Lex Veldhuis opened on the button for 4,000 and the player in the big blind moved all in for 14,800. Veldhuis called and tabled and the big blind had . The board ran and Veldhuis added to his stack to make it 96,000.
We recently reported on a hand where Daniel Morgan took a large number of chips from Sorel Mizzi. Morgan certainly has not slowed down since that hand.
Although we missed the action, on a ten-high flop Morgan and Jean-Robert Bellande ended up all in for a massive amount of chips with Bellande's pocket jacks trailing to Morgan's pocket aces. The aces held and Bellande, who started the day second in chips, was eliminated from the tournament.
Shortly thereafter Morgan finished off the short-stacked Mizzi when the two got all the chips in preflop.
Mizzi:
Morgan:
The board ran out and Morgan's two pair sent Mizzi to the rail.
After all these hands were completed Morgan's stack was a towering 455,000, making him our chipleader.
After a series of preflop raises Eric Hettinga called another players all in for around 65,000. The all-in player held the but would need some help to best Hettinga's . The board ran out and the other player was sent to the rail.
We came into the hand with at least 50,000 already in the pot and Sorel Mizzi having put out a re-raise of 20,000 more on the button (unclear what the initial raise was) with the board reading
Daniel Morgan who was in the small blind re-raised all in for a total of 89,000 and Mizzi called.
Morgan showed and Mizzi showed
The board ran out and Mizzi is now down to just 23,000 while Morgan moves way up on our board to 240,000.
Tuan Le raised raised from middle position to 3,300 and was called by both Shane Schleger from the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop came and both blinds checked to Le who bet 3,800. Schleger folded and the big blind called. The turn was the and the big blind checked to Le who bet 14,000. The big blind then raised all in and Le called.
Le:
Big Blind:
While Le had flopped a set of fours, the big blind had flopped a straight and Le would need the board to pair to win the hand. Lo and behold, the fell on the river filling Le's boat and giving him the win.
We are in the money and the prolific Jean-Robert Bellande is still doing quite well in our constantly thinning field.
We came into this hand with about 30,000 already in the pot and a bet of 10,000 put out by Jean-Robert from the button on a board of . The late position player in the hand made the call.
The river was the , and the late position player checked to Jean-Robert who bet 32,000. The player ended up calling and JRB showed for top pair, top kicker.
He took down the pot and moved up to 165,000. After the hand Bellande turned to Sorel Mizzi who is sitting to his left and said, "Man, how about that bet sizing right? It was the perfect amount."
Bellande is on his game today and still sitting towards the top of our chip counts.
A flurry of bustouts have happened since the money bubble burst. The shortstacks are wasting no time getting it in and collecting some cash if the lose. Ludovic Riehl moved all in from the big blind for 14,600 and John Hoang called from the button.
Showdown:
Hoang:
Riehl:
The board ran and Riehl busted. Hoang is up to 176,000.
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and the big blind had 
. The board ran 
and Veldhuis added to his stack to make it 96,000.
and the other player was sent to the rail.
and Mizzi showed 
and the big blind checked to Le who bet 14,000. The big blind then raised all in and Le called.
fell on the river filling Le's boat and giving him the win.
. The late position player in the hand made the call.