Andy Lee opened to 700 from middle position, and received two callers. Eoghan O'Dea did not call, rather he three-bet to 2,800 from the big blind. Lee responded with a four-bet to 5,500, and took down the pot.
On a board reading it was David Allen who bet 1,600 into Elliot Smith. Smith tanked for a bit and raised it up to 6,000 and Allen came back over the top up to 13,000. Smith folded quickly and Allen raked in a nice pot.
When we reached the table, the board read . There was about 35,000 in the pot, an unknown player was already all in, and Raj Ramakrishnan and Andy Lee were battling for a side pot.
Lee led out for 7,500, Ramakrishnan raised to 23,000, and Lee moved all in for effectively 62,225. Ramakrishnan thought for 10 seconds or so, then called.
The player to Rupert Elder's right raised to 700 and the former EPT San Remo winner called. Ayaz Mahmood was sitting in the big blind and he threw in the call as well.
The flop came down and all three players checked. On the turn the hit and it was checked to Elder who bet 1,300. Both his opponents called.
The river brought a fourth spade and all three players checked. Elder showed and Mahmood started singing, "Flushy, flushy, flushy," as he tabled . Mahmood took down the pot and is up to around 80,000 chips.
Luke McLean and an opponent were heads up on a board of . McLean led out for 3,125, and his opponent called.
The river was the , and McLean tossed out two yellow T5,000 chips. His opponent shifted in his chair, and tanked for the better part of a minute before calling. McClean turned over for a pair of queens, and his opponent let out a long sigh of relief, then flipped over for the same exact hand.
We just discovered another huge stack in the field and this one belongs to Kevin Rabichow. The American professional is up to around 140,000 and Tweeted about winning a big pot recently.