Just before the dinner break Brett Richey, Daniel Negereanu, and Allen Bari got into a big pot. We didn't catch all of the action, but we do know that Bari had , Negreanu had , and Richey had .
The board came down leaving Bari to take the entire pot, Negreanu's stack was crippled, and Richey hit the rail.
The 69 players who survived until the dinner break are back in their chairs and ready for a little after-dinner poker. We'll tentatively play four more levels before bringing out the bags.
Here's a few of the chip counts from around the room, in no particular order other than random:
Tom Marchese - 175,000
Jeff Sarwer - 110,000
Dennis Phillips - 133,000
Nikolay Evdakov - 83,000
Paul Berende - 122,000
Justin Smith - 39,000
Allen Bari - 70,000
William Reynolds - 42,000
Andre Akkari - 80,000
Luke Schwartz - 145,000
Jon Aguiar - 62,000
William Thorson - 85,000
Johannes Steindl - 90,000
Tobias Reinkemeier opened the pot to 2,500 from middle position, and he found calling action from an unknown player on the button.
The flop came out , and Reinkemeier gave up the betting lead with a check. His opponent fired out a big overbet of 11,000, and Reinkemeier came right along with the call. The river drew checks from both players, and the filled out the board. When Reinkemeier checked a third time, his opponent moved all in for about 45,000. Reinkemeier quickly folded his cards, and the pot goes to Mr. Unknown.
Now that the Main Event is done for the night, they've moved one of our tables up to the TV table on stage. Up there under the bright lights is the group featuring Mike "Timex" McDonald, Gus Hansen, and Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez. We're a bit hard pressed to get any details of the action from up there, but not to worry.
You can watch the featured table right now on EPT Live. Just click here, easy as that.
Paul Berende opened the pot to 2,500 from early position, and Justin "BoostedJ" Smith put in the call two seats down. Action came to Greg Dyer, and he moved all in for 21,700. Berende mulled it over and folded, but Smith quickly matched the bet to put Dyer at risk.
Showdown
Smith:
Dyer:
There was an ace on the flop, and the board of secured Dyer's double up, essentially trading stacks with Smith.
It's now BoostedJ on the short stack with just about 22,000 to his name.