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At the Bloch-Juanda table, neither player can seem to win that second point in a row to end the match. The advantage is back to Bloch. He flopped bottom two pair against Juanda's top pair, 
, then caught running fours for quads.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Duhamel and Melvin Whitmire seem stuck in molasses. Maybe tar. Definitely some viscous liquid.
Blinds are moving to 800/1,600. That means each heads-up match has a total of 31 big blinds on the table. Can't be too long now.
Jonathan Duhamel found himself in the unenviable position of pushing all in pre-flop with 
. Melvin Whitmire called with 
and a commanding chip lead.
"It's a queen in the window -- and two sevens behind!" exclaimed MOC Jordan Siegel. Duhamel gave his trademark smirk at the 
. By the river, Duhamel improved to quads. He's still behind in the match but he has the slightest bit of breathing room now.
Andy Bloch and John Juanda are keeping the cameras busy. This time when all the money crossed the betting line, Bloch was at risk with 
. It was a flip against Juanda's . The 
was beautiful for Bloch. Juanda was quickly drawing dead after the 
turn, and Bloch is back in the lead.
Andy Bloch just doesn't have much heads-up run-good. He and John Juanda were all in after a flop of 
. Juanda showed down top pair, 
. Bloch had middle pair and a draw, 
. Bloch's draw got even better with the turn but he couldn't end the match. The river was the , allowing the lead to swing back to Juanda.
Andy Bloch was at risk with 
when he and John Juanda got their chips in preflop after plenty of small ball. Juanda's 
got a little help from the 
flop. The audience collectively gasped at the 
turn, but the card quickly came into focus on the overhead monitors to show it wasn't another ten. The 
river was clearly safe, and Bloch doubled to take a small lead. Blinds are huge at this point, and it's still anyone's game.
As is his wont, Antonio Esfandiari played his first-round match against Nicolas Chouity with his shoes off. Esfandiari's sock choice today is a pair of garish yellow and orange argyle socks.
Behind in the match, Chouity limped his button pre-flop. Esfandiari raised, Chouity re-raised all in and Esfandiari called. Chouity had the best of it with 
against the Magician's 
. He still had the best after a flop of 
and a turn 
.
"How about a five?" Esfandiari asked the dealer. Naturally, the river was the to give Esfandiari a wheel. He eliminated Chouity and will return tomorrow for the Round of 32.
Before departing the stage Esfandiari hugged his dealer.
Ted Forrest moved his short stack all in on an 
flop, and Jason Mercier called.
Forrest: 
for an open-ended straight draw
Mercier: 
for a pair of queens
Forrest picked up a flush draw and a smaller pair with the on the turn. But the on the river gave Mercier the better two pair and the win. Forrest booked it off the stage and out of sight before the audience could give him a round of applause. Mercier will play the winner of the match between Andy Bloch and John Juanda.
When you're in poker media, sometimes you geek out over the tiniest, silliest of things. Right now we're geeking out over a Round of 32 match that will pit Olivia Boeree against Olivier Busquet - Liv B versus Liv B. Busquet finally put down the pesky Dwyte Pilgrim with an all-in battle of Pilgrim's against Busquet's . Busquet flopped a matching 
while Pilgrim caught nothing; he was drawing dead after the turn.
Dwyte Pilgrim doubled his short stack when his held against Olivier Busquet's 
. The board ran out to keep the match going.
