Former bracelet winner Mike Carson raised to 1,250 from early position only to have 2002 Main Event Champ Robert Varkonyi, who was next to act, three-bet to 3,700. Action folded back around to Carson and he made the call before checking the flop.
Varkonyi threw out four yellow T1,000 chip, Carson called, and the appeared on the turn. Again Carson checked and Varkonyi bet, this time 8,000. As Carson tanked, the ESPN cameras circled the table to capture the action. Eventually, Carson woke up with a check-raise to 22,000, which put Varkonyi in the tank for a long time.
After a few minutes, another player at the table called clock. As the floor counted down from ten, Varkonyi flicked his cards to the muck right around the seven-second mark. "Nice laydown," Carson told Varkonyi before flashing .
Matt Matros opened in late position with a raise to 1,300. It folded to the button who made it 3,200 to go. Like lightning, the player in the small blind decided to four-bet the action, pushing out 8,525. Action folded back around to Matros who tanked for about a minute before pushing all of his chips in the middle. The button quickly folded and the small blind made what looked like a painful fold. Matros is now sitting with about 89,000.
After a player in late position limped Ryan Daut in the cut off bet out 1,200. Action then folded around to a player in late position who limped in. This late position player then reraised and made it 9,200. Daut then opted to move all in for 25,500. A call was made and both players tabled their cards.
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Daut was ahead with his pair, but was not out of the woods yet. The dealer then put out five cards in the middle and they came out despite an over-card falling on the river Daust was able to avoid the two cards he needed to avoid and was able to double up.
Preflop action suggested a middle-position open by Tri Nguyen and a defense by Bradley Tomlinson in the big blind, creating a modest pot of about 2,500. The flop came . Tomlinson checked, and Nguyen bet 1,525. Tomlinson then check-raised to 6,000. Nguyen paused a beat, then made it 15,025 to go.
Tomlinson removed his card protector, rechecked his cards, gathered chips, and reraised again to 40,000. After thinking about a half-minute, Nguyen let it go.
Nguyen slips to about 55,000, while Tomlinson chips up around 80,000.
There was about 5,000 in the middle and the board read . The player in middle position made a small-seeming bet of 1,500. Shawn "Lightning" Keller considered the situation, then made a big-seeming raise to 15,000, putting on his hood sitting quietly afterwards while his opponent thought.
Finally Keller's opponent let it go, Keller removed his hood, and began stacking his chips. He has about 125,000 of them.
Danish wunderkind Morten Mortensen fired out 7,600 on the turn of a board against [Removed:321] Mosayar, the latter check-calling from the big blind to see the river. This time both players checked and Mosayar flipped for top pair but Mortensen had managed to pip him on the river holding for two pair to boost his stack to 95,000.
Brad Booth started the day with 109,000, but he has slowly been losing chips throughout the day. We just caught the end of a hand that has dropped him below 70,000. The board read out , and there was about 15,000 in the pot. Booth checked to his opponent, who bet out 7,200. Booth gave it about 30 seconds of thought before tossing in the call, and immediately regretted when he saw his opponent had for a turned set rivered full house. Booth mucked his hand, and is still looking to get things going in the right direction today.
A player in middle position raised and action folded around to David Oppenheim in the big blind who made the call. The dealer spread out a flop and action was on Oppenheim who checked. Oppenheim's opponent then bet out 1,600 and received a call from Oppie.
The turn slowed down both players as they both knocked the felt for checks. A river brought an aggressive Oppenheim who bet out 2,500. A call was made and Oppenheim showed a meekly for a busted flush draw while his opponent flipped over for a winning two pair, kings and jacks.
We caught up with the action on a flop where Ryan D’Angelo in the small blind check-called a bet of 2,500 from Jean-Robert Bellande who was under the gun. When the hit the turn, D’Angelo led out for 5,600 and Bellande just called. The river was the and D’Angelo asked to see a look at Bellande’s stack before he bet 6,800. Bellande signed and rubbed his face before he flicked his cards in for a fold as D’Angelo took down the pot. Bellande hasn’t been off to a good start so far today and has dropped below the starting stack while D’Angelo has chipped up his already large to begin with stack.
flop.
appeared on the turn. Again Carson checked and Varkonyi bet, this time 8,000. As Carson tanked, the ESPN cameras circled the table to capture the action. Eventually, Carson woke up with a check-raise to 22,000, which put Varkonyi in the tank for a long time.
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despite an over-card falling on the river Daust was able to avoid the two cards he needed to avoid and was able to double up.
. Tomlinson checked, and Nguyen bet 1,525. Tomlinson then check-raised to 6,000. Nguyen paused a beat, then made it 15,025 to go.
, and Cole was eliminated from the tournament.
. The player in middle position made a small-seeming bet of 1,500. Shawn "Lightning" Keller considered the situation, then made a big-seeming raise to 15,000, putting on his hood sitting quietly afterwards while his opponent thought.
flop and action was on Oppenheim who checked. Oppenheim's opponent then bet out 1,600 and received a call from Oppie.
for a busted flush draw while his opponent flipped over 
hit the turn, D’Angelo led out for 5,600 and Bellande just called. The river was the