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Darryl Ronconi opened to 55,000 from late position, and Jim Routos three-bet to 125,000. In the small blind, Arnaud Esquevin cold four-bet to 250,000. That folded Ronconi out of the way, but Routos made the call to see a flop.
It came out 
, and Esquevin slowed down now with a check. Routos took his cue to fire 230,000 at the pot, and Esquevin folded showing 
.
From the cutoff seat, Christian Kruel raised to 125,000, and Antonin Teisseire three-bet shoved with his covering stack. Kruel thought it over, and he was more or less committed to his 
. Teisseire flipped over the ol' 
, and he had Kruel five cards from the door.
The 
flop was a bit of a sweat for Kruel, but the turn 
left him drawing dead. He was already packing up by the time the river 
landed, and he's been eliminated in 18th place.
After the hand, Antonin Teisseire got a pretty stern warning about speaking in French during play, and the disruption even led to a couple of his railbird friends being asked to leave the room.
Michael Benvenuti moved his last 260,000 chips into the middle from the cutoff with 
. Darryl Ronconi was in the big blind and woke up with 
. The board ran out 
and Benvenuti's day ended just like that.
Ronconi now has 1.7 million chips.
Adam Geyer opened to 42,000, and Mike Fosco reraised to 92,000 out of position. Geyer shoved in for 388,000 total, and Fosco made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Showdown
Geyer:
Fosco: 
The board came 
, and Geyer's kicker played to earn him the double. He's suddenly hovering around 800,000, while Fosco drops all the way back to 395,000.
We caught the action on a board that read 
with what appeared to already be around 500,000 in the pot. Darryl Ranconi was in the small blind position and checked to Lauri Varonen who was on the button. Varonen bet 300,000 and Ranconi made the call. Varonen tabled but it was no good. Ranconi had which was good enough to ship the 1,000,000-plus pot his way.
He now has 2.25 million chips while Varonen is down to 140,000.
Dylan Wilkerson got the last of his chips into the middle preflop with {Ag} , and he was a slight favorite to double up when Adam Geyer looked him up with .
The dealer had other ideas, though, running out a board to give the pot to Geyer. With it comes the elimination of Wilkerson in 16th place, good for $31,679. And a chip increase to 1.15 million.
We're four levels into the day, and it's dinner time. The players have an hour to chow, and the action will resume around 8:10 P.M.
Ciao!
We're on our dinner break, and the clock has ticked down by about six minutes. There's still one hand in progress though, a big pot between Adam Geyer and Isaac Baron. Details forthcoming, if this hand ever ends.
The fifteen minute hand (maybe more) is finally over and it results in Isaac Baron making his exit.
From middle position, Adam Geyer raised to 43,000 and Isaac Baron flatted from the button. The two players aw the 
flop heads up and Geyer led out for 68,000 which Baron called.
The turn was the and this time Geyer checked. Baron bet 86,000 and Geyer tried to make it 168,000. That raise was not a full raise though and the dealer made him make it 172,000 for a min-raise. Baron made the call and the river was the . Geyer wasted little time announcing he was all in as he slid in a stack of green chips worth 25,000 each.
Baron, who had only 300,000 left hit the tank hard. He spent at least 10 to 15 minutes thinking taking us almost a full nine minutes into the dinner break. Finally and without warning, he said, "call." Geyer tabled 
and Baron mucked.
That gives Geyer the second place stack as we head to dinner with about 1.6 million chips.
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
