Per Linde moved all in for 25,900 from the small blind after Jean Petroli had limped from under the gun. Petroli folded and was shown by the Swede, who then looked up to us and said, "I had 700 chips five hands ago!"
Kevin MacPhee is hovering around the 50,000 mark and getting aggressive with his stack. He three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind after Andrei Stoenescu had opened to 3,500 from early psoition. The Romanian saw how much MacPhee had behind and folded.
Melanie Weisner paid off Ivan Tikhov on the river of a board. She checked to face a 21,000 bet that she called before mucking when shown
Koen De Visscher came in raising to 3,500 before the flop, and Dermot Blain flatted in position to go heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out , and Blain called another 4,200 there. Visscher's turn bet of 10,500 was called as well, and the river filled out the board. Check-check this time. First to show, De Visscher rolled over . Blain's little had held strong, and that pot chips him back up out of the basement a bit. He and De Visscher have essentially traded places now.
We've put three levels in the books, and the players are off for another 15-minute break. We've got two more levels to play before putting Day 2 in the bag.
Angel Guillen had three-bet an open of 2,500 to 6,100 before Raul Paez made it 15,100 behind him, the original raiser folded and Guillen made the call.
The flop was and Guillen checked, Paez bet 14,000 only for the Mexican Team Pro to move all in. Paez hated this and after a while, elected to fold.
Per Linde has been lingering with a short stack for a while now, and he was down under 12,000 when he got it in preflop against Nicolas Levi. Linde had the , and Levi's was not looking so good.
The flop was a start for the Frenchman, but it's as close as he'd get to the knockout. The turn and river were blanks, and Linde has doubled back into contention with just shy of 25,000.
Aggressive poker is seen as winning poker generally. This style of play has to be mixed up to keep it balanced and in-exploitable. There are not many better at changing up and down gears as Chris Moorman.
Right now the Brit is moving up through the gears, and it's working.
He barreled one opponent off a hand before he tangled, and won, versus Marius Ion Geanta. Moorman raise-called a three-bet from the Romanian to see a flop where he check-called a 9,200 bet.
The turn came and Moorman took the lead for 15,800. Geanta tanked for a few minutes before he conceded defeat and folded. Moorman tabled the and raked in the pot.
David Benyamine lost some chips off his stack but still has way over the average.
He opened to 2,600 and was only called Segey Baburin in the small blind. Both players checked the flop before Baburin led for 3,100 when the board read . Benyamine called, and called a 15,000 bet on the river. His Russian opponent opened for a full house and the Frenchman mucked.
by the Swede, who then looked up to us and said, "I had 700 chips five hands ago!"
board. She checked to face a 21,000 bet that she called before mucking when shown
, and Blain called another 4,200 there. Visscher's 
turn bet of 10,500 was called as well, and the river 
filled out the board. Check-check this time. First to show, De Visscher rolled over 
. Blain's little 
had held strong, and that pot chips him back up out of the basement a bit. He and De Visscher have essentially traded places now.
and Guillen checked, Paez bet 14,000 only for the Mexican Team Pro to move all in. Paez hated this and after a while, elected to fold.
was not looking so good.
and river 
and Moorman took the lead for 15,800. Geanta tanked for a few minutes before he conceded defeat and folded. Moorman tabled the 
. Benyamine called, and called a 15,000 bet on the 
for a full house and the Frenchman mucked.