In a battle of the blinds T6 Poker pro Thierry van den Berg, raised it up to 1,800 and Jason Rosenberg made the call.
They took a flop of and Rosenberg checked to van den Berg, who led out for 2,100. Rosenberg then check-raised to 5,100 before van den Berg moved all in for 16,000. Rosenberg let it go and van den Berg is off to a good start today, moving up to 28,000 chips.
Zacharias Simeon had unfortunate timing when he get the last of his 9,000 or so chips into the middle. Simeon pushed all in preflop with and Dave Colclough woke up with and made an obvious call.
Colclough's rockets held up and Simeon will have to wait 'til next year for his chance at Main Event gold.
Paul Wasicka limped from middle position, and Keith Hawkins raised to 2,000 from late position. Robert Melnyk called from the big blind, and Wasicka called as well.
The flop came . All three checked. The turn brought the . Melnyk checked, Wasicka bet 4,000, and Hawkins called. Melnyk got out of the way.
The river was the , putting a full house on the board. Wasicka bet 5,000, and Hawkins called. Hawkins showed for jacks full of kings, and Wasicka mucked.
Hawkins is now up to 80,000, while Wasicka has slipped to 12,000.
Dustin Sitar got the rest of his chips in the middle with preflop, but found himself up against the of Alex Kravchenko. on the board, and Sitar's Main Event run came to an end.
Franco Cova has just doubled up after all the chips went into the middle on a flop of . Cova held but would have to dodge some outs as his opponent, Sverre Sundbo, showed for top pair and flush draw.
The fell on the turn and the bricked on the river to give the pot to Cova as he doubles to 23,000.
Ellen Narkis began the day with a little over 20,000 chips. About twenty minutes into play today, she got it all in with pocket tens and was up against Robert Fikac, who held . A king flopped, and Narkis couldn't improve thereafter. She's out, and Fikac now has 34,000.
One table has a very strong odor of something familiar to many poker players, especially those that play in home games. We're not saying what it is, but it's pretty easy to guess.