Action folded around to the player in the small blind, who asked for a count of Sebastien Comel's stack. When he realized Comel only had 1,300 behind, he went all in. Comel looked at his cards, smirked and made the call.
Comel:
Small Blind:
The flop came which was a really good flop for Comel's hand, keeping his two cards live and adding a flush draw. The turn took out his pair options but flush possibilities were still alive. The possibilities were fleeting as the came on the river, eliminating Comel from the tournament.
For the second time since dinner, we walked past Loni Harwood's table to see her pick off an opponent's bluff.
Harwood raised to 800 preflop, and both blinds called. The flop fell , and action checked around to Harwood, who continued for 1,200. The small blind then raised all in for 4,700. The big blind folded, and Harwood quickly called. She turned up , and was ahead of her opponent's . The turn was the , and the river the , connecting with neither player, and Harwood took the pot.
A player in middle position raised all in preflop for a little more than 2,000. Bill Chen called from the small blind, and everyone else folded. Chen showed , and the all-in player turned over . Chen seemed a little surprised to see his opponent's cards, but any concern he'd be outdrawn evaporated when the flop came , leaving him opponent drawing pretty thin. The turn and river came , . Chen won the pot with his set, and his opponent was eliminated from the tournament.
We walked up to the table just as the player in the cutoff was calling the all in of Pedro Rios. The button and blinds folded and the hands were tabled.
Rios:
Cutoff:
Rios did find much help on the flop nor on the turn. The river came and Rios hit the rail.
In the first hour after dinner break, the tournament lost over 250 players. Now only 790 remain. The red section of the Brasilia Room is rapidly emptying out as tables are breaking.