Nicolas Chouity fired 650 on the flop of 
. His lone opponent in the hand called and off to the turn they went, where the 
fell. Both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Chouity checked and his opponent fired 1,000. Chouity folded and dropped back to 29,200.
There was another crazy situation over on Van Marcus' table that had him going kind of crazy after he witnessed what happened. We don't have the exact information, but we have the gist of the story.
On the turn, three players were involved in a pot with the board reading 
. The first player bet, and the next player raised. Ilir Beluli, who is a Melbourne boy and here with Marcus, moved all in. The original bettor called all in and then the other player in the hand mucked. WHat did he muck? Well, just the old 
for the nut straight with one card to come! According to the player, he didn't want to give a freeroll to a player holding the 
.
Beluli did indeed hold the and the other player held the 
. The river was the 
and the two remaining players in the hand chopped up the pot.
Marcus couldn't believe what had happened and tried to get the floor in on it. The floor said, "I like the play, he read the situation right."
Marcus responded, "Where are you from, mate? You've gotta be from Bellagio!"
You hear all different kinds of banter in a poker tournament and it all gets a little crazier when you travel to different parts of the world. Here are some of the things we've heard said today.
"Why couldn't you let me in there? I'd have been on you like a priest on a little boy!"
"He's Italian, they haven't landed on the moon yet. The French have though."
"So you, you and you are all Romanian? Now I know I have a table full of fish!"
As is most banter at the poker table, all of this has been said in good natured and with plenty of laughs. We'll just have to wait and see who's chips do the most talking though as the day moves on.
Van Marcus bet the turn on a board of 
. The bet was enough to put his opponent all in and the player called with the 
for a pair and a flush draw. Marcus held the 
. The river was the 
and Marcus won the pot, moving up to 48,000 in chips.
Chris Cellery and John Racener saw the flop of 
. Cellery check-called a bet from Racener worth 575 chips. The turn brought the and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Cellery fired 1,000 and Racener mucked, dropping to 43,250. Cellery moved up to 30,000. It's not often you get to play with a member of the November Nine and Cellery took full advantage of this one, winning the first pot between the two.
From under the gun, a player raised to 525 and Eric Cajelais called from middle-late position. The flop came down 
and the original raiser checked. Cajelais fired 800 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the 
and action checked to Cajelais. He fired again, this time making it 2,000 to go. His opponent called once more.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked. Cajelais nodded his head and his opponent turned up two red sevens. Cajelais mucked and saw his stack drop to 16,650.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players are on a 10-minute break.
We caught up with the action on a flop of flop that was seen by four players.
Jegors Cemisovs bet 1,200 and found a call from one opponent. When the 
landed on the turn, Cemisovs check-called a bet of 1,500. The fell on the river and Cemisovs shoved for 14,775 into the pot of about 8,000. His opponent deliberated for a few moments before flashing the and folding his hand.
Cemisovs has about 23,000 at the moment.
