Josh Brikis raised from early-middle position to 8,000. He was called by the player in the big blind and the two saw a flop of 
. The big blind checked and Brikis checked behind.
The turn brought the 
and the big blind fired 12,200. Brikis made the call to see the 
fall on the river.
Brikis fired 40,000 after his opponent checked. The player tanked for some time before making the call. Brikis rolled over the 
and his opponent mucked. Brikis is now back up to 555,000.
Vanessa Selbst and Mathieu Sauriol have tangled in a number of pots so far today, and we caught them going at it again. There was about 30,000 in the pot and a turned board showing 
when we walked up, and action was on Selbst. She led out with a bet of 8,500, and Sauriol called from the button.
The river came the 
, and Selbst fired again -- 18,000 this time. Sauriol wanted to play for more, though, and he raised to 46,000 straight. With a heavy sigh, Selbst stuck the calling chips into the pot. Sauriol tabled 
for the nuts, and Selbst quietly mucked.
She's won most of the pots she's played against Sauriol today but not the latest one; Selbst is back to 272,000 now.
We think David Assouline raised in late position - either way, when we arrived the gentleman in the small blind had reraised to 34,000. Assouline shoved for another 234,000 and after some time, his opponent folded 
face up.
By the by, as our reporter was writing down Assouline's new count after that - 330,000 - Assouline peered over at his notepad. "Really?" he said, "I don't think I have that much." Assouline counted out his stack, and was greatly surprised to discover that his stack did indeed amount to 330,000. Go, our reporter!
With the board reading 
and about 25,000 in the middle, Barbara Martinez bet out 18,000 and Adam Schoenfeld moved all in for 65,300. Two players folded behind and the action was back on Martinez who tanked for over five minutes before asking for a count.
The dealer cut out Schoenfeld's stack and informed her that it would be 41,300 more to call. She tanked for a little longer, but eventually released her hand.
Schoenfeld chose not to show and after stacking his newfound chips, his stack looks something like 120,000.
Jason Somerville opened to 6,000 from middle position and was called by the player in the cutoff as well as the player in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and the big blind checked to Somerville who bet 9,000. The cutoff called, but the big blind raised to 41,000. After Somerville called the raise, the player in the cutoff excused himself from action and folded.
The turn was the 
and the player in the big blind announced he was all in, leading Somerville to fold. Somerville is now down to about 350,000 chips.
With a raise to 6,800 from the button, David Chiu defended in the big blind and then led out with a bet of 9,000 on the flop of 
. His opponent made the call before both players checked down the 
turn and 
river.
Chiu's opponent showed 
and we didn't catch what Chiu had, but apparently it wasn't good enough to beat queen-high! Chiu is back to 125,000.
David Benyamine and one opponent reached the river of a 
board. Benyamine, who was the big blind for the hand, acted first and bet 44,400. His opponent then raised just more than the minimum to 100,000 total. Benyamine made an easy call with 
, a full house. His opponent had a total airball with 
, having picked a disastrous time to try to bluff.
Benyamine is up to about 411,000.
On the board of 
, all the money went in between Jean-Robert Bellande and Andrew Brown. Bellande held bottom set with the 
. Brown held the 
.
The river was the 
to give Bellande a full house and double him up to 255,000 in chips. Brown is down to 360,000.
In a battle of the blinds, the player in the small blind raised and Scotty Nguyen reraised from the big. He put in nearly all of his chips, saving about 10% of his stack for a rainy day, apparently. His opponent called and tabled his hand, not realizing Nguyen had chips behind: 
"In not all in, baby!" Scotty replied. He was, however, all in after the flop of 
, turning up pocket queens to put him in good shape to double. The turn 
sealed the deal for the Prince of Poker, and he's found his double up to 140,000.
We arrived to Alexander Kostritsyn's table to see a flop of 
. The player in the hijack checked to Kostritsyn in the button. Kostritsyn bet 15,000 and the hijack raised to 31,400, getting a call from Kostritsyn.
The turn was the and Kostritsyn called a bet of 44,700 bringing the 
on the river, which both players checked.
Kostritsyn showed 
which was better than his opponent's 
, sending Kostritsyn's chip count to 625,000.
