We caught up with the action on a board, where Chino Rheem fired 11,000 into the pot. His lone opponent, Nicholas Lanzi, raised to 30,000. Rheem thought it over a bit and then announced, "Re-raise," and slid 62,000 into the middle. Lanzi made the call.
A fell on the river and Rheem immediately said, "I'm all in." Lanzi announced, "Call," for his last 78,000 just as quickly.
"I have ace-high," Rheem said. Lanzi tabled for the queen-high flush.
The hand represented a devastating blow to Rheem's stack, who now sits with just 47,000. Lanzi, however, is now amongst our chip leaders with 270,000.
A player raised under the gun to 5,500, and Marc Foggin reraised all in for around 45,000 in the cutoff. Action folded around to Mike DeMichele in the big blind, who by his expressions clearly had a tough decision. DeMichele stacked up the chips for the call and saw that it represented over half his stack. Michele grabbed the chips as if he was going to slide them forward, but simply kept hold of them to see if perhaps he could get a reaction from the player under the gun. After about two minutes of posturing, DeMichele slid the stack forward for the call. The under the gun player folded his hand fairly quickly, and the players flipped up their cards.
Foggin:
DeMichele:
The flop provided no help for DeMichele, coming . His chances turned bleaker when the hit the turn. However, he spiked the on the river to score the knockout and boost his chip stack to over 100,000.
Alex Smith opened for 5,200 from early position and Samuel Greenwood three-bet to 15,200 from middle position. Directly to Greenwood's left, James Mackey thought for a bit and then slid out a four-bet to 30,000. Everyone else folded, including Smith and Greenwood.
We missed the preflop action, but as we came to the table, Chino Rheem was deciding whether to call the all in move of his opponent, Michael Michnik, on a flop of . There was about 10,000 in the pot, and the all in was for 20,000. Rheem cut out the chips for a call, then began talking to himself, saying "I can't beat much..just like 87 or J8." He shuffled his chips, then continued to talk. "I genuinely think you have me, and I think you're going to win. I just can't let it go for some reason." Despite saying that he thought he was beat, he eventually slid in the stack of chips to make the call.
Michnik:
Rheem:
Rheem was right in that he had been outflopped, but he had counterfeit outs as well as a jack for a better two pair. However, that didn't last long, as the hit the turn. The river brought the , and Rheem dropped about 20,000 off of his stack coming back from dinner.
Wai C Cheng jammed from early position and Marco Bianquin came over the top to isolate Cheng with his all in. Action folded all the way around and Cheng tabled . Bianquin was racing holding .
The board ran and Bianquin's flush sent Cheng to the rail.
Chino Rheem opened to 4,800 from under-the-gun and action folded to Andreas Klatt in the big blind, who announced he was all-in for 36,700. Rheem asked for a count and then made the call.
Rheem:
Klatt:
The board ran out ..., giving Klatt a superior two-pair on the river.
Despite the hit, Rheem has chipped up nicely this level and is currently sitting with 150,000.
When we got to Garry "Beast Mode" Gates' table, he was heads up with Samuel Greenwood on a flop of . With about 10,000 in the pot already, Gates put out a bet of 6,200. Greenwood took a few moments before cutting out the chips and making a call. The turn brought the , and Gates checked to Greenwood, who bet an unknown amount. Gates quickly shoved all in, and Greenwood snap called. The cards were flipped, and it was bad news for Gates.
Gates:
Greenwood:
Greenwood had flopped trip kings, and Gates was drawing dead. The meaningless river was the , and Gates grabbed his stuff and headed to the payout desk just minutes before the dinner break.
board, where Chino Rheem fired 11,000 into the pot. His lone opponent, Nicholas Lanzi, raised to 30,000. Rheem thought it over a bit and then announced, "Re-raise," and slid 62,000 into the middle. Lanzi made the call.
fell on the river and Rheem immediately said, "I'm all in." Lanzi announced, "Call," for his last 78,000 just as quickly.
for the queen-high flush.
. His chances turned bleaker when the 
hit the turn. However, he spiked the 
on the river to score the knockout and boost his chip stack to over 100,000.
. There was about 10,000 in the pot, and the all in was for 20,000. Rheem cut out the chips for a call, then began talking to himself, saying "I can't beat much..just like 87 or J8." He shuffled his chips, then continued to talk. "I genuinely think you have me, and I think you're going to win. I just can't let it go for some reason." Despite saying that he thought he was beat, he eventually slid in the stack of chips to make the call.
hit the turn. The river brought the 
. Bianquin was racing holding 
.
...
. With about 10,000 in the pot already, Gates put out a bet of 6,200. Greenwood took a few moments before cutting out the chips and making a call. The turn brought the 
, and Gates grabbed his stuff and headed to the payout desk just minutes before the dinner break.
