Paul Hizer raised to 4,500 from early position and got called by Paul Runcan. Laith Sheena reraised to 16,000 and both Hizer and Runcan called.
The flop fell . Runcan checked and Sheena continued for 16,000. Hizer called and Runcan folded. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the . Hizer checked again and Sheena bet 26,500. Hizer then moved all in with a check raise and forced Sheena to fold to pick up a significant pot that brought his chip count close to the 200k mark.
Leo Worthington-Leese raised to 4,000 and picked up calls from Mark Hayes in the small blind and Carlo Solazzo in the big blind.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and Hayes bet out for 6,000. Solazzo called and Worthington-Leese folded.
The river brought the and Hayes bet out again for 25,000. Solazzo quickly made the call and flipped over for the rivered straight. Hayes showed for a busted two pair.
Frank Bastow and Danny Toffel were all in preflop. Players flipped their cards and both were holding ace king.
Frank Bastow:
Danny Toffel:
The board came . Bastow flopped a flush draw and called out for his diamonds. The river card completed his flush and he doubled up before offering to buy players a drink in celebration.
Francis Obadun made a raise from middle position and Chun Yam called. Players in the small and big blind also made the call.
The flop came . Action checked to Obadun, who bet 5,000. Yam called and both other players folded. The turn came the and Obadun bet again for 10,000 chips. Yam found the fold and Obadun scooped the pot.
Players are now on their final break of the day. There are 142 players remaining out of 249 entries and late registration is now closed. When play resumes, blinds will be on 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante.
Bixi Yao raised to 3,200 from middle position and picked up calls from three players.
The flop came and action checked to Yao, who made it 4,000 to go. Paul Grummitt called, as did Vincent Meli. The turn was the and all three players checked.
The river was the and Meli shoved all in for his remaining 24,000. Yao asked for a count and then used a time bank. She then made the call. Grummitt folded his hand to leave two players to show their cards.
Meli showed for the straight, a hand which looked to be unbeatable, until Yoa flipped over for a full house. She scooped the pot and Meli made a hasty exit from the table.
"Ahh, the tactical time bank", said another player at the table to Yoa, clocking that she had made a bit of a Hollywood play to try to entice Grummitt to put more chips in the middle. It may not have worked, but Yoa still took a decent pot.