A loud commotion broke out at Table 9 where we found Antonio Esfandiari all in and at risk with 
against an opponent's 
.
Sorel Mizzi came over from a nearby table to sweat the hand and when the board ran out 
, Mizzi and Esfandiari let out a big, "Michael Binger!", as Esfandiari binked the set and held up to boost his stack to about 45,000.
Paul Wolfe went all in from middle position for about 9,000 and was called by the player in the hijack.
"Please have nines or under," requested Wolfe, shwoing .
His opponent flipped over 
and Wolfe was feeling uneasy as the flop came 
. The turn brought the 
and Wolfe stood up and started to leave.
"I knew it, I knew it," he muttered.
The river brought the 
and Wolfe made a flush to double.
"Wow, I can't believe it!" said an excited Wolfe.
He is up to about 20,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The players are taking a 10-minute break.
Chino Rheem's pre-flop raise of 1,800 was called by the player in the big blind and the flop came down 
.
Both players checked, landing the 
on the turn. The player in the big blind bet 3,000 and Chino raised, making it 8,500 to play. His opponent re-raised all in and Chino folded instantly, slipping to 65,000.
With about 15,000 in the pot, Ben Roberts was all in for 10,400 on 
board with and was called by an opponent's 
.
The turn and river ran out 
and 
respectively as Roberts doubled up to about 35,000.
Van Marcus is now leading the way with a massive stack of 228,000 thanks to a gift from one of his opponents. According to Marcus, this is how the hand went down.
A player opened with a raise to 1,500 before the button flat-called. Marcus was in the big blind and made it 7,000 to go. The original raiser folded, but the button didn't make things so easy for Marcus. He reraised to 15,000 straight. Marcus stuck in another raise to 100,000 in order to put maximum pressure on his opponent knowing he had to play for all his chips.
"F*** it, who gives a s***, I call!" said the player, according to Marcus. He held the 
and was crushed by Marcus' pocket jacks.
The board ran out 
and Marcus won the massive pot to push his stack to the front of the pack.
After four players limped in, including Musa Gunay from under the gun, David Benyamine raised to 2,800. Only Gunay made the call and the flop came down 
. Gunay checked and Benyamine fired 3,000. Gunay called.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked before the 
hit the river. Gunay fired 10,000 and Benyamine folded.
After doubling up earlier in the level, Jean-Robert Bellande is up to about 45,000 after winning two consecutive hands.
First, he check-raised all in on board of 
for about 18,000 after Alon Parselani bet 6,500. Parselani folded and Bellande chipped up to about 40,000.
The following hand, Bellande raised to 1,500 under the gun and a player in middle position made it 4,200 to go. Action folded around to Bellande and he called. They checked down a 
board and Bellande showed 
to win the pot and chip up to about 45,000.
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