Ludovic Lacay started off very good and got up to 15,000 chips quickly but he just lost almost half of his stack. Lacay told us he thought his hand was and on a that looked pretty good. Lacay got his opponent to put his chips in the middle with and a flush draw and he was looking to flip. Than Lacay turned over and was in very bad shape. No luck for the Frenchman who is down to 8,000 chips.
Eoghan O'Dea and Dario Alioto are also at his table and doing much better with very sizable stacks.
Steve Billirakis is starting today like he left off yesterday - winning pots!
We joined the action on a flop of with three players involved in the pot and they all checked. The turn card was the and after the small blind checked, Richard "Chufty" Ashby bet 750 and it all heads swung around to Steve Billirakis on the button who made it 3,300. The small blind folded and Ashby had a decision to make for his final 4,600 chips. In the end he decided to fold and Billirakis took the pot.
"Wow, I'm running good!" is what Sam Stein just sarcastically said after doubling up Matt Stout. Stout raised to 600 from the button and after the small blind called Stein decided to pot from the big blind. Stout called all-in and the big blind folded.
Matt Stout
Sam Stein
"You're ahead," Stein said with a laugh and after the flop came out Stout replied with, "Now I'm really ahead". When the turn, the , came out Stein added, "Am I really gonna lose this one?". The river was the and Stout doubled up. "I'm running good!" Stein said looking down at his small 2,500 stack.
Shannon Shorr is sharing table space with Johnny Chan but they are both having mixed fortunes. Shorr is at the tail end of the chip counts while Chan is at the top. Here they are getting involved in a hand together.
Chan made it 150 to play from the cut-off and both blinds called. The flop was and Shorr bet 400 from the small blind, the big blind called and Chan folded. The turn was the and a 925 Shorr bet took the pot down.
Richard Ashby has just found himself a much needed double up.
Andy Frankenberger raised to 350 in first position and Scott Lipshutz three-bet in the next seat making it 900 to play. Richard Ashby was seated in the cut-off and he called as did Frankenberger.
Flop:
Frankenberger checked and Lipshutz bet 2,500. This bet left Lipshutz with around 800 behind. Richard Ashby had around 3,600 and he decided to move all-in. Frankenberger folded and Lipshutz made the call.
Showdown
Johnny Chan eliminated Dominik Nitchse. Nitchse who was down to his last ten big blinds opened the button to 525 with double suited and Chan three-bets with and Nitsche didn't even get a sweat on the board!