Anthony Roux has left fellow countryman Bruno Fitoussi to fly the French flag, Roux's last waltz coming against former pace-setter Cory Albertson.
Our field reporter joined the action on the flop with Roux moving in for his final 28,000 with . With the pot already brimming with circa 120,000 in chips, Albertson felt obliged to call with .
However, Albertson was both shocked and elated to find he was ahead, his king high looking to avoid a club or an eight to survive.
Shankar Pillai, a bracelet winner last year, won't be repeating the feat in this event. He raised to 9,000 from the button, was reraised to 24,000 by Frank Rusnak in the small blind, and then went all in for another 25,000. Call.
Dario Minieri must have shares in Tylenol the amount of headaches he's been causing his table of late, raising, reraising and generally being as much of a menace as is humanly possible.
On multiple occasions, his tablemates have asked him what he keeps raising with, and although Minieri was initially accommodating in his replies, he has now stopped answering them as they never believe him anyway.
Brendan Keenan raised to 9,500 from the button, Terry Boyd made it 19,500 from the small blind and Steven Pierson pushed all in from the big blind. Keenan folded, but Boyd called.
Boyd =
Pierson
A cooler of North Pole proportions deals out the cruelest of blows, the board keeping Pierson alive.
"Sorry, dude," said Pierson meekly in the aftermath.
Bill Chen is now up to 215,000 after calling Randall Brueckner's open shove of 45,000. Chen showed , Bruekner . flop meant Brueckner required a king for the gutshot, but it didn't arrive, Chen taking the pot, and Brueckner taking leave.