Luca Pagano was cruising along on 17,000 but two pots in a row have seen him drop to 7,000.
The first pot he faced a bet of 1,750 on a board that read , there was already 4,000 in the pot but Luca had to make what looked like a pained fold.
A couple of hands later he bet out on a flop only to face a 5,200 chip all in raise from his opponent. Luca did not think too long before making the call with . His opponent had and the turn and river did not help the Italian Pro.
Carlos Oliveira has just doubled up to ~25,000 in chips after his pocket aces held up against an opponent's pocket queens. All of the money went in pre-flop and the board filled out to give Oliveira the pot and a place near the top of the leaderboard.
Andy Black's stack has gone up and down today like a yo-yo. He is back up to 18,500 which is his high point of the tournament so far after he flopped a set and got paid 5,000 on the river. He puts his varying stack down to the "variety" of hands he is playing. He is in very jovial spirits which usually means he is likely to be a major player in the tournament.
Action folded around to Mark Teltscher in the small blind who made it 1,000 to go. His lone opponent in the big blind practically beat Mark into the pot, tossing his remaining 3,000 chips into the middle; Teltscher made the call.
Mark:
BB:
The board ran out an anti-climactic and the big blind took down the 6,000 pot, leaving Teltscher with approximately 7,000 in chips.
Nicky Roeg raised to 600 from the cutoff and was called by the small blind. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and prompted a 600 chip bet from the small blind which Nicky called. The river was the and the small blind bet out 1,000. Nicky thought for a short while before he made the call and mucked his hand when shown the by his opponent.