First, Arnaud Mattern opended to 750 under the gun. Tony G called from the cutoff and the player in the big blind came along as well.
The flop came down


and it was checked to Mattern who bet 1,200. Tony G bumped it to 3,000 and the big blind player passed. Mattern folded as well, upping Tony G's stack to 12,000.A few hands later, Tony got it all in with

on a 


board. His opponent held 
and the river came a safe
for the G.
on a
flop against
.
and the river the 
board. His lone opponent called and when the 
. Esfandiari tabled 
for a straight and is up to 28,000.
.
on the turn was safe, as was the river
, and that spells a double up for the pro. He's back close to 15,000 now and has a vague smirk on his face.
to his opponent's
, Sorrel Mizzi was facing a 5,000 bet from the player to his left. He relunctantly folded and got shown the
for his troubles with the
. The board ran out 
and Obrestad has more than doubled up to about 12,000. Seed slides down to 17,000.