A player from early position opened to 1,250 and Bart Hanson made the call right behind. A player in late position three-bet all in for 8,750 and Andy Spears made the call from the small blind.
Both the original raiser and Hanson got out of the way and the race was on.
Spears:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Spears has one of the healthier stacks in the room.
Victor Chapnik, our chip leader going into the dinner break, seems to have lost a good portion of his stack, though he's still sitting in a good spot with about double the tournament average.
Loni Harwood has been scooping pots her way and is sitting on a healthy stack of 43,000.
A player opened to 1,300 from middle position and David Peters thought for a moment before throwing out enough chips to put his short-stacked opponent all in and she made the call. Peters was behind with the versus the of his opponent.
He was not behind for long, however, as he flopped his opponent dead with the flop.
"Good luck guys," said Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari as got up from the table and swung his sweater over his shoulder. In front of his seat was a blank stretch of felt with nary a chip to be seen.
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David Peters opened to 1,700 from early position and it folded around to the small blind who pushed all in for around 10,000 total. The big blind got out of the way and Peters quickly made the call.
Peters:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Peters eliminated his opponent .