Paul Newey opened before the flop and Carl Harris made the call. Fatima Moreira de Melo over called from the big blind and the flop came . Moreira de Melo checked and Newey made a continuation bet of 1,350. Harris called, and so did Moreira de Melo.
All three of them checked on the turn and the hit the river. Moreira de Melo bet out 2,700 and Newey quickly folded. Harris played around with a 5,000 chip and eventually tossed it in to call. Moreira de Melo showed for the flopped top two. Harris open mucked his and said he was glad it only cost him that much.
The next hand Paren Arzoomanian made it 450 from the cutoff and Moreira de Melo called from the small blind. The big blind called as well and the flop came . Moreira de Melo check called a bet of 575 and the big blind folded. Moreira de Melo check called another 1,000 on the turn and 1,700 on the river. Arzoomanian mucked and so did Moreira de Melo.
"Nice hand" Arzoomanian commented while Fatima Moreira de Melo gathered the chips with a big smile on her face.
Simon Trumper hadn't even finishing taking his chips from his rack when he ran his first bluff of the day. He'd bet the flop, checked a blank turn then fired a sizeable 5,100 bet on the river. His opponent, mucked and Trumper turned over the .
"I'm only playing aces now, " said Trumper with a wry smile on his face.
Paren Arzoomanian opened for 500 from middle position and Fatima Moreira de Melo in the cutoff made the call. The button came along for the ride as well and the three of them saw a flop of .
Arzoomanian made a bet of 900 and Moreira de Melo raised to 2,200. The button folded and Arzoomanian three bet to 4,500. Moreira de Melo four bet to 11,200, and called the five bet shove that followed.
Paren Arzoomanian:
Fatima Moreira de Melo:
Arzoomanian was down to just a single out, and wouldn't catch the he so desperately needed. The on the turn and on river were blanks and Moreira de Melo once again was the one receiving all the chips.
While Arzoomanian made his way to the exit, Carl Harris commented "That's why the lady's a pro". "Running good" Moreira de Melo smiled.
As the players were heading out for their 15-minute break, a massive pot was won at Table 2. The dealer was feverishly counting the stacks of David Nuth and Antonis Poulengris to see who had who covered.
The player was was in seat one had already left the tournament area and he would soon be followed by Poulengris as Nuth had the larger of the two stacks.
All three players found themselves all-in on a flop, Poulengris holding , Seat 1 and Nuth the for the nuts! A turn was followed into play by the river and Nuth soared up to 130,000 chips and is easily the chip leader in this tournament.
Antonius van Ingen opened under the gun for 700 and action folded to Chris Moneymaker in the small blind. The Team Pro three bet to 1,950 and Van Ingen called.
The flop came a coordinated , but this didn't slow Moneymaker down. He bet 2,500 and Van Ingen called.
The turn was the and Moneymaker continued for 7,000. Van Ingen, with about 27,000 behind at this point, folded rather quickly.
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