Daniel Adam led from middle position for 7,000 on the flop and was quickly called by Michael Mizrachi on the button. Adam then check-called a 7,000 bet on the turn and a 10,000 bet on the river.
"Ace-king is good," said Mizrachi, but Daniel held better than that, he held the and scooped the pot.
There has been some good banter over on Michael Mizrachi's table between him and Chin Chai Koh. Koh had raised to 8,500 from middle position and Mizrachi three-bet to 20,000.
"I have baccarat," said Mizrachi.
"What does that mean?" came the reply. "I don't even know what that means!"
Mizrachi explained that in baccarat picture cards are zero and that his hole cards added up to zero, therefore baccarat!
"Mine equal 18," said Koh
Eventually, Koh folded face up and Mizrachi showed
As Mizrachi added the chips to his stack, Koh told him that if Mizrachi wins the Main Event, he wants to be in the winner's photo and that Mizrachi has to tell everyone that Koh's the man!
Paul Dando opened to 9,000 from late position and watched on as Richard Kellett three-bet all-in from the small blind. The player in the big blind, who has asked to remain anonymous, called the all-in (Kellett covered him) and Dando folded.
Anon: [AKh]
Kellett:
Kellett needed to catch a ten to avoid doubling his opponent up, but it was Mr Anonymous who improved, catching a king on the river of the board.
On a board reading , Jamie O'Connor checked from the big blind and then called when Michael Mizrachi bet 20,000 from his seat under the gun. The river was met with similar action, a check from O'Connor, a 20,000 bet and a call, although the final call took around two minutes to make.
"All-in and a call," came the cry from the dealer and it was Michael Fletcher all-in and at risk of elimination versus Iaron Lightbourne.
Fletcher held and Lightbourne the . Lightbourne caught a king on the flop then picked up a straight draw on the turn. However, Fletcher's aces held as the appeared on the river and the tournament is still hand-for-hand.
The action folded to Fraser Bellamy in the small blind and he moved all-in, putting Breixo Gonzalez to the ultimate test, one for his tournament life. Gonzalez slammed his cards into the muck and was shown for his troubles.
A raise to 12,000 from Paul Dando was three-bet all-in by Jeff Sharpe and called by Dando.
Dando flipped over and was racing against Sharpe's . A queen-friendly board reading kept Sharpe's hand the best and he doubled during this hand-for-hand section.
Daniel Harwood moved all-in from the small blind for 1,300 and headed to a four-man flop.
The three active players in the hand checked down a board, and Harwood escaped elimination by winning with . It's not often you hear a cheer when a player doesn't bubble, but it happened just now.