Kent Lundmark is having no trouble at his tough table that includes Bruno Fitoussi, Jason Mercier, and Noah Schwartz.
In the last hand, the chip leader opened to 4,500, and Mercier three-bet to 10,700 from the button. The action paused back on Lundmark for a moment, and he craned his neck in the direction of Mercier's chips.
"Started with 105," Mercier said.
After another moment, Lundmark grabbed the 10-or-so blue chips he had in front of him and made what was effectively a four-bet shove. Mercier spent a minute or so thinking, checking his cards several more times before he spun them into the muck.
From the button, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 4,400. Noah Schwartz called from the big blind and the flop came down . Schwartz checked, Mizrachi bet 5,000 and Schwartz called.
The turn added the to the board and Schwartz checked. Mizrachi checked behind.
The river was the and Schwartz checked. Mizrachi bet 10,000 and Schwartz folded.
From the button, Alexander Roumeliotis raised to 4,500. Eight-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Erik Seidel called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Both players checked and the turn brought the to pair the board.
On the turn, Seidel checked and Roumeliotis bet 5,000. Seidel check-raised to 13,500 and Roumeliotis called.
The river completed the board with the and Seidel bet 22,000, sliding a tall stack of yellow T1,000 chips across the line. Roumeliotis made the call.
Seidel showed the for trip sevens and Roumeliotis mucked his hand.
From under the gun, Joel Nordkvist raised to 4,500. Brian Hastings called from the cutoff seat and action folded to WIll "The Thrill" Failla in the small blind. He reraised all in for 62,400. Play moved back to Nordkvist and he reraised all in and that knocked Hastings out of the way.
Failla:
Nordkvist:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Failla smashed a club flush to double up.
We've just lost Amir Lehavot from the table nearest us, and the field is now just 24 players. Another table has been cleared out of the way, and we're left with just four six-handed tables.
Jon "FatalError" Aguiar has been hovering in mid-to-short-stacked territory all day long, and he's just now found a full double. It came with pocket fives, Aguiar content to flip with Joseph "BigEgypt" Elpayaa for double or nothing. Aguair said he had a good feeling when he was shown across the table, and indeed, he managed to run out a full house to bink the double.
Mark him down for 89,000 now. Elpayaa is still doing quite well as you can see by his trend since his last chip update.
Dan Fleyshman raised to 5,000 for the third hand in a row. This time, he was in middle position and Matt Waxman defended with a call from the big blind. The flop came down and Waxman checked. Fleyshman bet 8,400 and Waxman called.
The turn paired the board with the . Waxman checked and Fleyshman checked.
The river was the . Waxman fired 12,000 and right away, Fleyshman raised to 30,900. After a minute in the tank, Waxman called.