We're less than half an hour away from the dinner break, but Yuval Bronshtein decided he couldn't wait that long and has secured himself a sandwich and a banana to sustain him. Bronshtein's appetite for chips is healthy as well, as evidenced by a recent hand.
Bronshtein and a single opponent had built a decent-sized pot by fourth street, at which point the board showed , Bronshtein was firing once more, and his opponent was calling.
The river then brought the and without much hesitation Bronshtein pushed all in. His opponent thought for about a half-minute, then stepped aside, allowing Bronshtein to scoop the chips with one hand while taking another bite from the sandwhich he held in the other.
DJ MacKinnon and an opponent were heads up on a flop of . The player check-called a bet from MacKinnon, and the turn brought the . The player checked again, and MacKinnon moved all in for effectively a pot-sized bet.
The player hummed and hawed for the better part of 30 seconds, then folded his hand, flashing one of his cards to MacKinnon. We unfortunately missed the card.
A player fired 11,000 into a pot of 16,000, sending Michael Sanders Jr. into the tank. Sanders Jr. eventually called, and his opponent showed for a flopped two pair.
Sanders Jr. unhappily mucked his cards, dipping down to around 37,000 chips.
Darryl Harvey opened for 2,000 from under the gun, and the player to his left called the raise. It then folded all of the way back around to the big blind who shoved all in for 11,675 total, and after Harvey called the third player stepped aside.
Harvey flipped over , then said "no!" with an exasperated grin as his neighbor showed . The board rolled out , and after a bit of comical confusion over whether Harvey might make himself a straight using one of his opponent's nines, the pot was shipped away from Harvey.
Even with that hit, Harvey still has a healthy stack of nearly 80,000 as we approach the dinner break.
Players are back from dinner, including Ed Modlin of Jamesville, North Carolina. We were glad to see Modlin returning. He'd been here for the first two hours earlier in the afternoon during which stretch he'd chipped up some. Then he was away for several levels prior to the dinner break, during which time his stack was blinded back down a bit.
Just now he played a hand from the button that saw him calling a middle-position player's raise, then watching the big blind reraise. Both the original raiser and Modlin called, then all three checked the flop.
The turn then brought the and a bet from the big blind. The middle position player called, but Modlin folded, then watched the big blind earn the pot by betting the river.
A player opened to 2,500 from early position, Yuval Bronshtein called on his left, and a third player called out of the small blind. All three players checked on the flop (), and the turn (), and the river brought the .
The player in the small blind led out for 5,000, the original raiser folded. and Bronshtein quickly called. The player in the small blind showed for the nuts, and Bronshtein flashed before mucking.
Her last hand saw an opponent raise to 800 from the cutoff, then Wong reraise all in for 6,900 from the small blind. It folded back to the cutoff who tanked for about a half-minute before calling.
His was ahead of her , and after the the lead was even greater. The on the turn gave her some hope, but fifth street brought the and Wong's Main Event run came to an end.
Ken "Teach" Aldridge opened to 2,100 from middle position, and the action folded to a player in the small blind who three-bet shoved for 16,900. The player in the big blind released his hand, and the action was back on the 2009 World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
Aldridge tanked for the better part of a minute, and then made the call.
Aldridge:
Opponent:
There was an ace in the window of the flop, prompting the entire table to groan is dismay, and when the dealer spread the entire flop (), a second ace appeared.
It was all over when the turned, giving Aldridge aces full of eights, and the completed the board.
, Bronshtein was firing once more, and his opponent was calling.
and without much hesitation Bronshtein pushed all in. His opponent thought for about a half-minute, then stepped aside, allowing Bronshtein to scoop the chips with one hand while taking another bite from the sandwhich he held in the other.
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. The player check-called a bet from MacKinnon, and the turn brought the 
. The player checked again, and MacKinnon moved all in for effectively a pot-sized bet.
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for a flopped two pair.
, then said "no!" with an exasperated grin as his neighbor showed 
. The board rolled out 
, and after a bit of comical confusion over whether Harvey might make himself a straight using one of his opponent's nines, the pot was shipped away from Harvey.
flop.
and a bet from the big blind. The middle position player called, but Modlin folded, then watched the big blind earn the pot by betting the 
river.
), and the turn (
), and the river brought the 
before mucking.
was ahead of her 
on the turn gave her some hope, but fifth street brought the 
and Wong's Main Event run came to an end.
