Igor Kurganov was in the tournament but Liv Boeree nowhere to be found. A quick check in the bustout list revealed that she had already been eliminated and the names of Kevin MacPhee and Joao Vieira were there too. Theo Jorgensen is the fourth player to purchase the second bullet and now sits at a new table with Ismael Bojang and Justin Bonomo.
Benjamin Pollak opened to 1,000 from early position and Sylvain Loosli called from the small blind. In the big blind, Christopher Frank reraised to 4,400 and just Pollak called. On the flop, Frank continued for 5,600 and that enforced a fold from the Frenchman. While Pollak and Frank are below starting stack, Loosli already more than doubled.
One man who has put his money where his mouth is and another who is about to have been moved to the same table.
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen and JC Alavardo have been sat across the table from one another and appear to have a lot in common.
Jorgensen once donned the gloves and stepped into a boxing ring to fight fellow Dane and high-stakes legend Gus Hansen, while Alvarado recently accepted an MMA-Style fight with a six-figure wager attached against Olivier Busquet.
Alvarado had been picking Jorgensen's brain about the experience, swapping training stories until he heard Busquet may have been a little taller than he'd originally thought.
Alvarado is now checking the tale of the tape.
For more on the upcoming fight, check out the video below with Alvarado and PokerNews' Sarah Grant.
"You know, you don't have to report every hand I play," Chris Hunichen said, laughing when he came over during the break.
In the last hand of the previous level, Hunichen raised and then called a three-bet to 3,275 by the player in the small blind. They checked down the flop before the player in the small blind bet 5,500 on the turn. Hunichen set him in for a total of 18,000 and was snap-called by .
Hunichen only had the and his gutshot didn't come anymore. "That was the worst hand I have played here," he added.
Word at the tables is also that Mukul Pahuja five-bet jammed in a three-way pot with and got there against someone with .
Ricardo Alvarado started very well but has dropped quite some chips since while former World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov, Adrian Mateos and [Removed:17] have increased their stacks.
David Peters and Nick Petrangelo talk about their remarkable year at the tables and whether they think success breeds success in poker. Check it out over at the PokerStars Blog.