John Phan is visiting Table 298 and having a chat with Will Failla. The two are teasing back and forth about their respective chips stacks.
Meanwhile, a table over at Table 293, Victor Ramdin has been enjoying a massage ever since we got back from the dinner break. As players are eliminated and stacks get a little deeper, it appears the camaraderie between players is getting a little deeper as well.
Andy Black and an opponent were all in preflop for the opponent's tournament life.
Black:
Opponent:
Black may not have liked his chances heading to the flop, but that sure changed when it came . His opponent was drawing dead, with the and coming as a formality.
Vitaly Lunkin made it 4,000 to go in early position and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop came and both the big blind and Lunkin checked.
The hit the turn and the big blind checked yet again. Lunkin bet 6,000, which left him with onlu 5,500 behind, and the big blind opted to fold.
David Baker was in the hijack when he raised to 3,600. Over in the big blind sat Will Failla took his turn to further raise the stakes to 9,000. Baker tanked for a while before making the call.
The flop came . Failla checked, Baker bet 10,000 and Failla raised to 24,000. Baker made the call.
The turn was a and Failla went all in for 24,000. Baker took a long time to make a decision, but he eventually folded, claiming to have .
Failla is now up to 120,000 while Baker is down to 70,000
An unknown player raised to 4,300 and Liv Boeree reraised to 11,500. The orginal raiser, who had Boeree covered, then went all in. Boeree tanked before making the call with .
Her opponent turned over and the flop came {x}. The turn card was the , which left Boeree asking for a ten. It was not meant to be however as the appeared on the river. Boeree was eliminated from the tournament.
On a flop of , Burt Boutin checked and Nick Mitchell bet 3,200. Boutin raised to 14,200 and Mitchell reraised all in for 27,300 total. Boutin called all in immediately and showed for both straight and flush draws.
Mitchell held the for two pair and needed to dodge a bunch of outs. The on the turn gave Boutin even more outs headed to the river. When the hit the river, Boutin took down a pot worth 61,000.