Yasuhiro Waki is slowly building his stack. He must be thinking, "If only I could get some action!" He called a raise to 500 from an early-position player. The big blind also called for a pot of about 1,500. The flop was . Action checked to Waki, who made a pot-sized bet of 1,500. Both other players folded, prompting Waki to ruefully flash as he raked in the pot.
David Steicke raised to 600 preflop and Julian Powell made the call out of the big blind. The flop landed and Powell checked to Steicke, who fired out 650. Powell made the call.
The turn brought the and again Powell checked to Steicke who fired again, this time for 1,075. Powell then check-raised to 3,000 in total, with Steicke making the call.
The river landed the and Powell moved all in for his last 9,000, covering Steicke, who went into the tank. He eventually folded and Powell raked in a nice pot to move up to 17,800 with Steicke falling to 6,000.
Mike "Timex" McDonald limped into a pot along with three other players. They all checked when the flop came down ragged and unconnected, . On the turn, action checked to McDonald, who bet 650. The button player and the big blind both called.
Everyone checked through a river of . McDonald tabled for top pair, top kicker. It was the winner. He now has about 11,000.
Josh Pang Ang was never able to recover from the early setbacks he suffered today. On a flop of , he moved in for his last several hundred chips. He was instantly called by his lone opponent. Ang had a draw with , but his opponent had already flopped the nuts with . The and completed the board to send Ang to the rail.
Players are on a 15-minute break. At the end of this break, late registration will be closed. We should have final numbers for today's field shortly thereafter.
Jonny Vincent's day continues to be marked by peaks and valleys. After the small blind opened the pot to 600, Vincent shoved all in for about 3,000 from the big blind. The small blind debated before making the call.
SB:
Vincent:
Things looked pretty bleak for Vincent, but he managed to make top two pair on a flop of . The turn and river came to send his stack back up over the 6,000-chip mark.