Tommy Vedes and Ronald Lee have been going at each other ever since Vedes joined the table about an hour ago, and for the most part, Lee has gotten the better of Vedes. He just won another big pot off Vedes, that saw their stack sizes flip flop. We got to the table when Vedes was facing an all in move from Lee. Vedes thought about it for about 30 seconds while we were there, then slid forward the chips to make the call. The cards were flipped, and Lee was in great shape.
Lee:
Vedes:
The board ran out , and Lee scored the big double up. After being down to around 2,700 earlier in the day, Lee is now sitting on over 30,000.
We caught up in time to see chips being counted out by the dealer for Maria Ho's double up. Strewn in front of her was and a board that read . Her set was good enough for a double up and she's now sitting with a healthy stack.
Facing a button raise to 1,600, Nicholas Grippo made the call to see a flop fall. Grippo check-called a 2,200-chip bet before both players tapped the table when the landed on the turn.
When the river landed the , Grippo led for 4,800 with his opponent making the call tabling his . Grippo mucked his hand and slipped to 75,000 - which currently is the chip lead.
Facing a limper, Joe Cada entered the pot with a raise to 1,900 which Jean-Robert Bellande called next to act.
The limper came along, but on the flop, he folded after Cada continued for 3,600 and Bellande called. The turn of the saw Cada move all in with Bellande making the call for his tournament life.
Cada:
Bellande:
Unfortunately for Bellande, the river landed the to see him sent to the rail as Cada climbed to 58,000 in chips.
In the following two hands we can see that Jean-Robert Bellande's table is beginning to push back against him, causing him to lose some chips.
First, Bellande led out with a bet on a queen-high board only to get raised to around 5,000 from another player. Bellande folded face up and seemed distraught about it.
A couple of hands later, on a Bellande led out and was raised to 2,050 by his opponent. Bellande made the call and the turned. Bellande checked and his opponent fired out 5,150. Bellande mucked, even more noticeably disheartened at the loss of two sizable pots within such a short time frame. He's sitting with about 23,000 now.
We caught the action between Ronald Lee and Tommy Vedes on the river of a board that showed . Vedes led out for 6,000, and Lee went deep into the tank. The 6,000 represented most of his remaining stack, but after thinking it over for an extended period of time, he made the call and showed . Vedes mucked his hand, and Lee got some much needed chips.
We caught up with the action as the cards were being flipped and the pot being pushed, but from what we can gather, Andrew Lichtenberger called an all in with against his opponent's .
The board came down and Lichtenberger lost a chunk when he failed to improve against the eventual set of tens.
, and Lee scored the big double up. After being down to around 2,700 earlier in the day, Lee is now sitting on over 30,000.
and a board that read 
. Her set was good enough for a double up and she's now sitting with a healthy stack.
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flop fall. Grippo check-called a 2,200-chip bet before both players tapped the table when the 
landed on the turn.
, Grippo led for 4,800 with his opponent making the call tabling his 
. Grippo mucked his hand and slipped to 75,000 - which currently is the chip lead.
flop, he folded after Cada continued for 3,600 and Bellande called. The turn of the 
face up and seemed distraught about it.
turned. Bellande checked and his opponent fired out 5,150. Bellande mucked, even more noticeably disheartened at the loss of two sizable pots within such a short time frame. He's sitting with about 23,000 now.
. Vedes mucked his hand, and Lee got some much needed chips.
and Lichtenberger lost a chunk when he failed to improve against the eventual set of tens.