From the cutoff seat, Greg DeBora opened the pot with a raise. Phil Galfond three-bet him from the button, and the two men went off to a heads-up flop.
It came , and DeBora knocked the table. He check-raised a Galfond bet, and they each put in two small bets to see the on the turn. Galfond called another DeBora bet there, and one last one on the river to go to showdown.
DeBora's was good for two pair, and good enough to win the pot. He's all the way up to 200,000 now, comfortably in the top five by our tally.
We've reached the end of our first four levels, and it's time for dinner. The players have been given their one-hour break, and the cards will be back in the air right around 8:25 p.m.
The dinner break has come and gone, and we've got six delicious levels of poker on the dessert menu. The players are back in their seats, and the cards are in the air once again.
Doyle Brunson opened for a raise from middle position, Simon Morris three-bet from the button, Brunson four-bet, Morris capped, and Brunson called all-in.
Brunson
Morris
Brunson did not improve on the [3c[]2s] board and hit the rail.
Barry Greenstein raised before the flop, and Darren Woods made it three bets to go. Greenstein called, and the two men took a heads-up flop of .
Greenstein check-raised on that flop, and both he and Woods put in two small bets going to the turn. It brought the , and Greenstein's big bet was quickly called. The river came the , and Greenstein fired again. This time, Woods stuck in a river raise, and Greenstein called the extra bet to see the cards.
Woods tabled for the set, and it was plenty good enough to win him that nice pot. He's up to about 130,000 now, while Greenstein has been crippled all the way back down to 28,000.
Evan Shapiro got his chips into the pot preflop on a four-bet shove against Vitaly Lunkin. When the cards were turned up, Shapiro saw that his was racing for double or nothing against the Russian's .
The flop was kind to Shapiro as it came down to give him a strong grip on the pot with his set of jacks. Just as quickly as it had come, though, the appeared on fourth street, bringing Lunkin into a big lead with his king-high straight. Shapiro needed to fill up or better to stay alive, but the river was a blank and a miss.
Shapiro is out just after dinner, and Lunkin is now sitting with 120,000 in front of him.
Bill Chen opened for a raise from middle position, Justin Bonomo called from the small blind and Barry Greenstein called from the big blind. The flop came down and the action was checked around to Chen, who bet. Bonomo called, Greenstein raised all-in for his last 8,500, Chen folded and Bonomo called.
Greenstein
Bonomo
Greenstein was looking for a miracle five on the river to stave off elimination and he got it, the falling to give him the 50,000 pot.