Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich and Stephen "Stevie444" Chidwick saw a flop of and Froehlich checked to Chidwick who bet 1,500. Froehlich called.
The turn brought the and Froehlich check-called another bet from Chidwick, this one was worth 3,500.
Froehlich checked a third time after the rivered and Chidwick fired a third bullet worth 4,000. Rather than just call this time though, Froehlich plopped over 40,000 in the middle putting Chidwick all in. Chidwick shot Froehlich a look, tanked for a moment and then released his cards.
The pot pushes Froehlich's stack to 52,000 while Chidwick's slipped to 26,000.
With about 21,000 in the pot and the board reading , a player checked to Faraz Jaka. A tiny bet of 3,300 followed, with Jaka's opponent throwing in the chips to call.
Jaka tabled , winning the pot and upping his stack to about 105,000.
With about 2,000 in the pot and a flop of , Shaun Deeb checked under the gun and his opponent in the hijack bet 1,000. Deeb quickly raised to 3,200 and it was enough to take down the pot, boosting him to 37,000.
The bad news for Deeb is that Olivier Busquet, who has 110k, is seated at his table. The good news is Busquet is seated to his immediate right, so Deeb will have position on him all day long.
Down to about 3,600, Barry Shulman was all in with against an opponent's . It looked bleak at first when the flop came down , followed by the turn. However, the hit the river, saving Shulman and giving him a stack of about 8,000 to work with.
The player under the gun raised to 1,000 and Sergio Garcia very quietly announced a re-raise of an unknown amount, tossing in one T5,000 chip. Action folded back around to his opponent, who re-raised all in. Garcia called all in for about 4,000 more with , but was crushed by his opponent's .
The board ran out , bringing Garcia's tournament to an end.
We reported earlier that a dealer forced Michael Binger to take his iPad off the rail of the table, and just recently Nick Binger was asked to stop using his Kindle.
"It's a distraction," a floorperson told him. "If you're reading then the dealer has to keep telling you when to act."
"I'm reading," Binger retorted. "Are you saying it's more distracting to read than to have headphones and a hoody on?"
The argument continued until Binger finally asked to speak with a tournament director. For the time being he was forced to stop reading however, and the tournament is currently anti-tablet.
We literally just finished writing our last Phil Ivey post and walked back out on the tournament floor to watch him stacking even more chips. We're not sure how it happened, but Ivey has managed to double up to around 36,000. After a bad start to the PCA, it seems things are finally going right for the eight-time bracelet winner.
and Froehlich checked to Chidwick who bet 1,500. Froehlich called.
and Froehlich check-called another bet from Chidwick, this one was worth 3,500.
rivered and Chidwick fired a third bullet worth 4,000. Rather than just call this time though, Froehlich plopped over 40,000 in the middle putting Chidwick all in. Chidwick shot Froehlich a look, tanked for a moment and then released his cards.
, a player checked to Faraz Jaka. A tiny bet of 3,300 followed, with Jaka's opponent throwing in the chips to call.
, Shaun Deeb checked under the gun and his opponent in the hijack bet 1,000. Deeb quickly raised to 3,200 and it was enough to take down the pot, boosting him to 37,000.
. It looked bleak at first when the flop came down 
, followed by the 
turn. However, the 
hit the river, saving Shulman and giving him a stack of about 8,000 to work with.
, but was crushed by his opponent's 
.
