Cater Gill’s journey has come to an end. At some point he was going to have to face a showdown and it didn’t work out so well for him. Andre Sousa raised from early position before Gill almost re-raised all-in. Sousa did the right thing and raised the extra that Gill called. Sousa tabled pocket jacks to Gill’s big-slick and the jacks held-up.
Marty Mathis, aka TheLipoFund, has just got another 20,000 shove through. A 3,000 raise from his neighbour was despatched by Mathis' all-in. 'He's all-in everytime I come over,' said friend Chris Conrad. 'I just lost a 160,000 pot against the fish of the table,' he added shaking his head. Conrad has been up and down all tournament (he's down to 7,000 now) while Mathis has barely moved from 20,000. Ever heard the fable about the tortoise and the hare?
Jose 'Nacho' Barbero is swinging up and down at the moment. He started the day on 61,000 dropped down to 32,000 and is now making his way back up towards an average stack. The Team PokerStars Pro min-raised from the cut-off to 2,400 and was called by Jorge Rodo in the big blind. Both players checked through to the 
turn where Rodo check-called 2,000. Barbero fired 5,200 on the river which was enough to win the pot and drag him back up to 36,600.
One PokerStars qualifier just made a good fold against another qualifier. Jorge Chacon opened with a raise from UTG and was called Jose Alfaro in mid-position to see a 
flop. Chacon continued with a 5,700 bet before Alfaro moved all-in for around 34,000. The raise covered Chacon so a call would’ve been a call all-in. He took his time and folded 
face-up and was congratulated by Alfaro. The rest of the table asked him to justify his statement and he obliged by flashing pocket tens for bottom set.
Michael Piper open-raised from the hijack to 3,225 and picked up one caller in the small blind. Piper bet 3,125 into the 
flop and was called again. The board double-paired on the turn with the 
and Piper moved all-in after a long study. His opponent, who had 24,000 left, stacked his chips and then opted to pass. Piper is up to 65,000.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
The end of the first level is over and we’ve lost about 25 players so far. A frustrated figure at the end of the level is Marty Mathis. He just raised to 2,250 and was called by Daniel Asualdo in the next seat before Luis Bedoya re-raised to 11,000 from the BB. Mathis wanted to know how much Bedoya had left but all he would say was that he had Mathis covered. Mathis pointed out that he needed to know exactly as it was important because of how his stack related to Asualdo’s stack. He got his answer and folded shaking his head. He has just 19,000 now and the big blind just rose to 1,200.
A little while back we saw Jose "Nacho" Barbero raise into the big blind of Jorge Rodo who called but check folded to a c-bet. Just now Barbero was raising again but into Rodo’s small blind. The raise was 2,300 and Rodo treated it with a three-bet to 5,500. Barbero called to see the 
flop. Rodo checked to face a 7,000 bet that he quickly raised to 15,000 before Barbero quickly moved in for 39,000. Rodo thought about his decision while the Argentine Team Pro pulled his scarf over his face and fidgeted in is seat. Rodo ultimately folded to be shown the by a now beaming Barbero who’s up to 64,000.
Salatielu Aofia had made a small raise to 2,500 pre-flop which Carter Gill had flat called with position. Both players saw a wet 
flop which Aofia fired 3,000 at before Gill shoved back for 18,000. 'Do you have ace-king?' asked Aofia. 'If you've got king-queen of hearts I'd call,' replied Gill. Aofia did not have king-queen or in fact even a pair and eventually decided to fold his 
double gutter face-up. Gill showed a slow played 
looking a little confused why it took his opponent so long to fold. Gill is up to 28,000.
Marty Mathis and Carter Gill are your typical young American online hotshot players. Both made it through to today but with only around 20 big blinds each. They’re going to need a double-up at some point but for now they have enough re-raise fold equity to pick up chips in good spots. Both have indeed been seen three-bet shoving very recently and getting the move through. It’s only a matter of time before they get called though or the structure catches up with them. In the meantime they make for great viewing as you can be sure they wont get blinded down to five big blinds.
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