Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi hasn't been able to get much going today at all and he did lose another pot to drop down to 38,000 just now.
With the final board reading , Mizrachi fired 21,000 into a pot of 38,000. His opponent moved all in for 62,575 and Mizrachi went into the tank. He thought for a bit and then folded his hand.
Carter Phillips just sent Chino Rheem to the rail. After Rami Shouman raised preflop, Phillips flatted behind and Rheem flatted in later position. The three of them saw the flop come down and Shouman bet out. Phillips raised and then Rheem moved all in. Shouman folded, but Phillips made the quick call with top set of aces. Rheem held the having flopped top pair and a flush draw.
The turn and river blanked for Rheem and he was sent to the rail. Phillips moved up to 140,000 in chips.
With the board reading , Sam Trickett's bet of 1,025 was called by Michael Mizrachi and another opponent. All three players checked the turn card, leading to the on the river.
Trickett checked to Mizrachi, who fired a bet of 6,200. The third player in the hand popped it to 21,000 and Trickett folded. Mizrachi took a moment before calling, showing . His opponent could not beat it and Mizrachi took down the pot.
Action was checked to Kfir Yamin on the board of . He fired a bet of 7,200 and his opponent made the call. The river completed the board with the and the first player checked to Yamin once again. Yamin fired 26,500. His opponent tank-folded and Yamin showed the for queen high. He's now up to 129,000 in chips.
Chino Rheem found a much needed double quickly after the dinner break. He woke up with pocket aces and held up against Michel Habib's pocket tens to up his stack to roughly 37,000.
Chino Rheem called a check-raise on the turn with the board reading before the hit the felt on the river. Rheem's 50,000-chip bet was called by his opponent and Rheem said, "You got it."
His opponent tabled the and Rheem was knocked all the way down to 21,000 in chips.
Catching up with the action on the turn of a board reading , Phil Ivey had raised Jean Sean's bet to 40,000. Sean reraised to 86,100 and then Ivey went all in for 101,250. It was just 15,150 more for Sean to call and he did just that.
Ivey turned over the for a spade flush. Sean tried to just muck his hand, but the floor ruled that he had to turn it over and revealed the . He was drawing dead to Ivey as the river was dealt the .
Ivey earned the big double up and now sits on about 250,000. That's good enough to be leading the way as we approach the dinner break. Sean dropped to 38,000.