The dealer moved one of the nine red chips from one column to another in the tray sitting before him, helping him remember how many hands of hold'em remained, then dealt the cards.
Surinder Sunar limped in for 1,200 from middle position, and it folded back to Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams who raised pot from the small blind. Sunar made the call.
Both players checked down the entire way as the community cards came . Williams turned over , and Sunar mucked.
Williams has 58,000, while Sunar is sitting at 39,000.
The table checked around to current chip leader Jarred Solomon who completed from the small blind, and Cornel Cimpan checked his option in the big blind. The flop came . Solomon bet the pot -- 1,500 -- and Cimpan called. The turn was the . Solomon checked, Cimpan bet 2,500 (a little over half the pot), and Solomon called.
The river was the , and both checked. Solomon showed for the diamond flush, and Cimpan mucked. Solomon is now up to 150,000, while Cimpan has about 75,000.
Under the gun, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened with a raise to 2,300. Michael Mizrachi came along from the button, and Daniel Negreanu called out of the small blind as well. (Do you see how sick this table is?)
In any event, the flop came out . Negreanu led out for 8,000, and ElkY raised it up to 26,000. The Grinder ducked out, and Negreanu went into the tank for a minute. After careful consideration, he flashed and slid his four cards into the muck.
We started with 99 today, and exactly 33 have departed thus far.
Among those hitting the rail during the previous level were Julian Rodriguez, Shawn Glines, Mike Beasley, Neil Channing, Jeff Kimber, Michael Binger, Kevin Saul, and Alex Kravchenko.
See the Chip Counts to see who's still in and who's out.
After nearly two hours of dimly-lighted play, the lights brightened considerably here in the "Orange" section -- the front left quadrant of the Amazon Room. A cheer went up as players suddenly realized they could see the cards, the chips, and each other much more clearly.
The change in the lighting appeared to coincide with entrance of Tournament Director Jack Effel, and some immediately drew a correlation between the two events.
Alas, moments later the lights dimmed again. "Awwww," said the crowd. Effel must've walked out.
Rob Hollink
Rob Hollink has just been moved to Table 76, joining Jeff Williams there. It's a noteworthy move, as both men share a common title.
In 2005, Rob Hollink took down the inaugural EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, outlasting 210 players to pocket more than €635,000. The following year, table mate Jeff Williams would pull off the same feat, this time beating 297 players to earn himself €900,000.
Jamie Pickering checked the flop, Thomas Berg bet 5,200, Pickering check-raised to 20,000, Berg repopped it with his remaining stack for a total of 35,000, and Pickering, sporting a nifty striped Australian cowboy hat, made the call.
Pickering
Berg
Top two for Berg, but the straight for Pickering. The turn was the and the river the , and Berg is out. Pickering is up to 95,000 now.
. Williams turned over 
, and Sunar mucked.
. Solomon bet the pot -- 1,500 -- and Cimpan called. The turn was the 
. Solomon checked, Cimpan bet 2,500 (a little over half the pot), and Solomon called.
, and both checked. Solomon showed 
for the diamond flush, and Cimpan mucked. Solomon is now up to 150,000, while Cimpan has about 75,000.
and slid his four cards into the muck.
and the river the 
