The hand started with Amnon Filippi opening to 225, before Michael Gathy raised it up to 525. The action folded back around to Filippi, who made the call, as both players saw the flop come down . Filippi checked, as Gathy threw in a continuation bet of 525, which was called. The then fell on the turn, before Filippi mucked his hand, after Gathy bet out another 1,375, which was enough to take down the pot.
After a phenomenal run in the One Drop High Roller's Event, we have spotted Antonio Esfandiari in the Brasilia room playing in today's $1,500 Event. It's all about getting bracelet #4 for Antonio, who will be looking to gain some quick momentum starting here in level 3.
We are smashing records today just before the first break, as over 2,500 tournament players have bought into Event #53. At the time of this post, the current player count is 2,545. Besides the Millionaire Maker Event--which drew over 6,000 players--today's event so far has attracted 400 more players than Event #40, which gathered 2,161 bracelet hopefuls.
Who will be the one to take it all down? Stay with PokerNews for live updates and chip counts throughout the tournament.