When we arrived at the table the flop spread 
and Tony Dunst fired a 35,000-chip bet. His opponent called and saw a 
hit the felt on the turn.
The river card was a 
and Tony moved all in for about 190,000 chips.
His opponent tank-folded and Dunst is now up to 565,000 chips.
Jason Somerville just took down a couple of pots which have seen his chip stack climb to 630,000.
In the first hand he was in the hijack and was facing a raise to 10,000 when he made it 26,500 to go, getting the call.
The flop came down 
and Somerville bet 32,500 after getting checked to, with his opponent making the call. Both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the and Somerville was checked to once more, this time betting 38,000. His opponent called and could not have liked seeing Somerville's 
which had pulled ahead of his 
.
In the next hand Somerville was in the small blind and called a raise to 8,000. Both players checked the 
flop. Somerville bet 8,000 on the turn when it came 
, getting the call. When he bet 28,500 on the 
river, Somerville's opponent folded.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Joe Awada flopped a strong draw but couldn't get any of his draw-filling cards to fall on the later streets. He got his short stack in with 
against 
. Awada had plenty of options on a flop of 
, but it was his opponent who improved on both streets with the 
. Awada's sole pair of nines was no good against his opponents two pair, aces and nines. Awada is out.
Three players saw a flop of including Court Harrington, Damien Rony and Charlie Hook. Harrington and Rony checked, Hook bet 13,500, Rony called and Harrington folded.
Both players checked the 
on the turn, and after the 
rivered Rony reached for chips initiating a snap-muck from Hook. The dealer was very confused and did not know whether or not Rony had to open his hand.
"I mean I want to see the hand," Harrington said. "But I'm pretty sure he doesn't have to show."
"He reached for chips," Steve Billirakis chimed it. "It's a bet. Muck your hand."
A floorperson was called over and almost immediately ruled that Rony had to show his hand.
"He's the winner, he has to show," the floorperson announced.
Mutiny broke out at the table. It seemed as if every player, including the ones who lost the pot, believed that Rony had the right to muck his hand. Upon the floorperson's request though, Rony opened his hand revealing 
.
We arrived on a completed board that read 
. Mori Eskandani's opponent bet 24,000 and Eskandani's raised to 64,000. His opponent called and mucked upon seeing Eskandani's .
Eskandani's is now sitting with about 420,000 chips.
Of the 792 remaining players, only ten are women. That represents only a scant 1.2% of the remaining field. Of those ten, four are well-known professionals-- WSOP bracelet winner and NAPT Mohegan Sun champion Vanessa Selbst, Poker After Dark champ and WSOP final tablist Karina Jett, Bodog pro Evelyn Ng and Lauren Kling, who cashed in two NLHE events earlier in the series and made a deep run at the L.A. Poker Classic main event.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has recovered somewhat after having been short-stacked earlier in the afternoon.
Just now he was involved in a hand in which he was in middle position and up against a player in the big blind. With the pot at about 45,000 and the board showing 
, his opponent fired a bet of 25,000, to which Mizrachi responded with a hefty reraise -- a tall stack of yellows (1000) topped by about eight oranges (5000). Before the chips could be counted out, Mizrachi's opponent released his hand.
Mizrachi has about 180,000 at present -- a good deal less than the current average (about 275,000), but plenty more than he had earlier today.
Unlike most, I quite enjoy the bubble: the highs, the lows, and seeing people sweat for 20 grand. It's the current period I don't like - when the drama of the bubble has yet to quite arrive, but play has slowed down nonetheless.
As such, there aren't too many hands occurring. I did spot a lady almost kissing the dealer after doubling through her short stack with tens versus nines, but apart from that, little of note, just short stacks hanging on, and big stacks looking to take advantage.
A short-stacked gentleman open-shoved his last 54,000 into the pot with , and Jason DeWitt made the call with 
and the covering stack.
The board ran out unfavorably for the all-in player: 
. With a pound of the fist on the felt, one more player has taken the walk of shame.
