Randy “nanonoko” Lew was in the tournament, he isn’t anymore. He gave us a blow by blow account of the 3 hands that comprised most of his action and sent him out.
In the first hand Lew opened with and there was a three-bet and another 3 callers. Back to Lew who shoved all in. The three bettor called with and the other players folded. The flop was giving Lew a straight and a double up.
The next major hand Lew was involved in saw him three bet with the player who previously had queens. He then check-raised all in on the flop of and his opponent called with . A on the turn so nanonoko’s stack reduced.
The very same player did for Lew not long after when Lew called his four bet with and his nemesis showed , hitting the ace on the flop.
It most definitely wasn't a huge hand between Steven Dannenmann and Paul-Francois Tedeschi, but gave us the opportunity to enter them into the chip counts. The Frenchman won the pot with versus on a board and glanced back at his iPad to watch the match of France vs Honduras. He is below starting stack but most likely happy about the 2-0 lead.
Xuan Liu called a bet of 200 on the flop and then raised from 250 to 625 when the appeared on the turn. Her opponent folded and the 888poker pro raked in the chips. On the tables nearby we caught a few more chip counts that you can find below.
Jerry Yang opened for 75 from first position and faced an all-in from the player a couple of seats to his left. The player in question though only had 475 chips left and when the other players folded Yang put in the call.
Yang had and acknowledged the good hand of his opponent who tabled . The board ran out . Yang said, “Sorry buddy.” as his turned trips sent the player to the rail.
Martin Staszko on a nearby table has come flying out of the traps and is already sitting with 7,000 chips, more than double his starting stack.
The 2013 November Niner Marc-Etienne McLaughlin had a very short day at the office. We just noticed a tweet from him and apparently he only played exactly one hand!
and there was a three-bet and another 3 callers. Back to Lew who shoved all in. The three bettor called with 
giving Lew a straight and a double up.
and his opponent called with 
, hitting the ace on the flop.
versus 
on a 
board and glanced back at his iPad to watch the match of France vs Honduras. He is below starting stack but most likely happy about the 2-0 lead.
flop and then raised from 250 to 625 when the 
appeared on the turn. Her opponent folded and the 888poker pro raked in the chips. On the tables nearby we caught a few more chip counts that you can find below.
and acknowledged the good hand of his opponent who tabled 
. The board ran out 
. Yang said, “Sorry buddy.” as his turned trips sent the player to the rail.
