Tony Dunst arrived at a new table after busting his first entry earlier today, and witnessed John R raised from middle position to 25,000 and the button called. The small blind folded and the big blind re-raised to 85,000. Both players called. The flop came and the action was checked around.
The turn brought the and the big blind led out for 110,000. John R called and so did the button as all three players saw the river. John R kept his cool when he saw the spike on the river. Action was checked to him and he bet 200,000, finding a call from the button and the big blind folded. John rolled over the other two deuces in his hand for quad deuces as he happily stacked his chips.
Aaron Mermelstein raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and Dilovan Hussein called on the button.
Simon Pin-Disle was in the small blind and three-bet to 65,000. Both Mermelstein and Hussein called.
The flop came and Pin-Disle checked. Mermelstein led out for 150,000 and Hussein folded. Pin-Disle called.
The turn was the and Pin-Disle checked again. Mermelstein bet 375,000 this time. Pin-Disle called.
The river was the . Pin-Disle checked for a third time. Mermelstein had 660,000 behind and opted to move all in. Pin-Disle tossed in a single chip to call, and Mermelstein tabled for a full house. Pin-Disle mucked his hand.
After joining the action on the turn in a pot between Eric Afriat and David Valcourt-Dube, there was already over 400,000 in the middle. The board read and Valcourt-Dube had a bet of 225,000 layed out awaiting the action of Afriat. Afriat made the call and the two players saw a river, which brough the .
Afriat checked and Valcourt-Dube shoved all in for his remaining 510,000, barely having Afriat covered. After some deliberation, Afriat made the call, only to see Valcourt-Dube roll over sending Afriat to the rail.
With 60,000 in the middle and a board reading , Tony Tran led out for 63,000. Preston Cloutier sat on the other side of the table contemplating his decision and eventually made the call. The river hit the felt and this time Tran made a substantial bet of 278,000. After going into the tank, Cloutier made the call only to see Tran roll over for a flush.
Cloutier, along with the rest of the table, looked in disbelief again. One player mentioned "It's hard to believe he always has it" as it appears Tran has been on a recent heater since the first break closing in on the chip lead.
Players are heading to their first break of the day after the second level of play has concluded. We have reached 299 entries thus far with four more levels of play before registration ends for the day.
Tony Dunst has found himself on an action-packed table. Chips are being thrown into the pot from every direction, however Dunst has been on the losing end of the last couple pots. After starting the day strong, Dunst heads into the first break looking to regain some of the chips he lost to Jase Regina recently.