Michael Binger raised to 9,500 from middle position and received a call from the player in the hijack. Phil "The Unabomber" Laak was in the cutoff and put in a raise to 25,000. After the blinds got out of the way, Binger grabbed a stack of chips and reraised to 73,000. Both the hijack and Laak folded and Binger took down the pot without a flop. He is sitting with right around 430,000.
Action folded to Anh Van Nguyen on the button and he threw in a min-raise to 8,000. Ryan Welch called from the small blind as the big blind got out of the way. Both players checked the 
flop as well as the 
turn. When the 
appeared on the river, Welch led out for the minimum bet of 4,000. Nguyen called but mucked when he saw that Welch had made a pair on the river with 
.
Nguyen took a very small hit to his giant stack while Welch increased his to 285,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000 | 175,900 |
|
315,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -25,000 |
|
Busted |
With about 70,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, the player in Seat 7 checked to Jason Mercier, who bet 41,400. Seat 7 wasted little time in raising to 141,100 and Mercier tanked. He thought for a solid two minutes before gently sliding his cards into the muck. Seat 7 then showed the 
as Mercier sat their emotionless.
Mercier, who is an avid Miami Dolphins fan and no doubt pleased with their win over the Titans earlier today, currently sits with 170,000.
Anh Van Nguyen opened to 9,500 in early position, and Adam Junglen three-bet to 24,500 across the table. Van Nguyen called, and off they went to a flop of 
. Van Nguyen continued out with 22,500 chips, and Junglen mini-raised to 45,000. Van Nguyen called.
The 
on fourth street drew two checks, and the filled out the board on fifth street. Van Nguyen loaded again and fired 55,000 at the pot, and that sent Junglen deep into the tank. He took several minutes to consider, then apologized for the delay as he shook his head back and forth. Eventually, and with a regretful look on his face, Junglen passed to send the pot over to the Canadian Team PokerStars Pro.
And with it comes the chip lead! Anh Van Nguyen is up around 490,000, the biggest stack in sight. Junglen has about 180,000 left.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
Players are now on a ten-minute break.
Ronnie Bardah raised to 8,700 and George Lind reraised to 22,000. Action got back around to Bardah and he moved all in for about 130,000. Lind called.
Both the players held pocket tens. Bardah's were the red ones and Lind's the black ones. A chop was almost certain, but after the flop came 
it gave Bardah a flush draw. The turn and river both bricked for him and the two wound up chopping the pot.
Nick Grippo raised to 6,600 from early position, and Bryn Kenney called to see a flop.
It came 
, and Grippo bet 8,500. Kenney flatted, and he faced another bet of 21,000 following the turn. He wasn't flatting this time. Kenney stuck in a raise to 54,000, and Grippo was the one calling now.
The 
filled out the board with a pair, and Kenney made a healthy bet of 113,000 chips. Grippo tanked for a long while, eventually surrendering the big pot to move himself down to about 415,000 and move Kenney up around the same mark.
All of the action happened before we walked up to the table, but here's what we know. A player we didn't recognize held , Shane Schleger had 
too, and Thomas Elexhausen had 
. The flop came , and the ensuing action created a pot of somewhere around 400,000. The turn and river 
and 
allowed Elexhausen's set of nines to drag that big pot, knocking out one player and sending Schleger spiraling down to about 80,000.
We're going to wait for Elexhausen to stack up, but mark him down for around 400,000 right now.
