Dinner break was scheduled for now. Some tables are taking it, some are just taking a 10 minute break and returning to finish off their matches. Two tournament clocks will be running in the room. Our clock will continue with the players returning soon.
A lot of preflop action occurred between Jon Monnette and his opponent before all the chips went in on flop. Monnette had the best of it with to his opponent's . The turn and river came before Monnette was confirmed as the winner and will return tomorrow.
William Blanda pushed all in on a flop of and was called by his opponent tabling .
Blanda sheepishly rolled over his and stated, "I'm dead!"
The turn fell the and river the to see both players chop it up. "Oh my god, it's a chop!" screamed Blanda, before continuing, "I guess I'm not dead" as the dealer split up the pot.
Facing a raise to 1,600 and a reraise to 6,200, Scott Montgomery shipped it in for 29,000. The original player moved all in to force an eventual fold and it was two to the flop.
Montgomery:
Opponent:
The flop fell down to keep Montgomery in the lead, but when the fell on the turn he would need to catch a heart or four to stay alive.
Just as quickly as the ace had fallen, the landed on the river to shift Montgomery a double up to over 31,000 and change.