Just before the break, we stumbled into a pot between Aytunc Tezay and Tony Dunst. On the turn, the board read . Tezay put in a bet of 2,000, and Tony Dunst raised to 6,000. Tezay called.
The last card off was the . Tezay checked, and Dunst quickly moved all in for a total of 10,475. Tezay thought for a moment before making the call, having his man covered.
Dunst tabled , and it was the winner. He earned a timely double-up, and he sits now with a stack of 35,000.
Tony D
On a flop of Tony Dunst bet out for 1,000 chips and Dory Zayneh was the lone caller.
They saw the hit the turn where Dunst fired again for 2,000. Zayneh made the call and the peeled off on the river. Dunst checked and allowed Zayneh to bet 4,000 at the pot. Dunst called with and it was the best hand as Zayneh flipped for nothing but imagination.
"It helped that I had the ace of spades" said Dunst as he is now back to 17,000 chips.
Donnie Peters
On a flop of , Luis Arrilucea checked over to Linas Leonovas. Leonovas bet 1,000 and then Steve Topakas asked him how much he had left. Leonovas moved his hands so Topakas could see his chip stack.
"I'm all in," announced Topakas, moving his entire stack into the middle. Arrilucea folded and this sent Leonovas into the tank. After a few minutes, he shook his head and mucked. Topakas stood up and flipped over the .
"I knew you had a flush draw," claimed another players at the table as Topakas gathered in the chips from the pot. He now has over 23,000 in his stack.
Aytunc Tezay has been involved in a large number of pots today, and we pick up another hand of his. This time, he limped in from under the gun, and Brandon Huynh raised from the next seat over. Tezay was the lone caller.
On the flop, Tezay checked, and Huynh put out a bet. Tezay sat for a moment to consider his action before he noticed something peculiar. Huynh was sitting with his hands around his cards, and there was a vein beating noticeably in his wrist. Tezay pointed it out to the table and even called several players over from adjacent tables.
Tezay observed that his opponent's heart was only beating at about 80 bpm, and he therefore must have been comfortable and strong in the hand. Based on that information, he laid his hand down, while Huynh opened up his cards: !
James Obst
We didn't catch the preflop action but James "Andy McLEOD" Obst committed his last chips into the middle with to find himself up against the of Mark Casale.
The board of provided no help to Obst as he is eliminated from the tournament. Casale, who took down the PokerPro event earlier in the week, is now up to 35,000 chips.
Donnie Peters
After the final betting round, the board read for Andrew Rogers and Benedetto Passantino. Passantino turned over and Rogers flashed the before mistakenly mucking his hand.
He claimed that he showed the diamond for the flush and should be awarded the pot, but the floor staff ruled that because he only revealed one card and then mucked, the queen-high hand was the winner. "You need to show two cards to win," explained the staff.
During the last break, PokerNews' Gloria Balding had a chance to chat with Paul "The Voice" Khoury. They discussed how Paul got his start in the poker world, his current day job away from the table, and his strategy heading into today's event. Check out the video below:
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. Tezay put in a bet of 2,000, and Tony Dunst raised to 6,000. Tezay called.
. Tezay checked, and Dunst quickly moved all in for a total of 10,475. Tezay thought for a moment before making the call, having his man covered.
, and it was the winner. He earned a timely double-up, and he sits now with a stack of 35,000.
. Passantino checked, and Profaca bet 3,000. Khoury called, while the original raiser let his hand go.
, and both players checked.
. Khoury led out this time, slipping 5,000 chips into the middle. Profaca made the call.
and found a call in the small blind from Andrew Scott with 
and Scott spiked his six to end the day of Portaro.
peeled off on the river. Dunst checked and allowed Zayneh to bet 4,000 at the pot. Dunst called with 
for nothing but imagination.
, Luis Arrilucea checked over to Linas Leonovas. Leonovas bet 1,000 and then Steve Topakas asked him how much he had left. Leonovas moved his hands so Topakas could see his chip stack.
to find himself up against the 
of Mark Casale.
for Andrew Rogers and Benedetto Passantino. Passantino turned over 
with Chronis moving all in for his last 5,000 chips. Kobbing made the call with his 
to be in great shape against Chronis' 
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