The player in the cutoff opened the action with a raise to 800. Tom McEvoy called from the button, as did the player in the big blind.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and the first two players checked to McEvoy who fired out 1,800. The bet was called by both players and all three saw the turn. Just like the flop, the three players checked and opened their hands.
Both McEvoy and the opponent out of the big blind had to split the pot. McEvoy is now up to 10,300.
Jason Somerville in middle position raised to 800 preflop and the big blind called.
The flop came down The big blind checked, Somerville bet 1,025 and the big blind called.
The turn came the . The big blind checked, Somerville bet 2,200 and the big blind check-raised to 5,500. Somerville called and the river was the
The big blind checked and Somerville said something along the lines of, "I'm really confused with this hand, but I think I have the winner." Somerville checked and showed and the big blind mucked. Somerville is up to 32,000 after the hand.
Jordan Morgan open shoved in the cutoff for his last 7,225, the small blind called, and the big blind went all in for even more with the small blind calling again.
Morgan showed , the small blind showed and the big blind showed . The board ran out and Morgan's attempt at stealing a pot failed as he ran into two huge hands and was sent to the rail.
Tony Dunst, with 3,150 behind, raised to 900 and received four callers. The flop came and Dunst shipped for 2,200. One player called and the hands were turned up. Dunst held and had his opponent's drawing to a ten or diamonds. The turn bricked the draw but the nailed it sending Dunst to the rail.
Shaun Deeb has run up a huge stack partially in thanks to a recent big hand.
Deeb from late position raised to 650 and the player on the button reraised to 1,325 with Deeb calling.
The flop was . Deeb checked, the player on the button bet 1,650 and Deeb called. The turn came the and both players checked. The river was the and Deeb bet 5,075 and the other player called.
Deeb showed for top pair and his opponent mucked. Deeb is up over 40,000 after that hand
On a board, the lone opponent of Lex Veldhuis checked-called the 675 bet of Veldhuis leaving himself just 1,000 left.
The turn was the and the player checked again. Veldhuis now pondered his decision and told the player, "You're confusing me now." Regardless, Veldhuis threw in enough chips to force the player all in and got a call. Each player had a pair of nine's, but it was the seven kicker for Veldhuis that had him in the lead against the four kicker of his opponent. The river bricked with the and the opponent was sent packing.
Before the dinner break we reported to you that there was a table of death in the Rio with Liv Boeree, Jonathan Little, John Phan, and Lars Bonding. What once was four is now just two thanks to Chris Dombrowski. He knocked out Boeree in that vs. hand, and he just took out Lars Bonding in this following hand.
A player in late position raised preflop to 750, Dombrowski in the cutoff re-raised to 1,825 and Lars Bonding re-raised all in for around 9,000 from the button. The original raiser folded and Dombrowski snap-called with . Bonding was in tough shape with and the board of was no help as he was sent to the rail. Dombrowski now has around 50,000 and is no doubt one of the chip leaders in the tournament