| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | |
|
50,000 | 4,000 |
|
39,000 | -16,000 |
|
9,000 | -5,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Tyler Smith opened with a raise to 2,000 from early position, and Scott Fischman reraised to 5,500 from the button. In the small blind, Eric Froehlich was nursing a short stack thanks to a recent pot, and he moved all in for 16,500 on a four-bet shove. Smith flat-called, and Fischman got the point and ducked out of the way to let Froehlich go heads up for his tournament life. The news was not good:
Smith: 
Froehlich: 
There was no sweat and no funny stuff on the board that ran 
, and Froehlich's day is done.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
We've reached that magical time of the night when the T25 chips (which are strikingly similar in color to the T500s) are colored up and raced off. The players are on a 15-minute break, and we'll return to play two more levels post haste.
We know you're bored; we are too. So here's something to pass the break, an interview with William Reynolds. Always fun.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
70,000 | 17,000 |
|
47,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
43,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
17,000 | 2,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari has been one of the bigger stacks throughout the day but that recently changed. In the hand, there was around 35,000 in the pot with a board reading 
. The small blind checked to Esfandiari on the button and he counted out a bet of 29,800.
The small blind thought about it for a minute before moving all in and Esfandiari snap called and showed 
for a straight and flush draw. The small blind showed 
and was ahead going into the last card. The 
on the river ensured the small blinds double, which was a total of 53,100. After the hand, Esfandiari was left with right around 15,000.
The player in the hijack raised to 1,400 and Jeff Madsen called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and both players checked. When the 
hit the turn, Madsen bet 2,550 and the hijack folded. Madsen has been playing with a short stack for quite some time, but that pot brought him up to 15,000.
Adam Levy moved all in on the river with the board reading 
and Tim Phan tanked for a bit. After several minutes in the tank, Phan called all in. Levy showed him the 
for a full house. Phan tried to flip his hand over, but only the 
showed. No one saw the other card, but speculated that he must have held 
the way the hand played out. At any rate, Levy is up to 90,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 20,000 |
|
125,000 | -5,000 |
|
112,000 | 82,000 |
|
93,000 | 62,000 |
|
90,000 | 32,000 |
|
87,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
82,000 | |
|
|
75,000 | 45,000 |
|
65,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 25,000 |
|
55,000 | 5,000 |
|
55,000 | 13,000 |
|
55,000 | 11,000 |
|
54,000 | 22,000 |
|
53,000 | 30,000 |
|
53,000 | 18,000 |
|
50,000 | 10,000 |
|
45,000 | -12,000 |
|
42,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
37,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
37,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
27,000 | |
|
25,000 | 1,000 |
A tidbit of a hand for Team Bonomo.
We'll infer that Justin Bonomo was the preflop raiser from late position, and he was heads up with big stack John Phan. We walked up to see a flop of 
out on board, and Justin Bonomo fired out 6,000 at the pot. Phan made the call, and the appeared on the turn. Bonomo took pause this time before sliding out 11,000, and that move sent Phan into the tank for a couple minutes.
Finally, he uncapped his cards, double-checked them, and said, "Okay Justin, you can have it." He was just about to muck face-down, but he pulled his cards back and said, "I shoulda reraised you preflop," as he flashed his .
Bonomo looked surprised. "Did you have the best hand?" Phan asked, intrigued.
Bonomo simply shrugged and smirked with that, "Who, me??" look on his face as he stacked the pot. He's up around 90,000 now.
