With about 6,500 already in the pot, Annette Obrestad was involved in a hefty hand. On the table were all five community cards already: | | . Obrestad had checked from the small blind and the player on the button had bet 3,000. Obrestad tanked for quite some time. She might have been Hollywooding but would have had us fooled with that is she was because it looked like she had a real decision. Eventually she folded, sliding her cards in to the muck.
Obrestad still has about 5,000 left so nothing is lost yet.
A player at Jason Duval's table checked to him on the river with a board of . Duval bet 1,450, and his opponent thought for about a minute before releasing his hand. Duval, who took down his first career bracelet in Event #28 this year, looks to be on the recovery path after dropping some chips early on.
Two quick sound bites from poker blogger Marc Convey shine enough light on the developments on their table. Convey said Naoya Kihara already had quads this tournament. Convey himself was down a bit, but had a set over set situation to get back in it. That was all we needed to know.
The players return in twenty minutes, and so will we. There's a bracelet ceremony first for three winners, and then the players will continue with level 3.
Pius Heinz, winner of the 2011 World Series of Poker, just sat down in the Amazon Room and started with 7,500. We're not sure if he played an event yet this summer, but this is the first time we see him. Welcome back mister Heinz!
A lot of late registrants just sat down as well. Lot's of regular players register late so we recognized a lot of the people sitting down:
When we walked up to table Gold 13 Matthias De Meulder had just bet out 500 on the turn. As there was exactly 675 in the middle we assume the button had raised pre flop, De Meulder had called from the big blind and both had checked the flop: | . The player on the button made the call and the dealer burned, and brought out the as the river. De Meulder bet 1,300 and without much hesitation his opponent made it 3,000 even. De Meulder tanked for some time, before releasing his cards.
Annette Obrestad, out of position on the turn, fired 1,300 on a board of . Her opponent made the call. The river double-paired the board, and Obrestad checked. Her opponent went all in for about 4,100, and Obrestad wasted little time in folding.
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. Obrestad had checked from the small blind and the player on the button had bet 3,000. Obrestad tanked for quite some time. She might have been Hollywooding but would have had us fooled with that is she was because it looked like she had a real decision. Eventually she folded, sliding her cards in to the muck.
. Duval bet 1,450, and his opponent thought for about a minute before releasing his hand. Duval, who took down his first career bracelet in Event #28 this year, looks to be on the recovery path after dropping some chips early on.
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. The player on the button made the call and the dealer burned, and brought out the 
as the river. De Meulder bet 1,300 and without much hesitation his opponent made it 3,000 even. De Meulder tanked for some time, before releasing his cards.
. Her opponent made the call. The 
river double-paired the board, and Obrestad checked. Her opponent went all in for about 4,100, and Obrestad wasted little time in folding.