Ryan Spittles admitted it has been a very swingy day, At one point he was down to 4,500 but he has worked it up to 33,000 and added some more in a hand we just witnessed.
Spittles opened for 500 and got two callers. On a board of one opponent bet 800, the other called and Spittles made it 2,600. Neither of the other players put up a fight and laid down their hands.
Hal Lubarsky was the first blind player to ever cash at a WSOP event and has gone on to cash three more times. He is here today playing in another event this series and is doing pretty well so far.
Nick Welthall fared less well, losing a lot of chips early on and getting the last of it in with versus . The run out of the board probably summed up his day: .
Kristy Arnett had and it reportedly went all in on the flop of . Her opponent had flopped a straight with and even the re-draw to the flush was no good for Arnett as the board bricked out.
Vanessa Rousso had been short on chips for a while and her exit hand involved her getting cracked by a which filled up to a full house on the river.
Jimmy Fricke has just arrived and been handed his starting stack. He took his option to post 300 put folded to a raise. He is sat to the left of Dermot Blain.
Meanwhile Hal Lubarsky has been making good use of the last two levels to build a stack of over 60,000.
Jimmy Fricke certainly is having fun, he opened from first position and got called by the button and Dermot Blain. The flop was and it was checked to the button who bet 1,200. Blian folded but Fricke flicked out a call.
The turn and river was checked down and Fricke turned over his fairly confidently. His opponent looked back at his cards and then conceded the pot.