After a decent start, Jan Heitmann fell to 6,000, then 1,300 and eventually ran out of chips. He is taking a short break now and contemplates whether or not to re-enter.
We didn't see Rep Porter in the field thus far and just walked past his table to see him all in preflop for almost starting stack. It was the classic coin flip with and the opponent's held up on the board.
A player in early position limped and Lynn Gilmartin raised to 500. It was folded back to the limper who made the call. The flopc ame and Gilmartin's opponent checked. She bet 1,000 and he called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Gilmartin's foe led out for 1,400 and after a few seconds of thought, Gilmartin called. Her opponent showed and Gilmartin slid her hand to the dealer.
Matthew Rousu had two players at risk right next to our media table and his faced and . On the flop, the player with the begged for a "flush one time" but the dealer didn't oblige. The board completed with the turn and the river.
Only moments after the two seat open, David Boyaciyan arrived as well.
Antonio Esfandiari was facing an all in bet of 3,275 from his opponent with the board showing .
"I know I'm behind," Esfandiari said, playing the hand through his head.
"You can rebuy right?" he asked the dealer. She nodded affirmatively.
"Donation," said Esfandiari as he looked at his opponent and turned over . His opponent turned over and the dealer, thinking Esfandiari had folded, started to push the pot to his opponent.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," said Esfandiari, explaining to her that he had called. She gathered the chips back and put out the turn. The river was the , a fourth club, to give Esfandiari's opponent a flush and had Esfandiari wishing he had folded instead of making the good call.
The seat of Thomas Butzhammer in the blue section was occupied by someone else and thus we can be fairly certain that he has been eliminated. Instead, Alain Medesan is on the same table with an above average stack.
Federik Jensen had a short stack at risk in a three-way pot that saw him check down the board. Jensen had and the short stack was beat with , but the third player scooped the 2,500 pot with .
Maurice Hawkins is up to a very healthy 28,500 chips and most of them came from a fortunate situation that saw him getting it in after a flop. Hawkins held and played versus and . The turn provided a three and Hawkins got the monster pot.