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.
The board ran 
failing to hit Huppa.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
441,000
353,500
|
353,500 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
343,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
372,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
|
224,000
-217,000
|
-217,000 |
The first break of the day is upon us.
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.
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*
*disclaimer - Other coffee houses are available.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
-30,500
|
-30,500 |
|
||
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
398,500
|
398,500 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
851,000
175,500
|
175,500 |
|
|
||
|
835,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
810,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
761,000
538,000
|
538,000 |
|
|
758,000
231,500
|
231,500 |
|
|
||
|
749,000
217,500
|
217,500 |
|
595,000
274,500
|
274,500 |
|
580,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
570,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
|
||
|
565,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
|
550,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
525,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
515,000
353,500
|
353,500 |
|
|
475,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
471,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
460,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
450,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
447,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
425,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
415,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
412,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
404,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
371,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
|
360,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
355,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
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