In a battle of the blinds, Gavin Smith check-called a bet of 600 by Vanessa Rousso on a flop of . Smith check-called another 1,000 on the turn card, the and led for 2,350 when the hit the river.
Rousso called and turned over for a full house, and Smith mucked. At the end of the hand, Rousso has a stack of 31,000 while Smith has 24,000.
A few other chip stacks in the vicinity belong to:
Phil Hellmuth raised to 700 in late position and got called in five places, including by Ivan Demidov in the big blind.
All six players checked the flop of , and the on the turn got checked three times before the player in the cutoff bet out 2,700, forcing the rest of the table to fold.
After the hand, Hellmuth had a stack of 21,300.
Some other chip stacks from that area of the room include:
Chris Ferguson - 20,000
Michael Gracz - 42,000
Ivan Demidov - 27,300
Jerry Yang - 33,000
Marco Traniello - 18,500
Justin Bonomo - 23,000
Andy Black - 6,000
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier - 22,000
Chad Brown - 16,000
Captain Tom Franklin - 30,000
Bill Chen - 29,000
Dennis Phillips - 7,000
Greg Raymer - 22,000
Humberto Brenes - 10,000
Nenad Medic - 8,000
Paul Wolfe - 11,000
Ted Lawson - 28,000
Allen Cunningham - 21,000
Theo Tran - 25,000
Jimmy Fricke - 60,000
Gavin Griffin - 11,000
Victor Ramdin - 50,000
David "Devilfish" Ulliott - 20,000
David Pham - 25,000
Eric Liu - 24,000
Mike Sexton - 30,000
Jonathan Little - 32,000
Scott Seiver - 21,000
Jared Hamby - 8,000
Ted Forrest - 26,000
We caught this hand as Chad Brown was leaving the table. Brown got all his chips in the middle with two pair while his opponent had flopped a king-high flush.
Eric Liu raised to 750 from early position and got called by the player in the hijack. Both players checked the flop of and Liu then check-raised the on the turn to 3,650. When his opponent folded, Liu took the pot and headed to dinner.