Elior Sion looks about 17 but he plays with little fear. We've been observing him for the last while and he was hoovering up chips without having to show down a hand until a moment ago and that last hand put up to 43,000 chips.
Four players were still involved at the turn with the board reading . The BB led for 1,000 and his three opponents including Sion and Deeb called to see the river. Checks all around before the BB reveal a busted flush draw but lost out to Sion's .
Richard Hawes came back after dinner break with three big blinds but now he has over 17 of them. His last coup was a triple-up to 10,400 with the mighty after he pushed from second position. He had two callers who checked all the way through the flop.
Hawes revealed his hand that bettered his opponent's and
Song Lee opened for 1,550 from early position and Tony Cousineau pushed for 5,875 more. Lee tanked for a couple of minutes before making the call with live at least, against Cousineau's . The flop brought something for both coming as Lee took the lead Cousineau had overs and a flush draw. The turn changed nothing and neither did the river.
A disappointed Cousineau eliminated just before the end of day having lead for much of it.
Song Lee has taken care of another player at his table to move up to 32,000 chips. There was a limp and a call before Lee raised to 1,750 on the button. Tommy Vedes called from the BB and the original folded before our eliminated player (ran off at the end before we could get his name)moved all-in for . Both Lee and Vedes called before they checked down the board.
Vedes tabled to our eliminated player's but both were behind to Lee's .
Allen Kessler motioned us over to his table where a huge pot was brewing.
Adam Fradgley was all-in for 9,775 on a flop, another player called and now Freddy Deeb was debating his next move. Finally, he said, "I'm all-in."
The caller looked disappointed, opting to fold his hand and preserve the remaining 18,000.
Deeb showed but he need some luck as Fradgley had flopped the straight with and was still ahead in this pot that had seen more action than a Dolph Lundgren flick.
The did nothing save improving Fradgley to a 10-high straight while the was as exactly as it seems, a total blank.
Deeb dropped to 8,000 while Fradgley sits with around 38,000
Allen Kessler is up to 16,000 after winning a race against Elior Sion. All the chips went in pre-flop with Kessler holding to Sion's . The board ran . Sion's tumbled down to 18,000 now.
As Kessler was busy winning a race one side of the floor Jessica Dawley was busy losing one the other. Maria Demetriou told us that she got it in with pocket fives versus ace-king and a king fell on the turn to bust her.