Sorel Mizzi in action
With the action folding round to a player in the cutoff, he pushed all in for his last 15,900 before Sorel Mizzi also moved all in for roughly 400,000 from the small blind.
The big blind decided to also join the party and called for his tournament life.
Cutoff:
Mizzi:
Big Blind:
The board ran out to see the cutoff triple, while Mizzi also lost the side pot to the big blind as he slipped to a still healthy 325,000 in chips.
We caught this hand as Bertrand "Elky" Grospelier called his opponent's all in bet of 60,000.
Grospelier:
Opponent:
Both players connected on the flop, but Elky's opponent hit it harder when the cards fell . The turn and river brought no help for Elky, finishing and knocking him back to 235,000.
Very Lacay man
Newly appeared in the Amazon Room from down the hall in Brasilia, buddies and Frenchmen Anthony Roux and Ludovic Lacay have arrived -- and they're sharing a table.
With Roux on 125,000 in the six seat and Lacay on 260,000 in the eight seat, Lacay seems to have rather the best of things currently -- but there are also plenty of opportunities for Roux to stake a claim to Lacay's blinds and the like. Should be interesting.
Thumbs Up For Quads
Catching the action on the turn on a board of , Humberto Brenes led out with a bet of 3,000 from the big blind before a player in middle position made it 12,000 to go. Brenes then moved all in, but his opponent folded.
Donnie Peters
On the turn, the board read and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson called a bet of 13,000 from his opponent. The river brought the as the cameras rushed to the scene in order to get any further action. Ferguson's opponent laid a bet out of 26,000, which sent Ferguson into the tank. Eventually, Ferguson released his hand and the camera dropped from the crewman's shoulder.
A player under the gun raised to 4,200, and it folded back around to 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider who called from the small blind. The big blind folded, and the flop came . Schneider checked, his opponent followed for 6,000, and Schneider called. The turn brought the and another check from Schneider. This time, his opponent checked as well.
Both also checked the river. Schneider showed and his opponent .
Despite that small hit, Schneider has chipped up today and is over 170,000 right now.
Franklin Grigsby was tangled up in a big pot before the break, and his loss left him with about 40,000 chips, just 10% of his starting stack.
Returning from break, we see Grigsby still actively playing pots. He was involved in a four-way contest, playing in position from the button. Each participant had put in 3,600 before the flop, and Grigsby fired 14,000 after the action was checked to him. A check-raise from the small blind would cause him to fold though, slipping back to 21,800.
On the very next hand, Grigsby moved those chips all in from the cutoff seat. He had , and the big blind called him down with . Both players would pair their kicker, but the board of would be Grigsby's last of the day. After beginning play with a top-five stack of more than 400,000, Franklin Grigsby is a goner.
to see the cutoff triple, while Mizzi also lost the side pot to the big blind as he slipped to a still healthy 325,000 in chips.
. The turn and river brought no help for Elky, finishing 
and knocking him back to 235,000.
to see Barabino find his three-outer and send an opponent to the rail as he soared to 438,000 in chips.
, Humberto Brenes led out with a bet of 3,000 from the big blind before a player in middle position made it 12,000 to go. Brenes then moved all in, but his opponent folded.
to see Thuritz double his opponent as he slips to 170,000 in chips.
and flipped well enough against Lynch's 
that he was able to knock him out after a 
and his opponent 
would be Grigsby's last of the day. After beginning play with a top-five stack of more than 400,000, Franklin Grigsby is a goner.
