With a pair of nines showing against his opponents queens, Christopher Barnes improved to two pair by the river, taking down another big pot and upping his total to just under 60000.
John Robertson just scooped a big three-way pot, showing two pair (sevens and deuces), good enough to beat his opponent's nines and busted straight draw. He now has around 17500 chips.
Just three days ago, Bill Munley took down $9,729 for his 15th place finish in the $5,000 7 Card Stud event. He's just been spotted sitting to the left of Barbara Enright, making another deep run in a stud event, and he has right around 15,000 chips. We'll see if Bill can put together back-to-back top-20 performances.
Maintaining his reputation for playing relentlessly aggressive poker, Ted Forrest just took down a big pot betting every street and getting his opponent to fold on the river, showing . Ted currently has about 25000 chips.
Immediately after the break, Thor Hansen committed the last of his chips to a flush draw but missed and was eliminated from the field. Freddy Goldberg was the man who did the dirty work, and now has almost 35000 chips.
John was dealt split kings right out of the gate and called bets from an opponent on every street, failing to improve his lone pair of kings. He was surprised to find out that they were all he'd need to take down the pot, bringing his stack up to 35000.