Jonathan Layani's built 'em high with a very large (in terms of volume and upward reach) stack which he's using regularly. Having not experienced tournament life as a short, or even average stack in this event since the start of level one, he doesn't seem keen to at this stage.
Just now he raised preflop to 2,000, only to find neighbour Kevin Eyster coming over the top: 5,200. Back to Layani, who counted out a bit more before impassively fourbetting to 13,500. This got a fold.
Andrew Teng might find it difficult with Tommy Vedes sitting a couple of seats to his left.
Teng just opened to 1,425 preflop with Vedes flatting from the button. On the flop, Teng bet 2,400 and Vedes made the call. The turn went check-check before Teng checked the river as well. Vedes now bet 5,700 and Teng quickly folded.
Mikhail Smirnov just got involved with Paul Bennazar who followed up the preflop raise by betting 3k on the flop when Smirnov checked. He was called, and they saw the turn. Check-check. The river fell the and Smirnov checked a third time. Bennazar, however, reached for chips and bet 12,500 of them - over the size of the pot. Smirnov sat quietly thinking for a moment or two but finally gave it up.
Table 17 looked pretty hard beforehand, but now Theo Jorgensen has joined this doomy area. He's sharing the table with chip leader Iulian Iacob, Arnaud Mattern and Antony Lellouche.
Expect someone to have a monster stack on there before too long...
Andrew Feldman just told us a hand where he opened to 1,500 from the cutoff with and got called by the button and the blinds.
The flop was and the small blind led out for 3,000, the big blind folded, Feldman called and the button passed. On the turn it was checked to Feldman and he bet 6,000 only to be called by his opponent this time.
The came on the river and the small blind bet 6,000 and Feldman admitted he thought about raising, before just calling. It was just as well since the small blind turned over for trips with a bigger kicker.
The first level of the day saw the last hurrah for the green 25 chips - they're being coloured up and removed (which is going to make a couple of stacks suddenly appear a good deal thinner). In just a matter of minutes play will restart.
It seems like every time I walk past table 16, Stefan Mattsson is threebetting someone preflop (and the lineup is changing all the time – there have already been three bustouts and replacements). One of the newer players to the table is Kristoffer Thorsson, equally Scandinavian and grade-2-haircutted. He just called a Mattsson small blind preflop reraise to 6,000, but folded when his opponent bet out 6,700 straight away on the flop.
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flop, Teng bet 2,400 and Vedes made the call. The 
turn went check-check before Teng checked the 
river as well. Vedes now bet 5,700 and Teng quickly folded.
flop when Smirnov checked. He was called, and they saw the 
turn. Check-check. The river fell the 
and Smirnov checked a third time. Bennazar, however, reached for chips and bet 12,500 of them - over the size of the pot. Smirnov sat quietly thinking for a moment or two but finally gave it up.
and got called by the button and the blinds.
and the small blind led out for 3,000, the big blind folded, Feldman called and the button passed. On the 
turn it was checked to Feldman and he bet 6,000 only to be called by his opponent this time.
came on the river and the small blind bet 6,000 and Feldman admitted he thought about raising, before just calling. It was just as well since the small blind turned over 
flop.
