Dario Alioto was a little short-stacked when he made a move with and the big blind called with . The board ran out to give Alioto two pair and the double up.
"Ha, you were crushed I knew it!" exclaimed Alioto as he moved to 26,000 chips.
However, a few minutes later he was all in again with in a classic race with an opponent's . This time the board wasn't as obliging as it landed to give his opponent a pair of aces and send Alioto to the exit.
John Hennigan was cruising with a big stack but according to his table, he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, when he bluffed off most of his chips with king-high on a ten-high board against a player holding top pair.
A few minutes later, Hennigan found his last chips in the middle with pocket sixes but ran into an opponent holding pocket tens. The board bricked out and Hennigan hits the rail
An early-position player raised to 3,000 before Jeff Williams popped it up to 10,000 from late position. Jean Claude Moussa then moved all in to 27,000 from the button, the EP folded, with Williams making the call.
Williams:
Moussa:
The flop of gave Moussa a set, but the turn and river came to give Williams a flush and the pot. Moussa is eliminated, while Williams, who earlier today was down to his last 6,000 chips, is now up to 185,000.
T6 sponsored player, Julian Powell, has just been eliminated before the last break of the day. He called a raise in late position with and then reraised his opponent all in on a board.
Unfortunately for him, his opponent had and, when the turn came and river , Powell's exit was confirmed.
We caught this hand on the turn with the board reading , and Justin Pechie firing out a bet. He was check-raised by his opponent and put to a decision for all of his chips and after several minutes in the tank he finally made a brave call with . His opponent revealed for a bluff attempt.
The river was the to give Pechie the pot to leap to 96,000 chips.
Just before the break, an early position player bet 25,000 on a flop, and Eric Crain reraised to 57,300. His opponent went into the tank, then pushed all in for a bit more than Crain's bet.
"You made the right call, man," said Crain, as he called the extra chips. Crain turned over for a flush draw. His opponent had .
Fortunately for Crain, the popped out on the turn, giving him his flush and making the river inconsequential. Crain is down way up to 355,000.
The Pink Panther theme just randomly floated over the PA system of the Amazon Room for all of about ten seconds. Then, just as mysteriously, it stopped.