No-Limit
Roberto Romanello was down around 35,000 when he got himself all in preflop with 
. That's a decent hand, but it's not nearly as good as the 
Danny Hannawa called him down with, and Romanello was in danger of elimination.
Not for long, though. The flop dropped 
, and that's Broadway right out of the gate for the Welshman. The 
on the turn ensured his survival, and the 
river gave him the full pot and a double up to 74,000.
Hannawa is back down to 85,000.
No-Limit
Matt Stout opened with a raise from under the gun to 5,500. Kyle Zartman, sitting to his left, called, as did Alexandre Gomes in the small blind and Barry Werthmann in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Gomes checked, Werthmann pushed his last 14,800 all in, Stout called, then Zartman reraised all in himself to 36,300. Gomes got out, and Stout called.
Werthmann 
Stout 
Zartman 
Zartman was in front, and after the turn and 
he remained so. Werthmann hits the rail, Stout is now at 72,000, and Zartman moves over 100,000.
We hate to do it, but we looked away from Erica Schoenberg for just about thirty seconds, and when we looked back, she was gone. Her chips are gone too, and she's nowhere to be found. It's safe to say she's been eliminated, much to the chagrin of her table mates and photographers everywhere.
No-Limit
Brian Aleksa raised to 4,700 from the cutoff seat, and Matt Matros three-bet to 13,000 on the button. In the big blind, Randy Lew squeezed his cards and reraised all in for 37,600 total. Aleksa folded quickly, but Matros was doing the chip math in his head for a minute or so.
"What is it? Thirty-seven six? I guess I have to call." With that, he plunked in the matching chips to put Lew at risk, turning up his mediocre 
. Lew was set to double-double his refreshment with 
.
The board ran safe for him: 
, and that's another double up for Lew. He's back close to 80,000 now, while Matros is left with just 15,100.
No-Limit
Alexander Freitez had his below average stack all in before the flop with 
, and was up against Daniel Idema's 
.
The board came 
, and Freitez is out. Idema is still below average himself with 50,000.
No-Limit
There was about 20,000 in the pot when we walked up to a flop showing 
. Randy Lew made a tiny bet of 2,000, and that left him with just 4,600 behind. Alexander Freitez called, and he called the little all-in bet from Lew on the 
turn. The river was the .
Freitez showed for not much of a hand, and Lew's 
was good for a double up to 43,000.
No-Limit
Just before the break we had our first elimination -- Narendra Banwari -- and during the first few hands of the new level we've seen three more hit the rail in quick succession.
First, Eric Froehlich went out in 53rd in a hand versus Jeff Shulman. Svetlana Gromenkova followed shortly thereafter, as did Ivo Donev. Each of these first bustouts earn $4,512 for their efforts.
Level: 13
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
We've got two levels behind us, and the remaining players (now all guaranteed a payday) are heading out of the room for their first twenty-minute break of the day.
Limit
"Players please remain in your seats, or you will get a penalty!" said the Tournament Director as some milled about waiting for the next hand. One of those up standing and curious to see what has happening on the other tables was Marc Goldman, down to his last 1,000.
"You gonna take away his chip?" asked a player, and Goldman shook his head and laughed as he sat back down. "That's not nice!" said another supportively.
Finally the next hand was dealt, and Goldman -- in the big blind -- was all in. Tay Nguyen called from early position, and Ray Henson raised from cutoff. Andreas Hoivold had the button -- and a very short stack -- and he asked the TD what would happen should he bust on the same hand as Goldman. It was explained that he'd finish ahead of Goldman (and thus in the money) should that occur, as Hoivold had a few more chips. Hoivold folded anyway, as did Jeff Shulman in the small blind. Nguyen then called.
The flop came 
. Nguyen bet and Henson called. The turn was the . This time Nguyen checked, Henson bet, and Nguyen called.
The river was the . Nguyen checked, and when Henson bet, Goldman stood up pessimistically. Nguyen then check-raised, and Henson tossed his hand away. Nguyen showed for the nut flush.
"I don't even have to look, do I?" said Goldman. He did take a peek anyway at his cards, then tossed them to the dealer, out in 55th place.
We're in the money!
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