Carter Phillips put an opponent to the test for all of his chips on the final board of 
. The player tanked for a while, but found the courage to make the call. He was right, holding the 
, when Phillips tabled the 
for queen high.
Phillips dropped all the way back to about 17,000 chips after sending over the amount he owed to the player.
With the flop laid out 
, two players checked to Sorel Mizzi. He fired a bet of 1,500. The first player check-raised to 4,000 and the next player folded. Mizzi stuck around to see a turn and it came the 
.
On the turn, the first player bet 7,000 into Mizzi, leaving himself with about 10,600 behind. Mizzi thought for a bit and then moved all in, having the opponent well covered. The player looked disgusted and then flung his hand into the muck. Mizzi smiled and why wouldn't he, he's leading Day 1b with 95,000 chips.
David Benyamine raised to 550 in the hijack and John Dolan re-raised to 1,600 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Benyamine and he called, leading to a 
flop.
Benyamine checked and Dolan bet 2,000. After a short while thinking about his options, Benyamine went all in for a hefty raise amount of just over 29,000. As Dolan thought it over and got into a friendly coversation with his opponent, Benyamine remarked, "Good thing I have this," holding up his rebuy chip. Dolan chuckled, giving up his hand and surrendering the pot.
Benyamine showed 
for the big draw as he collected the chips.
Benyamine: Up to about 34,000
Dolan: Down to about 68,500
A player checked the board of 
to Dominik Nitsche and he fired 2,225. His opponent called and the two saw the fall on the river. Both players checked.
Nitsche couldn't beat his opponent's and lost the pot.
Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh raised to 600 from early position with 1,900 behind. Martin Klaeser shoved from the button and had her covered. When action got back to her, she stuck the rest of her money in holding the 
. Klaeser held pocket tens.
The board ran out 
and Leigh doubled back to 5,500.
Just before the break, John Dolan won a nice pot to put himself among the chip leaders.
A player in early position raised to 600 and and John Dolan popped it 1,725 in the cutoff. The player on the button called, as did the original raiser.
The flop fell 
and it was checked to to Dolan. He bet 3,000 and was quickly called by the player on the button. The other player folded and the hit the turn. Dolan bet 5,000 and his opponent quickly announced all in. Dolan called and saw his opponent table 
. The November Niner turned over 
for top two and held through the river.
He is up to about 73,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The players are on a 10-minute break.
On the flop of 
, the first player fired 1,425. Antoine Abou Khalil raised to 4,500 before Martin Klaeser came back over the top with a reraise to 9,200. Khalil moved all in and Klaeser called.
Khalil held two pair with the and was up against the 
for Klaeser.
The turn was the and the river the 
. Khalil had Klaeser covered and left him calling out for a rebuy. Meanwhile, Khalil is up to about 48,000 chips.
On the board of 
, one player checked and then action fell to Antonio Esfandiari. He fired 3,100 and the woman behind him folded. The first player then called. Esfandiari was about to reveal his hand when his opponent turned up the 
for a rivered straight.
"What's that? A Straight?" questioned Esfandiari before mucking his hand. He's still got a nice stack of 60,000 chips though.
