Over at the table of death, action folded to Brian Rast and he raised. Ari Engel reraised to 16,000 and then the player in the big blind made it 41,000 to go. Rast folded, but Engel clicked it back to 66,000 with 55,000 behind. The big blind reraised all in and Engel tanked. He eventually called with the . The big blind held the .
The flop was and both players smacked it. Engel hit top two pair while his opponent held a set of nines. The turn was the and then the river the . With the ace on the river, both players made a full house, but Engel had come from behind to win the hand with the better one. He won the pot and doubled to around 250,000 in chips.
Action began with a player in middle position min-raising to 8,000. The player on the button called and David Benyamine squeezed to 27,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the original raiser went all in, which was enough to put Benyamine all in for his last 70,000. The player on the button folded and Benyamine called to put his tournament life at risk.
Benyamine:
Opponent:
The flop was no good for Benyamine, however, a fell on the turn, giving Benyamine a pair of queens and the lead. The river was inconsequential and Benyamine doubled through his opponent to 160,000.
Earlier in the day we told you how Table 433 started off as a tough table. Well, that has continued into the night as a few more table breaks around the room have seen Table 433 look a little something like this:
We just did a few small calculations and this sick table has more than $23 million in poker tournament winnings. These sorts of stacked tables are usually reserved for a much higher buy-in event, so keep your eyes locked to your screens as we are sure there is going to be plenty of action coming from Table 433.
When we arrived at Brian Rast's table there was one of the biggest pots of the night building up between him and James Akenhead. At this point there was a board showing and it was on Rast, who bet 24,000. Akenhead took his time to make a decision, eventually making the call.
The completed the board on the river and Rast waited almost 30 seconds before checking. Akenhead then took another minute before he bet 34,000. Rast didn't seem excited about this bet, but ended up making the call anyway.
Akenhead tabled his , enough to see Rast's cards hit the muck as they now sit behind a similiar size stack.
We are not completely sure of the preflop action, but when we arrived James Akenhead had the under-the-gun player all in for about 60,000 from the big blind.
Akenhead:
UTG player:
The board ran out , leaving Akenhead's opponent drawing dead by the turn.
The former November Niner of the 2009 WSOP Main Event is up to 200,000.
Josh Brikis was starting to sit on a very short stack, but has recently managed to gain some of those chips back. When we made our over to his table all the action had folded around to Daniel Idema in the small blind. He quickly raised it up to 7,000 and it was on Brikis. it didn't take long for the all-in call to come out of Brikis' mouth and it was back on Idema.
It was around 60,000 extra to Idema and he looked in pain as he tried to decide what to do. He thought for a long time before flicking his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Brikis.
Greg Mueller has been flying under the radar for most of the day - but he is still around.
In a recent hand, Mueller raised to 7,000 from under the gun and found one caller from the player in the big blind.
Both players checked the flop to see a turn, which came the . Mueller's opponent led out for 5,000 and Mueller quickly called.
The river brought a and Mueller's opponent again led out for a paltry 5,000. Mueller called and his opponent showed . Mueller mucked and is currently sitting on 60,000.
. The big blind held the 
.
and both players smacked it. Engel hit top two pair while his opponent held a set of nines. The turn was the 
and then the river the 
. With the ace on the river, both players made a full house, but Engel had come from behind to win the hand with the better one. He won the pot and doubled to around 250,000 in chips.
flop was no good for Benyamine, however, a 
fell on the turn, giving Benyamine a pair of queens and the lead. The 
river was inconsequential and Benyamine doubled through his opponent to 160,000.
and it was on Rast, who bet 24,000. Akenhead took his time to make a decision, eventually making the call.
, enough to see Rast's cards hit the muck as they now sit behind a similiar size stack.
, leaving Akenhead's opponent 
flop to see a turn, which came the 
and Mueller's opponent again led out for a paltry 5,000. Mueller called and his opponent showed 
. Mueller mucked and is currently sitting on 60,000.
