Alex Timman just doubled up to about 45,000. He was all in for 22,775 with the 
and up against the 
for Felipe Ramos. The board ran through 
to give Timman a full house. Ramos was left with 30,225.
With the flop of 
in the middle, Joe Hachem checked to Vivek Rajkumar. He fired out 2,100 and Hachem made the call to see the 
fall on the turn. Hachem checked again and Rajkumar checked behind.
The river completed the board with the 
and Hachem checked. Rajkumar fired 4,500 and the 2005 WSOP Main Event champion called. Rajkumar tabled the 
and Hachem mucked.
Hachem dropped to 42,000 and Rajkumar moved up to 118,000.
Two lost hands in a row against 2010 PCA High Roller Champion William Reynolds ended 2009 PCA High Roller Champion Bertrand Grospellier's day.
First, on a 
board, Grospellier's bet of 1,775 was raised to 4,600 by Reynolds. Grospellier called and both checked the 
on fourth street. The 
followed on fifth street and Grospellier check-called 8,600 from Reynolds, mucking when Reynolds showed 
.
Shortly thereafter, Grospellier got it in for about 23,000 with 
against Reynolds' 
. No help came for Grospellier and his tournament is over. Reynolds, on the other hand, is up to about 92,000.
From middle position, a player raised to 1,500. Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden made the call on the button and Steven Levy called from the big blind. The three players saw the flop come down 
and Levy led with a bet of 2,600. Both the preflop raiser and Lodden made the call.
Fourth street was the 
and paired the board. Levy checked and so did the player in middle position. Lodden bet out 8,000 and that prompted a fold from Levy. The other player made the call.
The 
fell on the river and both players checked to go to showdown. Lodden tabled the 
, but was beat by his opponent's 
and dropped back to 26,100 in chips.
From early position, Jonathan Little raised to 1,500. Jonathan Duhamel was the lone caller in the cutoff and the flop came down 
.
Little bet 2,500 and Duhamel called, leading to the 
turn card. Both checked, with the following on the river. Little check-called 5,000, but mucked when Duhamel tabled 
.
Duhamel: Up to about 30,000
Little: Down to about 27,000
On an 
board, Andre Akkari called 16,600 from Bryn Kenney and when the 
river fell, Akkari checked. Kenney went all in for just more than 62,000 and sent Akkari into the tank for a few minutes. Eventually Akkari folded and Kenney was happy to show 
.
Akkari: Down to about 70,000
Kenney: Up to about 110,000
The players are on a 15-minute break.
Here are the chip counts of some of the members of Team PokerStars.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
80,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
67,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
||
|
21,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
Just as the players were all heading on the break this hand went down.
Ravi Raghavan raised to 1,500 from the button and Jason Koon three-bet to 4,300 from the small blind. Will Molson, who finished in second place in this event last year, reraised to 8,600. Raghavan folded, but Koon made the call.
The two players took a heads-up flop of 
and both checked. The was added to the board on the turn and both players checked again to see the fall on the river. Both checked again.
Molson tabled the 
to beat Koon's and improve to 60,000 in chips. Koon slipped back to 33,000.
