James Woods just stopped us during our rounds of the tournament area and informed us we had the incorrect count for him. It appears Mr Woods has continued to make a nuisance of himself at his table and is now armed with 75,800 chips and seems to be able to do nothing wrong right now.
Only 261 players remain in this tournament, with 216 places paid.
Alex Masek opened from early position, and Sean Small three-bet from the button. After thinking for a minute or so, Masek made the call.
Both players checked after the flop came , and the turn was a . Masek took the lead, betting 3,900. Small made the call. The river brought a , completing both flush and straight possibilities. Masek checked. Small bet 10,900, and Masek called. Small showed for a rivered flush, and Masek could only shake his head and smile, exposing the when he tossed his cards to the muck.
Christopher Brammer has just won a massive pot and currently sits with 116,000 chips and looks to be our chip leader.
The button opened to 3,200 and Brammer called in the big blind. The pair shared a flop, but neither player seemed too interested in it because they both checked. The turn was the . Brammer led out for 5,500 and his opponent instantly raised to 13,000. Brammer took around 45 seconds to think before moving all-in.
"How much is it?" asked the button.
After much counting the all-in bet was deemed to be 54,700. A few moments later, the button called with his and was drawing dead to Brammer's . The meaningless river was the and Brammer sailed into the lead.
Brammer's fellow Brit Craig McCorkell is doing well, too. The WSOP bracelet winner is on 68,000 chips as the money bubble rapidly approaches.
We walked past Paul Volpe's table to see him with in front of him, the board reading and Volpe's opponent handing over 14,900 of his stack. Volpe's back in the game.
The player under the gun shipped all in for 5,800, and Eric Baldwin moved all in over the top for 26,700. The next player folded, and the player in the cutoff measured out the calling chips, which represented almost all of his stack, before sliding them in. Everyone else folded.
Under the gun:
Baldwin:
Cutoff:
The flop was beautiful for Baldwin: . The other players were drawing nearly dead, and the turn and river finished them off.
James Woods is up to 56,000 chips after having quads paid off by Yann Dion.
Canadian pro Dion opened to 1,600 and found two callers. The first was Woods on the button and the second was the player in the big blind. The first three community cards fell and it was checked around to Woods. While still stacking the chips he won from flopping the nut flush, Woods bet 5,000 and only Dion called.
The turn was a second three, the and when Dion checked, Woods checked behind. The completed the board and Dion checked again. Woods went through all of the motions before settling on a 5,000 bet. Dion asked how many chips Woods had before going silent and trying to figure out what Woods held. Eventually, Dion called but instantly mucked when he saw the in the hand of Woods.
, and the turn was a 
. Masek took the lead, betting 3,900. Small made the call. The river brought a 
, completing both flush and straight possibilities. Masek checked. Small bet 10,900, and Masek called. Small showed 
for a rivered flush, and Masek could only shake his head and smile, exposing the 
when he tossed his cards to the muck.
flop, but neither player seemed too interested in it because they both checked. The turn was the 
. Brammer led out for 5,500 and his opponent instantly raised to 13,000. Brammer took around 45 seconds to think before moving all-in.
and was drawing dead to Brammer's 
. The meaningless river was the 
and Brammer sailed into the lead.
. The other players were drawing nearly dead, and the 
turn and 
and it was checked around to Woods. While still stacking the chips he won from flopping the nut flush, Woods bet 5,000 and only Dion called.
and when Dion checked, Woods checked behind. The 
in the hand of Woods.
and 
and was in terrible shape. That was until the flop came down 
followed by the 
river.