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It was a steady downslide for Anthony Licastro. On his final hand, he moved all in from the button for about 24,000 with 
. He was called by a player who tabled 
. The board came all spades, 
, but that wasn't enough to suck out a chop. Licastro's opponent's was good enough for a slightly better flush than Licastro's board flush. He's out.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Blake Slade is not endearing himself to many of the players in this field, the tournament staff, or the media. He caused a huge commotion at a recent hand after a player accidentally posted the big blind from under the gun (due to a dead small blind). By the time he realized his mistake there was action behind him. He was forced to make a blind under-the-gun call, which Slade raised. The player then re-raised, drawing indignant, theatrical outrage from Slade, who eventually folded -- but not before sputtering in rage to anyone who would listen.
The problem boiled over a few minutes later, with Slade and Milad Jorshari eventually each given a five-hand penalty.
Matthew Waxman and LAPT winner Julien Nuijten have both vanished from the field.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and Robert Williamson re-raised to 10,500 from the small blind. Duhamel moved all in and Williamson snap called.
Duhamel turned over 
.
"You got one live card," said Williamson and he flipped over 
.
The flop came 
, giving Duhamel a flush draw. "Little and black. Come on, little and black," said Williamson. The on the turn fulfilled both of Williamson's requirements. The river also brought a little black card, the 
, and Williamson doubled up to 75,000. Duhamel is down to 50,000.
Blake Slade opened for 4,500 pre-flop and was re-raised all in by Angus Lynn. Slade snap-called with two queens, in great shape against Lynn's . The three-outer didn't come, 
. That board sent Lynn to the rail and sent Slade into hysterics and theatrics that drew the ire and contempt of most of the room.
Slade is up to about 250,000.
What a difference an hour makes. When we last looked in on Jesse Martin, he had only 17,000 chips left. Now he's back to an average stack of 100,000 after doubling through former chip leader David Diaz. Martin opened under the gun for 6,300 and was called by small blind Matthew Waxman. Diaz, sitting in the big blind, re-raised to 25,000. That prompted Martin to ship his stack in, and after Waxman folded, Diaz made the call.
Diaz: 
Martin: 
Neither player connected with the board. Martin's jacks held to move him up in the counts. Diaz is back to 172,000.
Mikhail Lakhitov started the day with about 56,000 chips, a roughly average stack. He's way above average after eliminating Avery Cardoza. Cardoza, with 
, moved all in for about 40,000 on a flop of 
. He had a pair and the nut flush draw, but Lakhitov had two blockers to that draw, having flopped the second-nut flush with 
. The board blanked out, sending Cardoza to the rail and sending Lakhitov to the top of the counts with 250,000.
We didn't see any of the action. We only saw the result. Carter Phillips doubled up with 
on a board of 
. Phillips is still exceptionally short, with only 31,000.
