While we were trying to count their chips, Noah Schwartz and Justin Young decided to play a pot so we could watch. When we walked up, there was already a flop on board, and it looks like Schwartz had check-called a bet of 3,300.
On the turn, the came calling, and Schwartz took the lead with a bet of 7,575. Young considered for a good while before shoving in for 17,600, and Schwarz made the call. "I just got a pair," Young lamented as he tabled . Schwartz had gotten there with , and the river was safe enough to earn him the knockout.
Schwartz is up to a healthy 62,000 after that pot.
We caught the action as the turn was being dealt on a board. All of Bill Chen's money was in the middle and Andre Akkari was the one putting him at risk.
Chen:
Akkari:
Akkari wouldn't need to wait long for help when the turn hit with a . The river bricked out for Chen and eliminated him from the tournament. Akkari now has 45,000.
Eric Froehlich has wasted no time in accumulating what must be one of the largest stacks in the room.
In a recent hand a player in early position raised to 900, Froehlich called, and the player on the button went all in for a total of 7,500. The original raised folded and Froehlich called.
Froehlich:
Button:
Up through the turn the board read and the button player was about to double up, but then the fell on the river giving Froehlich the win and sending the other player to the rail.
On a , James Akenhead forced his opponent to go all in for his chance to win the pot. Eventually, the player did decide to make the call and Akenhead showed for a full house. His opponent had to hit the rail as Akenhead chipped up to 62,000.
The most recent counts for Michael Binger and Masa Kagawa are the way they are thanks to a double-up pot they played just a moment ago. We missed the hand play out, walking up only in time to see the cards.
The board showed , and Michael Binger had out in front of him. He was counting his stack down, and Masa Kagawa was waiting to pay the debt with an inferior showing. From the table talk from Mike Beasley, we gather that Binger called a raise to 1,050 out of position in a mult-way pot. He led out on the flop, but we're not sure exactly when all the chips went in.
Whenever it was, Binger smashed a double up for about 14,000 chips to put him up over 30,000 and up above the chip average.
flop on board, and it looks like Schwartz had check-called a bet of 3,300.
came calling, and Schwartz took the lead with a bet of 7,575. Young considered for a good while before shoving in for 17,600, and Schwarz made the call. "I just got a pair," Young lamented as he tabled 
. Schwartz had gotten there with 
, and the river 
was safe enough to earn him the knockout.
board. All of Bill Chen's money was in the middle and Andre Akkari was the one putting him at risk.
. The river bricked out for Chen and eliminated him from the tournament. Akkari now has 45,000.
and the button player was about to double up, but then the 
fell on the river giving Froehlich the win and sending the other player to the rail.
, James Akenhead forced his opponent to go all in for his chance to win the pot. Eventually, the player did decide to make the call and Akenhead showed 
for a full house. His opponent had to hit the rail as Akenhead chipped up to 62,000.
out in front of him. He was counting his stack down, and Masa Kagawa was waiting to pay the debt with an inferior 