On the flop of 
, Daren Yoon was pitted against Raymond Wu. Yoon fired a bet of 2,300 and Wu flat-called after double-checking his hole cards. The turn put the 
on board and completed a possible flush draw. Both players checked.
The river was the 
and Yoon checked. Wu fired a bet of 2,600 and after a brief hesitation, Yoon made the call. Wu tabled the 
and won the pot to move his stack up to 48,000 chips. Yoon slipped down to 37,000.
Ben [Removed:293] just sent a short-stacked player to the rail when his pocket queens held up against the opponents 
. The players got all the money in preflop and the board ran out 
. [Removed:293] now has 18,000 chips.
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On a board reading 
, Nathanael Seet made a small 1,000-chip feeler bet out of the small blind. The big blind min-raised to 2,000, and one to his left, Jessica Ngu called. Seet called as well, and the river brought the 
. Seet checked to the big blind, who bet 3,000, Ngu raised to 10,000, earning an insta-fold from Seet. The big blind called, and Ngu tabled 
for the rivered jack-high straight. Her opponent angrily tossed his cards toward the dealer, and they flipped up in the process but landed face down. It was unclear whether he realized he chopped the pot with 
and was unhappy because he had turned the best hand, or if he initially thought he had lost. Ngu certainly thought she had scooped the pot for a few seconds. Either way, the dealer allowed him to turn his cards face up and divided the pot between both players.
Six levels have passed us by, and the players are taking their final 10-minute stroll around the casino floor. When they return, they'll play one more level of poker before calling for the chip bags.
Seven levels is a comfortable day of poker.
On a hand that went well into the break, Daren Yoon really turned up the heat. Four players saw a 
flop. Jessica Ngu checked to Yoon, who bet 1,400. Raymond Wu called, one player folded, and Ngu tank-called. The turn brought the 
, and Ngu checked again. Yoon made a rainbow bet, and one chip of each color added up to 6,625. Wu counted out his entire stack before folding. Ngu had already decided what she would do when it was her turn to act. She min-raised to 13,250. Yoon checked to make sure he had her covered, then moved all in.
The break started while Ngu tanked, and the tournament director came over to announce the action on the microphone. Hearing that Yoon was involved in the hand, Terrance Chan dashed over from the High Roller event on the other side of the room. Ngu's face turned bright red under the scrutiny, and after a few minutes, she mucked. After the hand, Ngu was down to 25,500 and Yoon was up to 58,000.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The action has hit a bit of a wall here in the final level of the evening. Most of the pots are being won with a single preflop raise, and those that progress further are being played exceptionally passively for the most part. We're not sure if the players are eyeing a spot in Day 2, or if they're getting weary from this arduous seven-hour day, or just exactly what the story is.
Either way, there's just not much happening out there right now.
Vladimir Geshkenbein didn't get the memo about a slowdown in the action. He certainly has a penchant for big pots, and boy does he hate folding. We caught up with one hand as he four-bet all in on the button. The Dbinder Singh snap called in the small blind. "Ooh, I really didn't want that," said Geshkenbein, knowing his was in bad shape without needing to see Singh's 
. The board ran out 
, and Geshkenbein paid off Singh to the tune of 25,000.
The very next hand, a player in early position opened to 1,600. Another man flatted the raise, and then Geshkenbein squeezed to 4,000. The original raiser folded, but the second player swiftly moved all in. Geshkenbein called with 
only to discover that he was up against pocket aces for the second hand in a row. The table groaned at the 
flop, perhaps knowing what was coming. The 
on the turn was safe, but the on the river made Geshkenbein's straight. His opponent fell to his knees next to the table, pulling his sweatshirt over his head and rocking back and forth in agony. He composed himself enough to watch the dealer count out the stacks and determine that Geshkenbein had him covered by a few thousand chips. After the suckout, Geshkenbein stacked up 101,000 chips, putting him back atop the leader board.
Jessica Ngu has been fairly passive all day, but she pulled out the big guns against Mike Ivin. Preflop, Ivin opened to 1,800, and Ngu called from the highjack. The cutoff, who had three-bet the previous hand, looked like he was going to make a move, but after counting out several different sized bets, decided to fold instead, sending Ivin and Ngu to the flop heads-up. It came all small cards, 
. Ivin bet 1,500, and Ngu stuck in a small raise, making it 3,500. Ivin flatted. The turn was the , and Ivin bet out 3,500. This time, Ngu opted for a huge raise. She counted out stacks of two T500 chips, then restacked them all and made it 13,000 to go. Ivin quickly gave up on the odd hand.
Marcel Luske started the day with the "shuffle up and deal," and he just decided when it would end. He drew a four to determine that the field will play four more hands before heading home for the night.
