Over at table 17, we saw a five-way limped pot and a flop of prompting a series of checks from all the players.
The turn card was the and Marcos Vassiliadis bet 200, Alan Williamson called, Simon Christensson raised it up to 1,200, David Steicke called, and Vassiliadis called as well.
The river card was the 4s, and Vassiliadis checked to Christensson who bet 2,000. Steicke didn't waste much time, tossing in a raise to 7,500, enough to prompt a fold from Vassiliadis. Christensson, however made the call flashing the which, much to his dismay was no good. Steicke quickly revealed pocket deuces for a flopped full house.
Three limpers entered the pot before Aaron Benton raised to 1,175 from the small blind. Only one of the limpers called.
The flop came down and Benton continued his aggression with a bet of 1,600. His opponent called, bringing the two players to the turn where the fell.
Both players checked and then the completed the board. Benton fired 3,000 and his opponent raised to 9,100. Benton didn't back down and made the call, showing . His opponent insta-mucked upon seeing Benton's hand.
American Brian Wilson managed to double up just before the first break of the day.
Wilson moved all in over the top of an opponent's 3,000 flop bet with the board showing . To make the call, Wilson's opponent had to commit just over T12,000 more to the pot and he did just that.
When the cards were revealed, Wilson's had his opponent's in bad shape. The turn and river blanked out and Wilson's flush held up to win the pot, bringing him back over the right side of 30,000 for the day.
Bendon Rubie had Danny Mountt all in preflop with . Mountt held . The board ran out and Rubie shipped the pot, shipping Mountt out of the tournament in the process.
David Steicke limped, Wooka Kim limped and then the cutoff seat raised to 875. The big blind called along with Steicke and Kim. The four players saw the flop come down .
The big blind checked and Steicke fired 3,100. Kim and the cutoff seat folded, but the big blind came along.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked to Steicke. He fired 6,625 and scooped the pot to move up to 55,000.
On the next hand, Steicke limped again. The button and small blind also limped before Sam Youssef raised to 1,300 from the big blind. Only Steicke made the call.
The flop came down and Youssef fired 1,100. Steicke made the call.
The turn brought the and Youssef fired 1,300. Steicke mucked his hand and Youssef showed two aces. Steicke dropped back to 52,500.
Justin Layden is up to 48,000 after flopping top pair on a queen-high board with and getting paid off by a player holding . The pot added 17,500 chips to Layden's stack.