Jani Vilmunen has busted Mario Georgiev, making a huge make-or-break call when Georgiev moved all-in for over 25,000 on a flop of . With around 12,000 in the pot, Vilmunen counted out the call, which represented over 90% of his own stack, and then thought quietly for awhile.
Eventually he called with , finding it to be in good shape against Georgiev's . "Good call," said his neighbor as he stacked the 62,000 chips that were pushed his way.
Just before the break, William Kassouf raised to 3,500, and fellow Englishman William Martin pushed for 15,000 total. Kassouf thought about it. "Willie on Willie action," said a cheerful Martin, unnnecessarily.
Eventually, after one of his trademark lengthy dwells, it was Martin who came out on top, as Kassouf folded.
Also just before the break, a rather unhappy but thoroughly gentlemanly Julien Legros was knocked down to under 6,000 as his were brutally busted by Darryl Roome's . The board came down to give Roome the broadway straight. The two shook hands as Roome doubled up to around 25,000.
Roy Brindley just knocked Jimmy McSweeny out of the top ten in chips with his vs. McSweeny's . McSweeny had hit top pair on a flop. We caught the hand as Brindley, from the button, moved his 40,000 stack over the line and McSweeny, in the cutoff, then considered making the call.
This went on for a little while - the pot standing at 25,000. Eventually McSweeny called, saw the aces, and hoped to hit. The turn and river did not oblige and Brindley made a brief arms-in-the-air victory sign -- like someone winning the Tour de France. He doubled up to 105,000 while McSweeny is now on 30,000.
One player we've mention a little is WSOP gent-in-a-suit and floor man extraodinaire Charlie Ciresi. He's still in, and has been up and down a little today, but has never really veered too far from the 55,000 or so that he started with.
Anything can happen, though, and he's on a pretty tough table. EPT Baden champion Julian Thew is at his right while Dave "Riverdave" Penly is on the table as well...
Lucky escape for Stephen O'Connell just now; he was all in against his deep-stacked neighbor Jani Vilmunen with a dominated ace vs. . Having flipped their hands, O'Connell had sort of tucked his kicker under the ace, and waited to see what the board would bring. It worked out well for him - a double paired board split the pot to keep him in the tournament.
He had called Ashley Hames' push, and things were looking very good for him.
Baier:
Hames:
Board:
"You are the devil," commented a tablemate.
"Get in, my son," replied a very cheerful Hames.
The next hand, it folded around to Baier on the button, who called all in for his last 1,100. The small blind limped in, the big blind checked, and they saw a flop. The small blind bet out, the big blind folded, and they were on their backs.