Kyle Cheong opened to 1,000, Jason Mercier three-bet to 2,250 from the small blind, and Cheong made the call.
The flop fell , Mercier led out for 1,650, and Cheong called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The two players checked again. Mercier rolled over for a pair of queens, but Cheong had that beat with for a pair of aces.
Jesse Rockowitz was faced with a 1,500-chip bet on a flop of . He called.
The turn was the , he and his opponent checked, and the completed the board. Rockowitz's opponent fired 3,225, and the 2010 World Series of Poker bracelet winner folded his hand.
Tobias Reinkemeier just raised to 1,025 preflop and the action was folded to Jazez Dawood in the small blind. Dawood three-bet to 2,700 and Reinkemeier made the call.
The flop brought out and Dawood fired out 3,000, Reinkemeier called.
On the turn the hit and this time Dawood checked. Reinkemeier took control and fired out 4,800. Dawood tanked for a bit and made the call.
The river brought the and Dawood decided to lead for 6,500. This bet threw Reinkemeier off as he went into the tank for about a minute. The German pro seemed to be talking to himself a bit as he tried to analyze the hand. Eventually he decided to fold leaving himself with 26,000 chips. Dawood is up to around 130,000 and he's the chip leader right now.
When we reached the table, the board read . Kenny Tran led out for 7,000 into a pot of around 10,000, and his opponent, Matt Ginn, went into the tank.
"All in," he said finally, committing his 30,000-chip stack.
Tran looked shocked.
"You were going to fold," he said. "And then you go all in?"
"When was I going to fold?" Ginn shot back. "I flopped it. If you flopped it too, then good on ya."
Tran took his headphones and his hat off. He leaned back in his chair, threw both hands on his head, and grabbed his hair. He sat back up, said a few words to himself, then called.
"You're miles ahead," Ginn said, tabling .
Tran forgot that he hadn't turned his cards over, and one player that wasn't in the hand spat at him. Tran realized his cards were still facedown, then quickly revealed for bottom set.
The on the turn was a brick, but the spiked on the river, giving Ginn a flush.
"Nice hand," Tran offered.
"No," Ginn returned. "You had a nice hand."
Ginn now sits with around 70,000 chips, while Tran is down to 27,500.
Table 32 looks very interesting right now after Jackson Zheng was moved into the one seat. Julius Coleman, in the two seat, holds the tournament chip lead right now while Zheng is also doing very well.
Sherrie Krampel and Andrew Pantling are doing alright, but even for them there's nothing to worry about just yet.
Aaron Lim just won a big pot which put him well over the average stack. Lim raised preflop to 800 after which his opponent three-bet to 2,300. The action was folded back around to Lim who four-bet to 4,500. His opponent called.
The flop brought out and Lim bet 5,300, his opponent called.
On the turn the hit and Lim fired out 8,800. Once again his opponent called.
The river was the and this time Lim moved all in for 15,300. Lim's opponent tanked for a very long time before eventually deciding to fold his cards.