Kevin Eyster opened to 28,000 from the cutoff seat, and Wesley Pantling called on the button. From the small blind, Arnaud Esquevin squeezed all in for 198,000 total, and that folded Eyster. Pantling, however, put in the call to put Esquevin at risk.
Showdown
Pantling:
Esquevin:
Esquevin's pair held as the board came running . He's doubled his way back to 415,000 now, while Pantling is left with just 27,000 with which to try and mount a comeback.
Jeff Sarwer got his last 165,000 in the middle with against the of Ben Volpe. He was happy to see that he was flipping and even happier to see the flop which put him in the lead. The turn-river came out and Sarwer won the hand.
With that pot, Sarwer now sits at 350,000 while Volpe still has 625,000.
Bruno Lopes opened the action preflop with a raise to 22,000 from the cutoff. Andrew Savitz flatted from the button, as did Kevin Eyster in the big blind.
The flop was and Eyster checked to Lopes who bet 46,000. Savitz came in with a raise to 100,000 and Eyster let the two play heads up. Lopes proceeded to hit the tank hard. After two or three minutes he apologized to the table and another two or three minutes later he tried to call the clock on himself. You can't do that, however, so Eyster helped him out. About halfway through the count, he slowly slid his cards to the dealer and Savitz raked in the pot.
Lopes left himself with just 150,000 after the fold while Savitz propels himself to 800,000.
Ben Volpe just dropped more than 100,000 chips in a contest with Pierre Neuville, and we picked up the next hand as he three-bet Vanessa Peng. She'd opened to 22,000 from the cutoff, and Volpe made it 58,000 from the small blind. Peng reraised to 110,000, Volpe shoved for 413,000 total, and Peng made the call with her big stack to put Volpe at risk. It was a coin flip for the chip lead.
Showdown
Peng:
Volpe:
The board ran clean for Volpe, coming . Just like that, Volpe shoots up to 844,000 and into the chip lead, and Peng is cut down under 400,000 and back into the middle of the pack.
Barry Greenstein had been worked down to just 55,000 when he three-bet shoved into Darryl Ronconi. It was only 27,000 more for him to call, and he put in the chips in to put Greenstein at risk.
Showdown
Ronconi:
Greenstein:
The board ran , and Greenstein's three pair earn him the double. He's back to about 125,000 now, slightly up from where he began the day.
We missed the hand as it happened, but it sounds like Garrett Adelstein put a bad-beat double-up on Jeff Sarwer. We can surmise that for two reasons. First, Adelstein is up over 300,000 chips, and Sarwer is below 200,000. And secondly, from the table talk during this pot.
It began with Adelstein opening to 22,000, and Sarwer took a long pause to count down his stack before shoving all in. When it folded back around to Adelstein, he gave a long stare. "What?" Sarwer said, grinning. "You know I'm ahead here." Adelstein prodded, and Sarwer kept going. "Of course I'm ahead. 100%. But you can hit a 3%-er on me again. With that, Adelstein folded.
Sarwer played another pot just a moment later, calling a preflop raise to 21,000 from Ben Volpe. Sarwer called another 38,000 after the flop, but Volpe bet another 62,000 on the turn that finally coaxed a fold. It leaves Sarwer with about 185,000 chips, less than half what he began the day with.
Jeff Williams moved all in from under the gun for 81,000. Eric Froehlich was on the button and made the call. The small blind folded and Paul Greim began to tank in the big blind. Eventually he moved all in for 143,000 and Froehlich called.
Williams:
Froehlich:
Greim:
The flop was and put Greim out in front. The turn was the which bricked both of Greim's opponents and the river was scary but ultimately harmless.
With that hand, Williams hits the rail, Froehlich falls to 250,000 while Greim is off to a great start and chips up to 380,000.
While he was still unbagging his chips, Mike Fosco opened to 23,000, and Kevin Eyster three-bet shoved on him for 160,000 total. Fosco grinned at the decision he was facing, and he eventually called to put Eyster at risk.
Showdown
Fosco:
Eyster:
Eyster was in good shape, and the board ran out to lock up his double. Eyster's rail is already here cheering him on, letting out a loud, "That's one, Kev!"
. He's doubled his way back to 415,000 now, while Pantling is left with just 27,000 with which to try and mount a comeback.
against the 
of Ben Volpe. He was happy to see that he was flipping and even happier to see the 
flop which put him in the lead. The turn-river came out 
and Eyster checked to Lopes who bet 46,000. Savitz came in with a raise to 100,000 and Eyster let the two play heads up. Lopes proceeded to hit the tank hard. After two or three minutes he apologized to the table and another two or three minutes later he tried to call the clock on himself. You can't do that, however, so Eyster helped him out. About halfway through the count, he slowly slid his cards to the dealer and Savitz raked in the pot.
, and Greenstein's three pair earn him the double. He's back to about 125,000 now, slightly up from where he began the day.
which bricked both of Greim's opponents and the 