Over on table 35 we find Justin 'Boosted J' Smith in a commanding chip position with 124,000 to Anh Van Nguyen's 26,000.
Although the action is fairly dull, Smith and Nguyen were discussing one of the other events that are also in play at the moment; Event 7: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball.
Smith has a seat in that very tournament at the moment, and when he left he only had 7,000 with blinds at 300-600.
"I'm probably busto by now," he stated to Nguyen.
Unfortunately for Smith the table that contained his blind-dwindling stack broke and consequently cannot be located at present time by the PokerNews Live Reporting Team.
On a flop of William Reynolds found himself all in against Chris Bell.
Reynolds:
Bell:
With Reynolds' flopped nut straight in great shape to ensure a double up, running eights in the and would see Bell catch running quads to see him win his table to progress through to the second round while leaving Reynolds stunned.
John Duthie limped in from the button only to call a Terrence Chan raise to see a fall and checks follow from both players.
The turn landed the and Chan checked to Duthie who fired out 10,000. Chan made the call the see the peel on the river and a bet of 20,000 follow from Duthie.
Chan made the call once again only to muck at the sight of Duthie's as the Canadian slips to 38,000 while Duthie climbs up to 112,000.
Justin Smith goes by "Boosted J" online, and he was just boosted into the second heat thanks to a couple of J's.
With 40,000 chips in the pot and the board reading , Smith bet 23,000 into Anh Van Nguyen. Van Nguyen moved all-in and Smith snapped it off tabling for quad jacks!
Van Nguyen showed for a rivered flush, and shook Smith's hand before exiting the tournament area.
Congratulations to Mr. Smith, we will see you tomorrow.
Terrence Chan opened to 9,000 on the button and John Duthie made the call to see a flop fall and a bet of 8,000 follow from Duthie.
Chan made the call to see the land on the turn and Duthie fire out 16,000. Chan moved all in and Duthie made the call for his last 51,900.
Chan:
Duthie:
With Chan drawing dead against Duthie's higher straight, he slipped to 16,000 as Duthie soars to 134,000 in chips.
The following hand Chan committed his remaining chips holding and ran into Duthie's {Jx]. The window card was a five, and when no help arrived for Chan, he hit the rail in second place as Duthie pushes through to the second round.
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William Reynolds found himself all in against Chris Bell.
and 
would see Bell catch running quads to see him win his table to progress through to the second round while leaving Reynolds stunned.
fall and checks follow from both players.
and Chan checked to Duthie who fired out 10,000. Chan made the call the see the 
peel on the river and a bet of 20,000 follow from Duthie.
as the Canadian slips to 38,000 while Duthie climbs up to 112,000.
to see Chan double to 73,000 as Duthie slips to 77,000 in chips.
put Katz squarely in the lead, and after the 
and 
landed on the turn and river, Gross was left with just 9,000 as Katz pushed up to 141,000.
for a rivered flush, and shook Smith's hand before exiting the tournament area.
and ran into Duthie's {Jx]
. The window card was a five, and when no help arrived for Chan, he hit the rail in second place as Duthie pushes through to the second round.