Brandon Adams and Bob Lauria are all in on the flop. Lauria has and Adams has . Already ahead, Adams hits a third nine on the river to bust Lauria. Adams has 1,350,000.
Humberto Brenes made an opening raise from under the gun. Wolbert Bartlema, also in early position, reraised all in for about 400,000 total. Action folded back around to Brenes, who had Bartlema well covered, and he called. The players showed...
Brenes:
Bartlema:
Brenes stood triumphantly, addressed the crowd and loudly asked, "Who have the best hand?" An excited crowd packed into the ESPN feature table area yelled in unison: "HUMBERTO!"
Wolbert Bartlema got no help from the community cards and was sent home. Brenes is now slightly over 1,000,000 in chips.
Bob Slezak raises to 230,000 under the gun and Jay Franklin Benjamin reraises all in for 251,000 more. Slezak calls with | and Benjamin has . The board does not bring help and Benjamin is down to 21,000.
Hand #2
Board:
Then, shortly after, Benjamin is all in for 15,000 and Brandon Adams reraises to 45,000. Bob Lauria calls on the side. The side pot is checked down past the turn. Lauria checks the river, and Adams bets 45,000. Lauria folds. Adams has to the of Benjamin, and Broadway busts Benjamin. Adams has 1,200,000.
We caught up to this hand on the turn. With the board reading , Daniel Alaei bet 37,000. His lone opponent, Hyon Kim, raised 50,000 more. Alaei pondered briefly before calling. The river brought the . Alaei checked, and Kim bet 130,000. Alaei made the call and Kim said, "I have a nine." Alaei silently rolled over his and Kim mucked. After the hand, Kim sits with 555,000 in chips, while Alaei is up to 575,000.
This will be the final level of play this evening. In the event the field reaches 99 players, the tournament clock will pause, and play will resume tomorrow.
Also before the break, John Armbrust with moves all in and Matt Stout with calls preflop. The flop brings a queen and Armbrust doubles through Stout. Armbrust has 654,000 and Stout has 330,000.
Just before the break, Phillip Liou goes all in preflop for 126,000 in middle position, and Brandon Adams calls. Liou has and Adams has . The board comes and Adams makes a boat. Liou is out and Adams has 990,000.