We caught up with the action during a preflop raising war between Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier and Brad Booth. It appeared that Booth initially opened from the cutoff and was three-bet by Grospellier from the big blind. Booth went all-in for his remaining stack and Grospellier snap-called.
Grospellier: 
Booth: 
Ouch.
No miracle came for Booth, as the board fell 
and he was sent to the rail.
Grospellier is up to 210,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Aaron 'aejones' Jones just cannot get that spark today. How now has 80,000 chips after losing a big pot to Ken Shelton. Shelton told us that he held 
in the big blind and called three streets of pressure from Jones (including a river shove) on a board of 
and Jones turned over .
We reported earlier how Scott Montgomery had doubled up, well now we can report that he has just doubled down. The small blind moved all-in holding 
and Montgomery called hollding 
in the big blind. Despite a sweat on a flop of 
the 
and 
turn and river were good cards for the small blind and he doubled up.
We caught up with the action on a 
flop, where William Reynolds led for for 4,000 from the small blind. His lone opponent, Steve Gross, called from the big blind.
Reynolds thought for a while on the 
turn, but eventually decided to fire another barrel - this time for 6,500. Gross deliberated a bit and then slid out a raise to 18,000. Reynolds took one last peak at his cards and then slid them into the muck one-by-one.
Reynolds is down to 65,000 while Gross has risen to 170,000.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner William Durkee is making moves. He is up to over 300,000 chips and looking confident. Here is a hand involving the man currently topping the chip count charts.
The button opened to 3,200 and Durkee made the call in the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of 
and Durkee led for 4,700. The button called and the pair were soon staring at the 
on the river. Durkee bet 10,000 and the button released his hand.
Scott Montgomery raised to 3,500 in the cutoff, the button three-bet to 10,000, Montgomery moved all-in for 45,000 and his opponent called.
It was showdown time with Montgomery at risk of elimination.
| Montgomery |  |
| Button |  |
Board: 
Montgomery flopping a ten to come from behind and he now has 93,000 chips.
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