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Dan Smith opened to 125 at 25/50. Darren Woods tossed out two T1,000 chips to put Smith almost all in. Smith shoved for a few hundred more, and it was time for showdown.
Smith: 
Woods: 
The 
flop gave Smith four extra outs, but the 
turn and 
river didn't deliver. Woods is up 1:0.
Nikolay Evdakov flatted on the button, and Barry Woods raised to 750. Evdakov moved all in for an extra 1,475, and Woods called.
Evdakov: 
Woods:
The board ran out: 
, and Evdakov hit an unnecessary pair on the river. He doubled back to even.
Dan Smith raised to 1,000, and Darren Woods shoved. Smith called with 
to flip with Woods' .
The 
flop but King Dan in the lead. The board finished with the on the turn and the 
on the river, and Smith won the second game. The winner of the next game will go on to the quarter-finals.
Barry Woods defeated Nikolay Evdakov in two straight games to move on to the quarter-finals. There was already 4,000 in the middle by the river. The board read 
. Woods moved all in for more than 3,000, and Evdakov thought a bit before calling all in for 2,300. Woods tabled 
for runner-runner trips. Evdakov's 
may have flopped two pair, but by the river that was no good. He made his exit, and Woods now gets a long break.
Woods will play the winner of the David Steike v. Mark Everett match, but Steike still hasn't appeared to start playing.
If 16 players turn up as expected for tomorrow's flight, the 32-player event will pay the top four the following:
1st - $150,000
2nd - $90,000
3rd - $40,000
4th - $40,000
Apparently copious amounts of rhinestones are good for your play. Billy Jordanou was already up one game and had a chip lead in the second. Andrew Pantling moved his last 2,200 in on the button with bllinds at 75/150. Jordanou looked down at and was only too happy to call. Pantling's needed to improve to keep him alive. But there wasn't much help to be found on the 
board.
Jordanou will play the winner of the Dan Smith v. Darren Woods match in the quarter-finals.
Here is an update on what's happening in the last second round match to start. David Steike is up 5,500 to Mark Everett's 4,500 in the first game. They are passing the same two black chips back and forth while chatting amicably about wine taxes in Asia.
Dan Smith and Darren Woods had each won one game, and Smith had worked his way to a chip lead in the third when Woods raised to 325. Smith made it 2,900, enough to put Woods all in. Woods called with and was in the lead against Smith's 
. At least he was in the lead until the flop came 
. The 
turn sealed the deal for Dan, and Woods was packing up before the river.
Smith will play Billy Jordanou in the quarter-finals. The winner of that match will move on to Friday's semi-finals and be guaranteed $40,000.
Mark Everett put 3,000 in on the button, enough to put David Steike all in, and Steike called with pocket threes. Everett held 
. A king in the door was enough to give Everett the first game. The last remaining pair playing the second round is taking a quick break before playing the next game.
Dan Smith and Billy Jordanou have just sat down to begin their quarter-final match. Each start with 10,000.
David Steike and Mark Everett should be back soon to continue their second-round match. Everett is up 1:0.
