We came into this hand after the players had bet on third street. Jimmy Fricke had led the action all the way through seventh street. The player in Seat Two called him through to sixth street before folding, but the player in Seat Three followed Fricke the whole way.
When the hand was over, Fricke announced "aces up," but lost the pot when his opponent tabled a set of queens.
It's time for the first 20 minute break of the day, and also for the short-lived 5-denomination chips to be colored up. They'll be missed - they made everyone's stack look huge.
Whatever happened, it can't have been a particularly good afternoon for David Singer as when we caught up with the action on fourth street, Singer bet out and then called all in to a raise.
Singer: / /
Singer's Opponent: / /
Singer couldn't beat two pair, and hit the rail with the hole evening still ahead of him.
Annette Obrestad, playing what is to our knowledge her first stud event, has taken a considerable hit for Level 2 - she is down to 2,750.
Obrestad completed and called a raise from her opponent before check-calling another bet on fourth street. She check-raised fifth and was duly reraised. She called.
Obrestad bet out again on sixth and a final time on seventh street. Her opponent called on sixth, but on seventh he raised and Obrestad folded, flashing the for at least two pair. Her opponent flashed down, but didn't show the third card.
Erik Cajelais, Jerry Buss and another player at their table all limped into action on third street. On fourth street, Player One check-raised Cajelais, who made the call, while Buss folded and turned his attention back to the Lakers game. On fifth and sixth streets, Player One checked again, both times only calling Cajelais' bets. Cajelais made one more bet on seventh street, got the call and showed trip fives to take the pot.