Jude Ainsworth and Jan Collado saw a flop come down with about 20,000 chips in the middle. Ainsworth was first to act and checked. Collado checked behind.
The turn brought the , putting three bullets on board. Ainsworth fired 7,000 and Collado raised to 20,500. Ainsworth made the call.
The river was the and Ainsowrth led out with a bet of 30,000. Collado didn't seem to like the fact that Ainsworth led the river, but made the call after a minute or so in the tank.
"I play the board," said Ainsworth, before Collado tabled the for a full house on the river.
Collado moved up to 405,000 chips while Ainsworth dropped back to 535,000.
"Yessssss," he hissed, and punched Roberto Romanello who was railing him from the side. If he punches his buddies when he wins, we wonder what he does when he loses.
Boris Becker raised to 6,000 only for a gentleman to move all in from the button for 43,800. Becker tanked up while various media personnel and railers crowded around the table, and eventually he called. It was a good call...
Players are meant to be on a break around about now, but seeing as there's a side event starting in the room in about 10 minutes, the main event break is being postponed until 20 minutes or so into the next level. So don't be surprised if we suddenly announce a break halfway through the next level - it's not just the bloggers slacking off...
219 - that's the number on the board right now, meaning that we've already lost well over half of the players who started today. At this rate we will almost certainly be in the money before our scheduled seven levels are over. Rumours are flying around that we may stop after the sixth level, but this remains to be seen.
Having said that, with all the all-ins and whatnot, the average stack right now is over 50 big blinds so we are really due a slowdown....
The cutoff raised to 6,600, and Max Pescatori raised to 20,000 from the small blind. His opponent called, and both quickly checked the flop. Two more checks followed the on the turn. The river was the , and Pescatori decided he'd had enough of all the checking. He bet 20,000, and his opponent folded, flashing .