Michiel Brummelhuis and Anthony Spinella exited the tournament are and Guillaume Darcourt did so some time ago as well. He was involved in a three-bet pot against two players with for middle pair and a flush draw on the flop.
One of the opponents however had pocket kings for top set and that held in order to eliminate the Frenchman.
The pot was already quite big and we did see the dealer rush away the cards after a big river bet of Julio De la Rosa won him the pot on a board. De la Rosa showed and his opponent laughed and said "you had the best hand."
We walked past the table of Niall Farrell and the seat next to him was occupied by another player than we had seen before. Artur Koren three-bet shoved pocket fours into pocket tens to hit the rail.
And then, Farrell said with a smile on the face, "he may have" had doubled against the very same gentleman. "I may have had and he may have had . The board may have been ." His new chip count is real though.
We did miss the entire action until the turn of a board but a short stack was all in with and Chance Kornuth pushed all in with the for the flopped straight. Seth Berger called all in for his last 27,300 with for the turned flush and more than doubled up.
We got to Lauren Kling's table and she was involved in a pot with the board reading and already close to 50,000 chips in the middle. Kling was all in and at risk for her last 35,300 and had a lone opponent in Seat 3 contemplating a call or a fold.
He tanked for several minutes before making what looked to be a reluctant call. It was a good one though, however, as Kling merely had for a gutshot straight draw while her opponent held for two pair, queens and tens.
We arrived at the table with the board already completed and a big pot was about to happen when the opponent of Samuel Bernabeu bet 50,000. The Spaniard pondered about his decision for quite some time and did make the call.
He was shown for a flopped full house and only flipped over the to declare his defeat.
Walking around today it has been evident that people have been enjoying their experience here at the HPO Championship Main Event. PokerNews asked a few players their thoughts on their experience here today:
Darryl Fish: "It's a great tournament with a great structure."
Greg Ostrander: "Love it. Only concern I have is getting a ride back to the Strip at the end of the night." (note - we mentioned this to Tournament Director Bill Bruce afterwards and he said "great point" and immediately got on the phone to take care of it)
Jordan Morgan: "I really like it. The structure gives you lots of play and the venue is nice."
Justin Young: "The floor and dealers are great. The people are great. Everyone has such a positive attitude coming in and that's so rare to see at this point in the summer."
Lee Childs: "The one thing I've noticed today is that there have been almost no floor calls. That just doesn't happen. It's everything you'd expect from Bill Bruce and his crew. They make a huge difference. The HPO does the little things that make a huge difference. Things like shout outs to players and thanking players for taking part in the event. Not just professionals either, they do it for everyone. Nobody else does that and it makes you want to play these events."
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left and the screens show 252 players left. As much as we tried to find any interesting hand and a spectacular double up, all massive action ended on the flop already.
for middle pair and a flush draw on the flop.
board. De la Rosa showed 
and his opponent laughed and said "you had the best hand."
and he may have had 
. The board may have been 
." His new chip count is real though.
board but a short stack was all in with 
and Chance Kornuth pushed all in with the 
for the flopped straight. Seth Berger called all in for his last 27,300 with 
for the turned flush and more than doubled up.
and already close to 50,000 chips in the middle. Kling was all in and at risk for her last 35,300 and had a lone opponent in Seat 3 contemplating a call or a fold.
and Kling was eliminated.
board already completed and a big pot was about to happen when the opponent of Samuel Bernabeu bet 50,000. The Spaniard pondered about his decision for quite some time and did make the call.
for a flopped full house and only flipped over the 
