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We came to Andy Black's table as he was raising enough to put his lone opponent all in on a flop of 
. That player quickly called with 
, a set of aces and a low draw. Black had only a pair of aces, but a better low draw with 
. Black didn't make his low on the 
turn or the 
river. He had to pay off the double-up and slipped to about 15,500 in chips as a result.
On the flop of 
, Jeffrey Lisandro announced, "Let's just get it all in," with one other player in the hand. The two then dropped the rules really and both just pushed their stacks in the middle, not really obeying this whole pot-limit thing.
Lisandro held the 
for no pair and the nut low draw. His opponent held the 
for the same low draw and a worse unpaired hand.
The turn was the 
and locked up the high for Lisandro with a pair of kings. The river completed the board with the 
and that was it. There was no low, meaning Lisandro's kings and sevens with an ace was the best high hand to give him the pot. After a final count of the chips, Lisandro had the larger stack and sent his opponent to the rail while moving up to 12,000 chips.
We came to Mike Matusow's table with the whole board already out, 
. His lone opponent was the big blind. Each player had 1,500 chips in the stack from previous streets, and on the river the big blind fired another 1,500. Matusow thought for a while before folding to preserve his stack at 3,600.
"I should have shoved the turn," Matusow said. "You call a shove on the turn?"
"Maybe," his opponent replied.
The players have returned from a nice, long dinner break and the cards are back in the air.
Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Players will be back at about 8:20pm.
Lots of pre-flop action at Chris Ferguson's table resulted in an increase in Ferguson's count to 13,000 and the elimination of a player.
One player opened to 700, with Ferguson calling behind him. The small blind then raised pot, to a total of 3,000. It brought the action back to the original aggressor, who moved all in for 1,700 total. Ferguson then potted himself, putting the small blind all in with a call. Finally, a reveal.
Player 1:
Ferguson:
Player 2: 
Ferguson and the original raiser had very similar hands and were up against single-suited aces. The aces went down in flames -- and that player was eliminated -- when the board came 
to give Ferguson and his short-stacked opponent a wheel.
Kathy Liebert called a bet of 900 on the flop of 
. After the fell on the turn, Liebert's opponent checked and then she checked behind.
The river completed the board with the and action checked to Liebert. She fired a bet of 3,200, which was the size of the pot. Her opponent made the call with the 
and got the low after Liebert showed the 
for the high.
The two chopped up the pot and Liebert stayed on 8,000.
For all of the eliminations, there have still been plenty of chopped pots. Phil Hellmuth and Jorge Arias chopped one then went check-check on the turn of a board. On the river , Arias checked and then called a bet of 600 from Hellmuth.
"I have a pair of aces," said Hellmuth. He also had a low with 
.
"Well I have two pair," responded Arias. He opened 
for two pair, jacks and deuces, and a worse low. They chopped the pot. Hellmuth has 10,750, while Arias has 3,900.
With the rebuy chips no longer in use, the pace of eliminations has accelerated markedly. The tournament had been spread out across both halves of the White Section of the Amazon Room. Now there are only six tables left in the right half of the White Section as players rapidly bust out. We won't be consolidated to one section by the dinner break, but it will be close.
One player that went to dinner early is Tom Dwan. He just walked out of the Pavilion Room, intently staring at his phone.
