On a board of there was already roughly 22,000 in the pot when Galen Hall's opponent checked to him and he bet out 15,000 which the opponent called.
The river was the and after the opponent checked once again he bet out, this time for 28,000 and his opponent went into the tank for a solid minute before making the call. Hall tabled for a straight to the ten and his opponent mucked his hand.
Another player on the table joked, "Ah straight-flush draw, I'm actually surprised you didn't get it."
A player in middle position opened and called a three-bet from Mike Holm in the cutoff to 12,000 The flop came and the first player checked. Holm fired big with 20,000 and that induced a fold from his opponent.
On a flop of , Randall Emmett had Kevin Stern at risk with versus .
"I can feel it coming for sure. Jackkkkk," Emmett announced. He then asked for the or the , but his wish wasn't granted with the turn and river run out. Stern doubled for more than 40,000 and Emmett was cut down to a mere 10 big blinds.
The ESPN crew caught an all in showdown that involved Kelly Minkin and she had an opponent drawing dead when they got it in after a king-high turn. Minkin's bottom set of fours had secured the chips, as her opponent only had for top pair.
Minkin has almost caught up on table neighbor James Calderaro, who has a few big blinds more.
As recapped to us by Olivier Busquet and other players at the table, Mark Radoja opened to 4,200 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. Gerry Claunch three-bet to 24,000 from the hijack and both Radoja and the player in middle position called.
The was with two spades and action checked to Claunch who bet 50,000. Radoja check-raised to 115,000, the middle-position player folded and Claunch called.
The turn was an , Radoja shoved for 60,000-ish and Claunch called with for a set of eights, having the hand locked up against Radoja's .
Daniel Colpoys has been sitting near the top of the chip counts for the last few levels but has now turned it up a notch. His table was broken up and he has been moved to the table of the 2005 Main Event Champ, Joe Hachem.
Rachid Amamou limped first to act and Johannes Becker did so from the cutoff. The button min-raised to 4,000 and the big blind called, as did Amamou and Becker. On the flop all four players checked and Amamou bet the turn for 17,000, Becker called. The button shoved for 25,800 and the big blind let go, Amamou and Becker called.
After the river, Amamou check-called the shove of Becker for 23,900 with the words "I know I am behind, but I have to call."
Becker turned over for a full house, the button had for the nut straight and Amamou mucked the for trips queens.
However, only a few minutes later Becker was on his way out of the tournament area. Amamou confirmed he had felted the German with aces versus kings, Becker failed to catch a king or hearts flush draw.