When we got to the table, Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri was in the middle of a big pot on the turn, with the board reading , and it appeared that Barbieri was considering whether to call a fourth bet from his opponent. He tossed in the call, and checked in the dark going to the river, which was the . His opponent bet out, and Barbieri beat him into the pot. His opponent showed for a full house, and Barbieri angrily mucked for the nut flush face up. Despite the hit, it's been a great day for Barbieri so far, as he's up to 70,000.
Two more levels up two more levels down. Players are on another 20 minute break. Once they return, they will play two more levels before going to dinner.
Action started with a player in middle position, and he came in for a raise. Men "The Master" Nguyen called on the button, and the blinds got out of the way. The flop came down , and the middle position player continuation bet. Nguyen called, and the hit the turn. Nguyen's opponent bet again, but this time, Nguyen raised. He was called, and the river was the . It was checked to Nguyen, and he put out another bet. His opponent tanked for a minute before calling, and Nguyen turned over for quads. His opponent mucked, and Nguyen dragged the pot to get up to 52,000.
A player raised to 3,000 from under the gun and action folded around to David Benyamine, who moved all in for around 4,200 on the button. The original raiser called and the cards went on their backs:
Benyamine:
UTG:
The flop spelled doom for Benyamine and the on the turn sent the Frenchman off to the rail a few spots short of the money.
Huck Seed was crippled down to his final 2,000 on the previous hand, when he got it all in preflop against two opponents, one of them being Michael Benvenuti. The flop came down , and both players checked. The came on the turn, and Benvenuti bet out. His opponent folded, and the cards were tabled.
Seed:
Benvenuti:
As unlikely as it was, Seed's ten high was good, as his nine kicker played. The river was the , and Seed survived to triple up, though he's still very short stacked at 6,000.
We missed the action, but we saw that Michael Benvenuti got his short stack in preflop with against his opponent's . The board ran out ace high without pairing either player, and Benvenuti was sent to the rail.
That leaves us with 82 players, putting us on the exact money bubble.
, and it appeared that Barbieri was considering whether to call a fourth bet from his opponent. He tossed in the call, and checked in the dark going to the river, which was the 
. His opponent bet out, and Barbieri beat him into the pot. His opponent showed 
for a full house, and Barbieri angrily mucked 
for the nut flush face up. Despite the hit, it's been a great day for Barbieri so far, as he's up to 70,000.
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hit the turn. Nguyen's opponent bet again, but this time, Nguyen raised. He was called, and the river was the 
. It was checked to Nguyen, and he put out another bet. His opponent tanked for a minute before calling, and Nguyen turned over 
for quads. His opponent mucked, and Nguyen dragged the pot to get up to 52,000.
on the turn sent the Frenchman off to the rail a few spots short of the money.
came on the turn, and Benvenuti bet out. His opponent folded, and the cards were tabled.
. The board ran out ace high without pairing either player, and Benvenuti was sent to the rail.