We didn't see the action, but Nick Frangos had 
in front of him against an opponent holding 
who had flopped a set. Frangos shipped all of his chips to his opponent, and then he headed for the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
A pot with 12,000 was up for grabs with the board reading 
, but really it was much more after Chino Rheem bet 8,200 into Ian Searing.
The pot got even bigger when Searing pushed a raising stack forward to force Rheem to a decision for his last 15,000 or so.
"I have aces..." Rheem told the table, agonizing over the decision while standing up with his stack in hand. "I guess I gotta fold though."
Rheem continued the process of trying to figure things out, working the hand through in his head while talking softly out loud.
"Just trying to figure out what I can beat here."
Eventually though, Rheem couldn't resist the pull of pocket aces, and he threw his stack into the middle to call off. His 
also went sailing through the air, but that was only after Searing revealed the 
for a rivered Broadway straight right in the gut.
"Nice hand..." said Rheem before storming away - likely toward the registration desk to fire another $3,500 bullet after his own bullets missed their mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,500 | 56,500 |
|
Busted |
John Scaife just busted an opponent over two straight hands. First he checked from the hijack with the board reading 
, and his opponent on the button bet 5,150 into a 9,000 pot. Scaife thought for a bit before making the call, then both players checked the 
. Scaife showed for top pair, and his opponent mucked.
The next hand, the two got it all in preflop.
Scaife: 
Opponent: 
The 
community offered no help to Scaife's opponent, and he quickly exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 |
We saw Jonathan Little with 
in front of him and a short-stacked player all-in with the tabled. The player at risk only held about 9,000 or so, and with Little nearing the 100,000 mark he could easily afford to flip a coin.
The flop rolled out 
, adding each of the deck's tens to Little's array of outs, but the turn (
) and river () failed to improve his hand. Despite the small loss in doubling up a shorty, Little is still in strong position midway through this second starting flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | -13,000 |
On the last hand before the recent break, we watched Dan O'Brien get schooled by actor James Woods for a decent pot, before teaching Woods a thing or two about the rules of the game.
The exchange between Woods and O'Brien was cordial and professional of course, and it concerned the last action O'Brien took in the hand.
We caught the action with the board reading 
, and more than 15,000 in the middle already. Woods had led into O'Brien on the river, making it 6,500, and O'Brien was contemplating his decision as the rest of the field departed for break.
"The problem is you're a professional actor..." O'Brien told Woods, after the man who tormented Robert De Niro in the classic Scorsese flick Casino began a bit of table talk. Woods told O'Brien to fold, saying something about not wanting the young pro to make a bad call and lose chips he could easily keep by folding.
The misdirection worked wonders and O'Brien tossed in the crying call - throwing two of the baby blue T5000 chips forward in doing so - only to muck with a grin on his face as Woods tabled 
with confidence.
"Nice hand..." said O'Brien, knowing now he had been hoodwinked by a man paid very well to pretend. "I didn't see that coming."
"Thanks," offered Woods, before beginning what would become an extended discussion. "But you know, you did put 10,000 in there, and that's really a raise. I don't really care, but... it was more than half my bet, so it really was a raise."
O'Brien then went on to patiently explain why his action did not constitute a raise - correctly noting that if one chip was pulled back the amount left over would not exceed half of Woods' original bet - and Woods accepted his explanation accordingly. A tournament official overheard the discussion though, and with O'Brien already outside gone to enjoy the break, he told Woods and the dealer that the two-chip call should have been ruled a raise after all. Woods appeared quite willing to accept that ruling and earn an additional 6,500 chips without trying, but eventually the Borgata's head honcho in the tournament department Tab Duchateau ended the impending drama by ruling the action to be a call, citing the reasoning O'Brien originally offered as the correct ruling.
O'Brien soon confirmed that Woods had pulled the wool over his eyes, issuing the following tweet:
Playing with @JamesWoodsPoker and he's torching me. Professional actors shouldn't be allowed to use their talents at the poker table.Follow @DanOBrienPoker
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,600 | -2,475 |
|
19,400 | 19,400 |
Faraz Jaka bet 1,400 on the 
flop against four opponents, and two of them called him. When the turn came , one player checked, and Jaka barreled out 4,800. The player behind him folded, but the player who had checked popped it to 10,000. Jaka, undeterred, came back with 22,500. His opponent made the call, and the river brought a . The first player checked, Jaka shipped all in for about 40,000, and his opponent quickly laid his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,000 | 56,000 |
Players are back in their seats, and two more levels will be player before the dinner break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Players have left for a break.
