A three-way showdown just took place on the table of Larry Serebryany and he happened to have the best of it with a stack of 8,000 and the . The button had 7,000 and the while the third player in the hand showed . Serebryany held up and knocked out two opponents to build his stack.
He then showed his muscles at the table and joked "I am ready."
Team Crouton, named after the dog of Jamie Kerstetter, also features Daniel Negreanu and Eric Wasserson as well as Kerstetter's boyfriend that is still in the Colossus, and Kerstetter is the one doing the work at the moment. She raised from the button for 500 and the small blind called. On the flop, both players checked and the turn saw a bet of 800 by the small blind and a call by Kerstetter.
On the river, both players checked and the small blind showed . Kerstetter had that beat with and the pot could have become much bigger if a blank diamond had hit on the river.
Rows of tables are being broken fast and a lot of the players are moving around to find their next new assigned seats. One of them was actor and producer James Woods who recently brought his 4,725 chips to the table where Jason Wheeler stands out.
Woods has played the World Series of Poker tournaments for years and has already notched a cash in 2017. He finished in 70th place in the Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo for a $3,116 payday.
We don't know who else has a place in Woods' team yet. What we do know is that Jason Wheeler's teammates are Tim Reilly and Nicholas Palma.
Matt Stout raised to 400 from under the gun and picked up two callers, including the big blind. The flop fell and the action checked to Stout, who bed 525. Both opponents called and the big blind then bet the turn, which saw Stout fold and the third player in the hand call.
The river saw a bet, raise, shove, and call, and both players showed an ace without a kicker to chop up the pot. Despite giving up this pot, Stout and his teammate(s) are on an average stack in Level 4
The button raised and Scott Davies shoved his short stack of around 2,000 in with the . The button quickly called with and saw the board run out . "At least it was only 2,000," the small blind joked and Davies stayed in. Next to him is Sam Cohen who has teamed up with Ryan Laplante.
The players have been sent on their second break of the day, which means the Amazon Room will be less crowned for the next 20 minutes. Two rows of tables in the Orange section and the Tan section remain in play.
Players left the tournament area to spend their second 20-minute break of the day in the foyer. Below are chip counts that belong to some of the familiar faces in the field.
In the middle of the last level, Brian Pinkus was reduced to all but 1,000 chips after his set of fives ended up second-best to the set of eights of an opponent. Pinkus has since grinded his way back but remains below the starting stack, which also applies for Andreas Klatt.
Team Hendrix is not in anymore, while Michael Lech and Alyssa Pittman on his former table are doing okay.
Justin Bonomo has already won more than $1.5 million this summer and he proves to be hardly stoppable in the Tag Team tournament too.
Down to his last 3,625, Bonomo three-bet shoved from the button. The original raiser put the extra 3,000 chips in to call. Bonomo, holding , was behind to his rival's .
The board, however, ran very much in Bonomo's favor as he hit everything on the way as the community cards unfolded.
. The button had 7,000 and the 
while the third player in the hand showed 
. Serebryany held up and knocked out two opponents to build his stack.
flop, both players checked and the 
turn saw a bet of 800 by the small blind and a call by Kerstetter.
. Kerstetter had that beat with 
and the pot could have become much bigger if a blank diamond had hit on the river.
and the action checked to Stout, who bed 525. Both opponents called and the big blind then bet the 
turn, which saw Stout fold and the third player in the hand call.
. The button quickly called with 
unfolded.