A player in early position limped in, and Rodrigo Borquez raised to 1,400 from the hijack. Amos Ben called on the button, as did the early-position player.
The flop was . The early-position player checked, and Borquez bet 2,025. Ben called, and the player in early position folded.
The turn was the and Borquez bet 3,025. Ben called.
The river was the and Borquez took a couple of minutes to think before firing a third shell for 3,525. Ben called.
Borquez tabled for a rivered set of tens. Ben calmly mucked his hand while Borquez raked in the pot.
Borquez's hand of the tournament seems to be pocket tens, as he rivered a ten last level against his opponent's pocket kings, saving his tournament life in the process.
With about 2,500 in the pot, on a board reading , the players in the big blind and the hijack were both all in, and Tarek Sleiman was faced with a decision on the button.
Sleiman had both players covered by plenty of chips, with the blind being the short stack with 11,000 and the hijack having about 13,000. Eventually, Sleiman called.
Sleiman:
Big blind:
Hijack:
Sleiman was ahead with a flush, and the hijack was drawing fairly slim with just top pair. The big blind had the only other spade for the possibility of making a bigger flush.
The turn was the , pairing the board and giving the hijack some outs to survive. The river was the and Sleiman earned the double knockout.
Marcel Migliaro was in the cutoff and raised to 1,500. Martin Pineiro, in the small blind, three-bet to 3,600 and Migliaro called.
The flop was and Pineiro bet 3,100. Migliaro called.
The turn was the and Pineiro elected to check. Migliaro immediately pushed in his remaining 18,850 chips. This sent Pineiro into the tank for a minute or so before eventually folding and sending the pot over to Migliaro.
The field just got a little bit softer, as LAPT champions and high rollers, Amos Ben and Richard Dubini, both busted their short stacks and were headed to the rail.
Ben has already re-entered once, but there is plenty of time for him to give this event another shot.
Daniel Oscar Foti was under the gun and raised to 1,000. A player in the small blind three-bet to 6,000 and Foti called.
The flop was and the small blind led out for 14,000. Foti called.
The turn was the and the player in the small blind moved all in. Foti snap-called and showed for a full house. His opponent showed and was drawing dead to the river.
Foti is the first player over 100,000 and is the clear chip leader heading into the dinner break.
. The early-position player checked, and Borquez bet 2,025. Ben called, and the player in early position folded.
and Borquez bet 3,025. Ben called.
and Borquez took a couple of minutes to think before firing a third shell for 3,525. Ben called.
for a rivered set of tens. Ben calmly mucked his hand while Borquez raked in the pot.
, the players in the big blind and the hijack were both all in, and Tarek Sleiman was faced with a decision on the button. 
, pairing the board and giving the hijack some outs to survive. The river was the 
and Sleiman earned the double knockout.
for a straight to the king and Chauriye flashed 
and Pineiro bet 3,100. Migliaro called.
and Pineiro elected to check. Migliaro immediately pushed in his remaining 18,850 chips. This sent Pineiro into the tank for a minute or so before eventually folding and sending the pot over to Migliaro.
and the player in the small blind moved all in. Foti snap-called and showed 
