Yasuhiro Waki is slowly building his stack. He must be thinking, "If only I could get some action!" He called a raise to 500 from an early-position player. The big blind also called for a pot of about 1,500. The flop was . Action checked to Waki, who made a pot-sized bet of 1,500. Both other players folded, prompting Waki to ruefully flash as he raked in the pot.
Grant Levy has just doubled up. We caught the action on the turn with the board reading . Levy checked and his opponent bet 1,500. Levy then check-raised to 5,000 and his opponent moved all in. Levy snap-called and tabled for a turned set, as his opponent was left drawing dead with his .
The river was the and Levy doubles up to 22,000 chips.
We missed the action, but we saw the result. On a board of , Terrence "Not Johnny" Chan was all in against Julian Powell. Chan tabled a flush with , but Powell tabled a bigger flush with . Powell had Chan covered, sending Chan to an early exit from today's event.
Powell is near the top of the leaderboard with about 31,500.
Joel Dodds has moved up to 13,500 after collecting a nice pot. The board read and Dodds fired out a 2,100 bet on the river, which was called by his opponent.
Action folded to Ron Kluber in the small blind. He raised to 1,200 and told the big blind, "You know exactly what I have."
"Yep," said the big blind as he folded face-up.
The very next hand, Kluber opened the pot from the button for 1,200. The big blind called for a flop of . He checked the action to Kluber, who fired out 3,000. That was enough to end the hand and win the pot. Kluber tabled as the dealer pushed him a second pot in a row.
David Steicke has doubled up to stay alive in the tournament. The board read with his opponent tabling for top pair, top kicker, but Steicke flipped for two pair to double back to 7,000 chips.
On a flop of , Jonny Vincent checked to Grant Levy who bet out for 675. Vincent made the call. The turn was the and Vincent moved all in for his last 5,400 chips. Levy snap-called with another set, this time , but Vincent had plenty of outs with for big flush and straight draws.
The river was the giving Levy a full house and sending "Yoyo" back to the cash games.
Jay Kinkade's stack just took a hit On a board of , he got all in against a short-stacked opponent. Kinkade flopped top pair with , but his opponent had him out-kicked with . Things got uglier and uglier when the turn and river came .
After the hand, Kinkade was left with roughly 11,000 in chips.
With two limpers in the pot, Kelvin Beattie moved all in from the cutoff for his last 3,325. The action was then with Tony Dunst on the button, who made the call as the table folded around.
Beattie:
Dunst:
The board fell giving Dunst a pair of aces and the pot to send Beattie to the rail. Dunst now sits with 31,000.