hit, Akkari still sits with 36,000, and Bloch is now up to 14,000.
A middle-position player opened for 800 only to have Jeff Lisandro three-bet to 1,200 from the hijack. The rest of the players folded, the middle-position player called and it was heads-up action to the flop. The middle-position player proceeded to check-call a bet and did the same on the turn.
Lisandro then bet another 800 when his opponent checked the river and it was enough to get the job done as the middle-position player sent his cards to the muck.
, Mueller checked, Froehlich bet, and Mueller called. When the 
fell on the turn, Mueller again checked, but this time raised after Froehlich bet. Froehlich called, and the river brought the 
. Both players checked, and Mueller tabled 
, which did not connect with the board. Froehlich mucked his cards, and Mueller's ace-high was good enough to win.
, which both players checked.
, Santoro bet and then called when Qutami raised to 1,600. Santoro then checked the 
river and Qutami bet 800. Santoro, who only had 1,400, raised and Qutami snap-called with the 
for a flopped set. Santoro showed the 
for a pair of aces and quickly exited the tournament area.
. Mizzi check-called a bet and then both players checked the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Mizzi led out and the cutoff snap-folded.
turn and the 
for a pair of aces, and Akkari mucked his cards.
flop. The middle-position player proceeded to check-call a bet and did the same on the 
