We didn't catch how the money got in there, but when we went over to the table, David "The Devilfish" Ulliott was all in and ahead against Chris DeMaci. The board read , and Ulliott's had DeMaci's in bad shape. The turn brought no help for either, coming the , and the river gave Ulliott an unnecessary flush, coming down the . Ulliott got the double up, but is still a short stack, while DeMaci drops to around average in the room.
Narendra Banwari is up to 265,000 after he got into a massive preflop raising war with against . Banwari had three-bet the small blind to 5,400 only for his opponent to make it 18,100 with about 44,000 behind. Banwari moved all in and was instantly called, but the board ran out to make the latter a boat and put him among the chip leaders.
With 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker checked from the under-the-gun position and allowed an early-position player to bet 5,600. Lyndaker took his time before making the call, only to muck when his opponent revealed for a rivered set.
We missed the action of the hand, but were informed that Dario Minieri has busted. He got it all in preflop with against his opponent's and failed to improve.
Robert Cheung was heads up with an opponent with the board reading . He tossed out 2,600, and his opponent called.
Both players knuckled after the completed the board, and Cheung opened up for a pair of aces. His opponent mucked, and Cheung is now above 100,000 chips.
We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where the small blind checked to J.C. Tran in middle position. Tran moved all in for his last 6,900 and his opponent flashed the as he folded. Tran showed for an overpair of aces that might have led him out the door if the small blind had called and hit a heart but since the player laid it down, Tran chipped up a bit and lived to fight another pot.
Erick Lindgren started today with just 3,700 in chips (which was only seven big blinds in level six), and while we haven't caught many big hands with him, it seems that every time we pass by his table his stack has just continued to grow and grow and grow. Lindgren now has 65,000, which is around 20x what he started the day with. A little bit of luck and a lot of skill have turned his non-existent stack back into a contender
We found Greg Mueller in a hand where he offered to buy gum or candy for anyone who wanted it at the table from one of girls selling candy and cigarettes walking around. A couple of people asked for some and after Mueller made the purchase, he said, “That’s expensive gum!”
As for the hand, on the flop, a player in middle position bet 2,200 and Mueller called in the cutoff. On the turn, the middle position player bet again, this time for 6,200 and Mueller made the call once more. When the hit the river, the player bet one last time for 70,000 which was enough to put Mueller who only had 22,000 left all in. Mueller laid his hand down however and his stack got a bit lighter, as did his wallet from the gum purchase.
A player in early position bet and made it 2,500 to anyone willing to pay to see a flop. He received two callers, a player in middle position and Lars Bonding in the big blind. After all the chips were in place the dealer flattened a flop where Bonding came out and bet 1,700. The player from early position folded, while the middle position player made it 4,000. Bonding then went into the tank for awhile before throwing out two orange chips making it 11,700. His opponent then mucked fairly quickly and Bonding was able to bring in a decent sized pot.
, and Ulliott's 
had DeMaci's 
in bad shape. The turn brought no help for either, coming the 
, and the river gave Ulliott an unnecessary flush, coming down the 
. Ulliott got the double up, but is still a short stack, while DeMaci drops to around average in the room.
against 
. Banwari had three-bet the small blind to 5,400 only for his opponent to make it 18,100 with about 44,000 behind. Banwari moved all in and was instantly called, but the board ran out 
to make the latter a boat and put him among the chip leaders.
, Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker checked from the under-the-gun position and allowed an early-position player to bet 5,600. Lyndaker took his time before making the call, only to muck when his opponent revealed 
for a rivered set.
completed the board, and Cheung opened up 
for a pair of aces. His opponent mucked, and Cheung is now above 100,000 chips.
flop where the small blind checked to J.C. Tran in middle position. Tran moved all in for his last 6,900 and his opponent flashed the 
flop, a player in middle position bet 2,200 and Mueller called in the cutoff. On the 
