Andrew Chen is having a day to dream of, whereas Jason Tompkins will want to forget his last hand of the tournament, that occurred just before the break.
Chen opened to 10,000 and Tompkins called to see a flop where both players checked. The turn came and Chen's delayed 8,500 c-bet was raised to 23,000 by the Irishman. Call. The river was and Chen check-raised all-in after Tompkins bet 55,000. He had other 120,000 behind and took three minutes to call it off.
Chen opened for a boat, beating out Tompkins' for trips.
Thanks to the social media outlet known as Twitter we can tell you that Kevin MacPhee, the player who won this very event in 2010, is on 360,000 chips.
"360k. Straight doubled QQ to philbort's AK. Q on the flop so no sweat... Then lost a lot back the last hand before break"
If more people did this we could spend more time in Starbucks*
The good news is that no players will leave empty handed today. The bad news is that they must arrive empty handed, which you can read about on the PokerStars Blog.
Gereon Sowa opened the betting from late position with a min-raise to 10,000. The action then folded to Will Molson in the small blind and he sat with his head down looking at the felt in front of him. He sat like this for 15-25 seconds before looking up and three-betting to 23,500. Sowa asked "how many chips do you have behind?"
"Around 180?" came the response.
Sowa was not pleased to hear this and he folded soon after.
We were stood over at Table 9 a few moments ago when our Dutch compatriot said to us "what a disgusting table," The reason for this is the fact it is the home to Philipp Gruissem, Kevin MacPhee, Taylor Paur and JP Kelly! Horrible we are sure you'll agree.
On the table of disgustingness, yes that is a newly made up word, Zachary Koric opened to 10,500 from the cutoff and Gruissem called from the big blind. Under the watchful gaze of the television cameras, Gruissem checked, Korik continued with an 11,500 bet and his German opponent called.
The turn was the and when Gruissem tapped the table and checked Korik checked behind. The fifth and final community card was the and Gruissem stared down his sole opponent for at least 30 seconds before diverting his gaze long enough to bet 22,500. Korik and Gruissem then entered what can only be described as a staring contest, a contest that Gruissem won because Korik folded his hand.
Will Molson has just doubled up through Gereon Sowa. From under the gun, Sowa raised to 10,000 and Molson made it 22,000 in the cutoff seat. Sowa then made it 42,000 before Molson shipped in for 215,000. Sowa called holding the and Molson the .
The board ran out and Molson's set of sevens allowed him to double to over 400,000 in chips. Sowa was left with less than half of that.
Stefan Huppa was very short and looked down at when the action was folded to him in the the cut-off. In his 15,500 chips went. The player on the button three-bet to 30,000 with and that was enough to force the blinds out.
Pascal Hartmann raised from the hijack seat to 10,000 before action folded to Vanessa Selbst on the button. The Team PokerStars Pro reraised to 24,000 and Dmitry Bayramov shoved all in for approximately 55,000 from the big blind. Hartmann folded and Selbst called.
Bayramov:
Selbst:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Bayramov doubled up.
Marc Wright has just moved into the chip lead and now has 850,000 in chips. We recently saw him pick up a pot where he fired a bet of 62,000 on the final board of into Sebastian Winkler. With the pot at approximately 80,000, Winkler tanked for a bit and then folded.
flop where both players checked. The turn came 
and Chen's delayed 8,500 c-bet was raised to 23,000 by the Irishman. Call. The river was 
and Chen check-raised all-in after Tompkins bet 55,000. He had other 120,000 behind and took three minutes to call it off.
for a boat, beating out Tompkins' 
for trips.
and when Gruissem tapped the table and checked Korik checked behind. The fifth and final community card was the 
and Molson the 
and Molson's set of sevens allowed him to double to over 400,000 in chips. Sowa was left with less than half of that.
when the action was folded to him in the the cut-off. In his 15,500 chips went. The player on the button three-bet to 30,000 with 
and that was enough to force the blinds out.
into Sebastian Winkler. With the pot at approximately 80,000, Winkler tanked for a bit and then folded.
