Rafi Amit bet 3,000 on the flop of and Erik Seidel called. The turn was the and Amit bet 10,500. Seidel called. The river was the and both players checked.
"King," announed Amit. Seidel then tabled and Amit mucked his hand.
On the next hand, Seidel called a raised to 5,300 from Florian Langmann. Seidel was in the big blind and Langmann on the button.
The flop came down and Seidel checked. Langmann fired 8,200 and then Seidel raised the pot. Langmann folded and Seidel added more chips to his stack.
Mike "SirWatts" Watson had Jamie Pickering all in preflop.
Watson:
Pickering:
The flop came down and put Pickering in the lead. The turn was the and then the river was the , giving Watson a full house by spiking the four. He's now back up to 100,000 while Pickering exits on the bubble.
"Wait, can we stop for a few minutes?" said Rafi Amit. "We're in the money and I want to call my family."
From under the gun, Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt raised to 6,000 and then Rafi Amit reraised from the cutoff seat to 20,000. Putt put the rest of his chips in (only a few thousand more) and Amit made the call.
Amit:
Putt:
The board ran out and Amit made a spade flush to send Putt to the rail. Amit moved up to 88,000 chips to continue his roller coaster of a ride.
There are now six players remaining and they are on the bubble.
since coming back from break, Rafi Amit has really been mixing it up. He came out of the break with just under 100,000 chips. He slipped down to about 70,000 within the first few hands back and then played a hand where he fired 7,000 on the flop of and took down the pot against three opponents.
On the next hand, Amit raised preflop to 6,500 from middle position and Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt called from the small blind. The flop came down and Putt checked. Amit bet 15,000 and Putt called.
Putt shoved dark for 5,900 before the turn card was dealt the . Amit made the call.
Putt:
Amit:
The river was the and Putt earned the double to about 57,000. Amit slipped to 35,000.
On the very next hand, Amit raised to 7,000 and Putt reraised to 24,000 from the button. The flop came down and Putt bet enough to put Amit all in. Amit called off his last 8,900.
Putt:
Amit:
The turn and river were the and and Amit doubled back up.
This is so much fun," said Amit. "F*ck, let's make this a three-day event. We can play down to four tomorrow and then come back and play it before the World Series, make a big sh*t out of the whole thing. Let's do that."
On a flop of , Rafi Amit check-raised a 5,000-chip bet from Erik Seidel to 20,000. Seidel then moved all in and Amit called.
Amit held the nut-flush draw, a pair and a gutshot while Seidel held top set and a flush draw himself. The turn was the and the river the , keeping Seidel's set of jacks in the lead and doubling him to about 125,000 chips. Amit slipped to 95,000.
The players are taking their time with their decisions and not getting too involved with one another. Erik Seidel even expressed his opinion about wanting to play the event out tomorrow instead of finishing it today,.
Rafi Amit chimed in and said that it was already planned to be a one-day event, so they just need to play it out. He mentioned that the players knew that going into the tournament and should have been prepared.
The tournament staff said that if they event goes to around 3:00 for 4:00 a.m., then they will most likely stop it and start back up tomorrow.