We recently sent a field reporter by Eric Sonstegard's table to get a chip count. He has about 5,000, well below his high-water mark of about 90,000 earlier this level.
"Nope," said Sonstegard. "I didn't move. I'm the same guy who had ninety thousand."
The day has not been kind to Andreas Torbergsen. With a dwindling stack, he raised to 1,125 from late position. The small blind reraised to 2,500. Not to be outdone, Torbergsen put in the third raise to 6,000, which the small blind called.
On a flop of , the small blind bet enough to put Torbergsen all in, about 5,000. Torbergsen made the call. His pocket tens were ahead of the small blind's pocket sevens, and held up through the river.
Five WSOP bracelets tend to win one a bit of respect. Or fear. Or what the French call... I don't know what.
Allen Cunningham raised to 1,200 from the button and the player in the big blind called. Both checked the flop. The turn was the . The player in the BB bet 2,200, and Cunningham called.
The river brought the . The BB player checked, and Cunningham bet 4,500. His opponent called.
Cunningham showed for the rivered flush. His opponent turned over for tens full of deuces. Not too much out there that could beat that.
After having been up around 60,000, Cunningham now has about 45,000.
The table of Jean-Robert Bellande and Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe has been providing us with some great conversation throughout play today. We picked up the most recent good-natured banter between the two men. It followed a pot in which The Iceman had bet 7,000 into a pot of 3,500. The board showed , and Monroe ended up winning the pot with .
Bellande was less than impressed: "King-king bet 7K into a thirty-five hundred pot. Let's review the hand again."
"If you don't have an ace, what would you do? I'ma freeze you, sucka!" Teddy said. "You tryin' to get in my head, but it ain't workin'. I'm in your head."
Bellande humored him: "Ladies and gentlemen," he announced to the table, "It's official: Teddy is in my head." There was an elimination occurring at this exact moment on an adjacent table, yet ESPN's cameras remained fixed on the verbal tussle going on at this table. "I can't out-talk you. I'll let my chips and my cards do the talking."
Preflop, an under the gun player raised to 900 and was reraised by a player on the button all in to 9,050. Anton Allemann made the call. The under the gun player folded. Allemann showed and his opponent showed .
From under the gun, Carlos Mortensen raised to 1,200 and everyone at the table mucked their cards. "Come on guys!" Mortensen said as he flipped over . Matt Mezdinsky, who's played (and lost) quite a few pots with Carlos today joked, "I folded kings. I just felt like you were strong."
Mike Postle raised to 1,600 and Gus Hansen made the call from the cutoff. The flop was . Postle led out for 3,000 and Hansen called. The turn was the . Postle checked, Hansen bet 6,650 and Postle called. The river was the . Postle checked, Hansen bet 14,425 and Postle called.
Postle showed , but Hansen had for the wheel and dragged the 52,000 pot.
Melissa Hayden was all in preflop with Joao Nunes. Hayden held and Nunes had . The board ran out and it would be the river that delivered the final blow for Hayden.