Peter Gould has just been eliminated by Ilari Sahamies, who in the closing minutes of this level has gone into overdrive, upping his stack to over 240,000. Gould's 68,000 is now part of that, after he got it in with vs. Sahamies' . An ace on the river later, and Gould is shaking hands and shaking his head.
James Obst (unless he has somehow turned into J.J. Liu, who now occupies his seat).
Seen Giving Interviews on the Rail
Liz Lieu (knee-high leather boots for the win)
Alexia Portal (telling a riveting story, we're sure, but it's in French and our universal translator isn't working)
"How can you check so many times?" a disappointed Joe Hachem asked his opponent. "How is that possible?" Hachem, sitting in the big blind, had called a late position raise to 3,000 with the remark, "Friends... for now." Both players checked the flop and the turn. Hachem checked a third time when the hit the river, then quickly called a bet of 4,100. His opponent turned over a pair of aces, , a hand that Hachem beat with two pair, .
"Well played," Hachem said as he collected the pot. "On the turn we play a big pot if you bet."
Quite an interesting battle is shaping up in the middle of the room. All seated at the same table are:
Ami Barer - 250,000
Michael Tureniec - 228,000
Sami Kelopuro - 180,000
With the average stack at approximately 73,000 chips, that's a boatload of chips that are in play at one table. Yesterday, when David Williams and Nenad Medic each built up impressive stacks early (oddly, at the same spot of the room), a stalemate ensued until Medic was broken away from the table. Today we could wind up with a monster chip leader, since none of the three players is known for a lack of gamble or aggression.
Chad Brown is busto after a dwell-call river combo on a board of . His opponent Liviu Toderita had moved all in, and Brown was considering making the call. He did, muttering something about aces, but stared at the of Toderita before mucking his own hand, "good game"-ing the table and heading off.