Lex Veldhuis is no longer in this tournament and we were there to catch the action of his last moments. When we arrived at the table there was already a flop showing and Veldhuis was first to act in the big blind position. He checked, Alessandro Sarro then bet 425, a player on his left called and the player on the button folded. Back on Veldhuis and he raised it up to 1,800. Sarro then re-raised it to 3,925 and the player on his left quickly got out of the way.
It didn't take long for Veldhuis to splash his entire stack into the pot, holding only a little more than Sarro's raise. Sarro made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
Veldhuis was in front at the moment, holding for two pair, while Sarro's for the flush draw would need some help. The on the turn was safe for Veldhuis, but the on the river would see Veldhuis eliminated.
We found Neil Channing and James Dempsey laughing hard and carrying on. Channing had a big smile and twice the starting stack in front of him.
"We had a gentleman here (pointing to a seat card) that wanted to raise me on a flop," Channing said. "I had , led out and the gentleman put in a small raise."
"Then this guy (John Dolan) flatted and I just thought I should call," Channing continued.
The turn came , Channing checked, the other player bet and Dolan called with a straight flush draw. Channing flatted and the river came .
"Then I checked, the gentleman bet 4,200, (Dolan) folded and I shoved," Channing continued.
"I thought you had it," the gentleman said after he tabled for queens full.
"I'm still trying to play good despite being richer than ever," Channing said.
By the time we arrived at Lauren Kling's table, there was a board showing and one player was set to act in front of Kling. A big pot was already out on the felt and the player checked, at which point Kling bet 1,400. Her opponent then check-raised to 3,200 - albeit after a long time tanking. No nonsense from Kling, she quickly made the call.
The was the final card to be dealt on the felt and the player this time led for 6,300. Kling didn't look pleased, throwing her cards away and surrendering the pot to her opponent.
Over in the silver section of the Brasilia Room we just watched Dan Kelly and Antonio Esfandiari lose a few chips on their respective tables.
On Kelly's table, he opened the action from the hijack to 200. The small blind then three-bet to 700. Kelly made the call and a flop was dealt. The small blind led for 800 here and Kelly called. Both players then checked the turn and a hit the river. This time Kelly would fold when the small blind bet 1,625.
Esfandiari was in middle position and opened the pot to 175. The player in the big blind called and a flop was spread on the felt. Esfandiari check-called a bet of 200 here and both players checked the turn. On the river, Esfandiar check-called a bet of 350 and his opponent tabled , enough to send Esfandiari's cards into the muck.
Every time we look up more and more players are entering the Brasilia Room. Just 20 minutes ago around 525 players were at the tables, there is now more than 700. That's still a large number away from the 865 who entered this event last year, but it's getting closer and there is plenty of time left for players to register.
We walked past Bryan Devonshire's table and noticed his stack was already missing a huge chunk of chips. He just happened to tweet about the incident that sees him with under 10,000 in chips.