There was around 24,000 in the middle on a board of and action was on the big blind, who had checked and was facing a bet of 15,000 from Matt Alexander out of the cutoff. He thought for close to a minute and then tossed in chips to call.
"I have the nuts," said Alexander, tabling for a straight flush. His opponent mucked.
"That's it?" the player joked as Alexander stacked his newly-earned chips into heaping towers of varying heights, with each stack representing a different denomination of chips totaling somewhere in the range of 118,500.
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Ian Matakis had gotten stacks in from early position with action from Tam Le, who was in the cutoff, and hands had just been tabled on a board of with about 13,000 in the middle before stacks went in.
Ian Matakis:
Tam Le:
"Nice catch," said Le as he paid what he owed. Despite the lost pot, Le appears to be one of the biggest stacks in the room, having been spotted with over 100,000 in front of him.
There was around 3,000 in the pot from preflop action in a three-way pot between a player in middle position, Joseph Maas in the hijack, and Vic Peppe in the cutoff. The flop came and the middle-position playear checked to Maas, who threw out an overbet of 5,000. Peppe wasted no time calling and the third player in the hand folded to take action heads up to the turn .
"Play for the rest," said Maas, pushing forward his remaining 10,900. Peppe thought for close to a minute and then sent his cards face-down to the center of the table.
There was just under 10,000 in the pot on a board reading and heads-up action between the player in the small blind and Mario Hudson, who was in the hijack. The small blind fired out a bet of 6,500 and Hudson thought for a few moments before tossing in chips to call. The river fell and the small blind checked. Hudson checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
Hudson showed after checking back and his opponent hit the table to signify a nice hand, doing so with the slightest inflection of frustration before sending his cards tot he muck.
Three more levels are in the books and it's time for another 10-minute break. Upon returning, two more levels will be played before a 40-minute dinner break will occur.
As of now, the tournament clock reads 182 entries with 14 tables currently in play.