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Alexander Dovzhenko and Jim Geary got into a raising war on third street with Geary's last chips committed. The two board ran out:
Dovzhenko: (
) / 
/ (
)
Geary: (
) / 
/ (
)
Dovzhenko started off with a flush draw and bricked out as Geary's aces in the hole improved to two pair for the double up. He's up to 11,400 with Dovzhenko back to 26,000.
As the threat of the bubble looms ever closer (although it's not that near yet), Dan Heimiller is our chip leader on 86,500. That's an impressive stack, particularly given that the next-biggest stack is the comparatively tiny 54,000 in the hands of Jon Turner.
Scott Seiver completed with the 
before Christine Pietsch raised it up. Seiver made the call and then found himself check-calling all the way until seventh streets where both players checked it down.
Seiver: (XX) / 
/ (X)
Pietsch: (
) / 
/ ()
Pietsch started with buried kings and didn't improve but it was enough as Seiver mucked his cards. Seiver sits at 40,000 with Pietsch moving up to 37,000.
We've run our eye over the tables at the break and have some updated chip counts. Here's a random sprinkling with a full list available in our Chip Counts page.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
43,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
36,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
36,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
|
35,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
32,000
11,400
|
11,400 |
|
32,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
|
22,000
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
|
18,400
-16,600
|
-16,600 |
|
18,000
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
|
16,200
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
|
16,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
15,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
||
|
9,000
-11,600
|
-11,600 |
|
6,000
-600
|
-600 |
Level: 11
Blinds: /
Ante:
The 74 remaining players are now enjoying their first twenty-minute break of the day.
Jean Gaspard: 
/ 
Leonard Lombardo: (XXX) / 
We caught up with the action on seventh street - Jean Gaspard bet and Leonard Lombardo folded, shaking his head. He didn't, even look like he felt better about the whole affair when Gaspard showed him down, making Gaspard a full house and vindicating the fold.
Lombardo dropped to 20,000 after that. Gaspard meanwhile recovered to around 25,000.
Marco Traniello was all in for his last chips on third street, as Joseph Bolnick and Mark Dickstein continued betting on the side amongst the confusion of the dealer continually forgetting to deal cards to the all-in player.
When it was all said and done, the boards were spread as follows:
Traniello: (
) / 
Bolnick: (
) / 
Dickstein: (
) / 
Traniello made kings and eights which was good to take it down as Bolnick was eliminated. Traniello is up to 8,000.
Robert Ferdinand must have been feeling pretty confident when, all in, he turned over sevens full. However, his opponent turned over queens full for a relatively harsh cooler, and Ferdinand headed for the door.
Marco Traniello is down to his last 2,500 after losing a small pot against Mark Dickstein.
Traniello completed with the and action checked to sixth street when Dickstein fired a bet and Traniello called. Both players checked down the river.
Traniello: (XXX) /
Dickstein: (
) / 
Traniello couldn't better the jacks of Dickstein and tossed his cards into the muck. Dickstein is up to 17,000.
