Rep Porter seems to have taken over Layne Flack's run-good. Porter opened for 33,000 and was called by big blind (and newcomer to the table) Uri Keidar. On an all-spade flop of , Keidar check-called 40,000 from Porter. Both players checked the turn.
The river was the . Keidar checked again, inducing a bet of 80,000 from Porter. Keidar kicked the matching chips into the pot, then looked crestfallen to see Porter's two pair, . After Keidar mucked, another pot was pushed to Porter.
As players continue to drop, those remaining are being shuffled back and forth between the two tables in play in order to keep them balanced. While each table is now playing six-handed, they are anything but balanced.
Table 1 holds the top three chip stacks in the room and five of the top six. Table 4 in the back corner is full of shorties, and at least two of them are in desperate need of a double up.
Nenad Medic was the first to notice the chip discrepancy, The Serb one of those lingering in the bottom half of the pack. He glanced at his chips, then the chips of Huck Seed across the table. "You're the only one with above-average chips," he said.
With the chip average sitting at 603,333, Huckleberry is indeed just in the top half. Still, in comparison to the rest of his table, he is far and away the top dog.
"I know. I feel like I have a mountain of chips," Seed replied with a smirk.
No sooner had Antony Lellouche left the table than Jonathan Little and Aleh Plauski were at it. They got all of the chips in the middle preflop, with Little once again showing down ace-queen, . Plauski had and the race was on. Little made ace-queen work a second time, .
"Seat open," called out the dealer. Plauski left to collect his 13th-place money of $19,030.
We've lost our last Frenchman. After Steven Fung opened to 31,000 and Rep Porter called, action moved to Antony Lellouche in the big blind.
"Ok," he said. "I'm all in." That declaration drew a fold from Fung but a call from Porter. That call was very bad news for Lellouche. His was dominated by Porter's . Lellouche picked up a few extra outs after a paired flop of but it never got any better from there. The turn teased at hope but the river crushed it all. Lellouche is gone.
Uh oh. Layne Flack may have used up all his run-good. He just got tagged again by Steven Fung. Fung opened for 31,000 preflop and Flack called from the small blind. On a flop of Flack led into Fung for 45,000. Fung called.
The turn was the . Flack, out of position, decided to slow down and checked to Fung. Fung fired out 105,000, with Flack quickly calling.
Both players checked the river. Flack showed down , then let loose a string of expletives when Fung flipped over the winning .
During the hand, Huck Seed wandered by the table. "Every time I come over here, the chips are somewhere else," he said to Jonathan Little. Little told the story of doubling up through Flack with .
"Your table nitting it up over there?" Little asked.
"Compared to this table," Seed replied. "I wouldn't be surprised the next time I come over here, one of you has all the chips!"
Sefik 'Rob' Peltekci has just been eliminated from the main event by Full Tilt Pro Huck Seed.
Seed opened the pot with a raise to 31,000 and Peltekci moved all in for his last 61,000. Action then folded around the table to Seed, who tossed in the extra 30,000 required to make the call, setting up the following showdown:
Seed:
Peltekci:
Peltekci's ace-high remained good through the turn, as the board filled out , but the on the river gave Huck two pair, crushing Peltekci's hopes of a final table appearance.
Seed stacked up just over 450,000 in chips after the hand.
We weren't lying when we called this the Level of the Double-Up. Most recently it was Jonathan Little's turn. He opened preflop for 35,000 before small blind Layne Flack re-raised to 150,000. Little seemed to know what was coming next.
"I'm all in," he said with a sigh.
"I call," Flack said in the same tone.
Little:
Flack:
Flack took a bigger lead on the flop by making a set of jacks, .
"Nice hand," said Little. The turn then popped off to give Little a Broadway straight.
"Nice hand," Flack repeated. The river did not pair the board, falling instead the . Flack had to pay 348,000 total chips to Little.
"The ol' 'nice hand' trick," said Steven Fung to Little with a laugh. "He tried to do it right back to you."
"The difference is I really thought I was going to lose," Little replied. Not this time.
Sefik 'Rob' Peltekcki moved all in over the top of a 35,000 preflop raise made by Janar Kiivramees. A moment later, Nenad Medic announced, "I'm all in too." (Medic had about 110,000 in chips.) Kiivramees tossed his cards into the muck pile, setting up a showdown between Peltekci and Medic.
"I've folded this hand all day, too," Peltekci grumbled, tabling the , after seeing Medic's .
The flop came down and Rony Jazzar practically jumped out of his seat. We later found out he'd folded pocket fives.
The turn and river filled out , (would-be quads for Jazzar), and Medic's ace-king high held up to win the pot. Peltekci was left with just under 100,000 in chips after the hand.
This could be the Level of the Double-Up. A third player has doubled up in the fifteen minutes since the level started. Jonathan Little opened the pot with a raise to 35,000, then quickly called when Aleh Plauski moved all in for 182,000.
Little:
Plauski:
"I folded a jack," said Layne Flack.
"You folded a jack?" repeated Little. "One-outer one time."
"Yeah, I folded a jack. It was the first card I saw. I didn't want to see another one."
Nobody else saw the fourth jack. The board rolled out . After Little shipped the required number of chips, he was down to about 300,000. Plauski now has 380,000.
On the first hand back from break, Antony Lellouche raised from late position to 30,000. Small blind Steven Fung then re-raised all in for 367,000 total. Lellouche thought, and thought, and then thought some more before finally calling with .
"Sick call," said Jonathan Little.
Fung turned over and the race was on. He won it on a board of , making a pair of queens to overtake Lellouche's fives.
Lellouche is now down to a short 207,000. Fung is up to a more robust 753,000.