We caught up to the table to find several players with chips in the center. Joseph Richardson was all in for his last 6,325 and had another player move all in over the top. The third player let out a sigh and folded face up for the table to see.
Richardson:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Richardson's kings were able to hold against the tens, ensuring him a double up. Fortunately for Richardson, the was folded before the flop or else it would have made the nuts and send him to the rail. He's now sitting on about 16,500.
Matt Affleck opened to 900 from under the gun plus one and it folded all of the way around to the small blind who called. The big blind got out of the way and the duo saw a flop of . Action was checked to Affleck and he continued for 1,300. The small blind called and the hit the turn.
The small blind tapped his finger on the table once again and Affleck bet 3,100. Affleck's opponent moved all in and Affleck snapped him off for his tournament life.
Affleck:
Opponent:
Affleck's set of treys was ahead of his opponent's two pair and he was able to retain that lead through the river. Affleck was all in for 12,600 and is now sitting on a stack of about 30,500.
The flop read and a player bet 1,600. Matt Jarvis was his lone opponent and called the bet.
The turn was the and Jarvis' opponent shot out 3,600. Jarvis flat called once more and the river brought the . Jarvis' opponent slowed down with a checked and a methodical Jarvis slowly reached for chips, counted out 6,850, and put them into the center.
"Call," announced his opponent.
Jarvis showed for top pair and top kicker. Jarvis' opponent flashed the before throwing his hand to the muck. Jarvis scooped up the pot and is sitting at roughly 82,000 in chips.
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Action folded around to the cutoff who popped it up to 1,200. The player on the button called only to find Noah Vaillancourt three-bet to 3,700 from the small blind. The big blind and the original raiser folded and the button decided to stick around.
The two players saw a flop of . Vaillancourt fired out a continuation bet of 2,500 and his opponent snap-raised him to 5,000. Vaillancourt shuffled chips and a wave of slight frustration washed over his face as he let go of his cards. He's now down to about 12,500.
Here are some updated chip counts of notable names throughout the room. Most notably, Robert Cheung has managed to mount a substantial comeback. Last time we checked on him he was sitting close to the felt with only about 3,000 in chips. He's managed to work that short stack back up above starting stack and currently has about 23,000.
face up for the table to see.
and Richardson's kings were able to hold against the tens, ensuring him a double up. Fortunately for Richardson, the 
. Action was checked to Affleck and he continued for 1,300. The small blind called and the 
river. Affleck was all in for 12,600 and is now sitting on a stack of about 30,500.
and a player bet 1,600. Matt Jarvis was his lone opponent and called the bet.
and Jarvis' opponent shot out 3,600. Jarvis flat called once more and the river brought the 
. Jarvis' opponent slowed down with a checked and a methodical Jarvis slowly reached for chips, counted out 6,850, and put them into the center.
before throwing his hand to the muck. Jarvis scooped up the pot and is sitting at roughly 82,000 in chips.
