![[user4144]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Moments before the break, recent Limit finalist Jason Potter eliminated a player to jump up to 11,500. All in on the turn of a 
board, Potter's 
for the flopped set held up against 
, the river coming a harmless 
to award him both the scalp, and the pot.
We missed the exact action, but "Miami" John Cernuto scooped a huge pot at his table in the Pavilion Room. He had a set of kings against two opponents and is now up to 13,500 chips.
Level: 3
Blinds: 50/75
Ante: 0
As reported earlier, Jason Mercier is here to defend his title and we've just received word via Neil Channing's Twitter that he's been moved to Channing's table:
"Defending champion Jason Mercier has joined on my right. We won't b having a last longer today."
Channing should have no fear though, he's already made a final table this year in Event #6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. He finished runner up to Joshua Tieman, who arrived here for Event #20 just before the break.
With two levels in the books that means registration for Event #20 has closed. And, if the number on the board (889 players) is correct, that means this event has drawn 80 more runners than last year's event.
That means mo' money in the prizepool, but hopefully no problems.
Irish legend Padraig Parkinson was recently all in for his final 1,150, his chips trickling in with 
on an 
flop. His opponent made the call with 
, but Parkinson spiked a flush on the turn to stay alive, thus making the 
river academic.
He might be a member of the Hit Squad along with James Akenhead and recent bracelet winner Praz Bansi, but Mahrenholz went from assassin to victim as he found himself all in just moments ago. I didn't quite catch the preflop action, but Mahrenholz had on a three-way 
flop, only to find his next door neighbour sitting pretty with 
. The turn and were of no use, and Mahrenholz was sent home.
When we reached Table 16, Eric Baldwin, Jason Mercier and an unknown player were all in preflop.
"They're all a bunch of loonies," Neil Channing told us. "Make sure you write that."
The three hands were opened and looked like this:
Showdown
Baldwin: 
Mercier: 
Opponent: 
The flop was huge; .
"Where's the bad beat jackpot?" Mercier joked.
Baldwin stood up and grabbed his things as the turn and river came 
, sending him to the rail. Mercier tripled-up to 13,000 with his quad kings and will have to let his Day 2, 2-7 stack blind off for a little longer.
Following a raise under the gun, Christian Harder called, only to set off a domino effect behind him which saw three other players join the pot. On the flop, the original raiser checked Harder bet 700, the next player moved in for a total of 775, and the other three players folded.
Unsurprisingly, Harder made the call with 
for the flopped straight and full house draw, praying that his opponent didn't have two diamonds. Ultimately, his prayers were answered, his foe revealing a dominated 
for three pair (surely three pair should be worth more in poker!), which failed to find any miracle on a subsequent turn and 
river.
As a result, Harder now has 8,500.
UK circuit pro Tim Flanders has an impressive 12,000 in chips, despite just doubling up a short stack. All in preflop, Flanders had 
, but was unable to topple 
on an ensuing board.
