While we didn't catch any huge hands from Lacay, we do know that he's remaining aggressive at his table. Over the course of three hands we saw him open the action on two of them with a raise to 2,500. Both times the entire table folded. On the second time, he showed his hand after a card had been semi-exposed (The card slightly tipped while it was on it's way to the muck and several players saw the ).
"The seven of clubs?" Lacay asked, showing his drawing a laugh from some of the members at his table.
The flop read with about 10,000 in the middle when we arrived to see Xuan Liu and another opponent heads up. Liu bet out 8,000, and her opponent made the call. The turn brought the , and Liu didn't take long to move all in, a bet effectively worth the 39,000 her opponent had.
Her opponent went deep into the tank, sitting back at first then leaving forward and smiling. Liu stayed fairly motionless throughout the tank, then looked off into the distance to survey the room. Eventually, after about three or four minutes of tanking, her opponent stacked his chips together , and slid them forward for the call.
Liu:
Opponent:
Liu had a world of outs, as an ace, king, or club would get it done. Unfortunately for her, the on the river was a brick, and Liu shipped a third of her chips over to her opponent.
After a late position player raised to 2,800, Greg Merson called from the big blind. The flop came , and Merson check-called a bet of 4,700. The dealer turned the , and both players checked. The completed the board on the river, and Merson led out for 13,000. His opponent folded, and the defending Main Event champion pulled in the pot. He now sits with 286,000 in chips. Merson has been near the 300,000 chip mark for much of the past two levels.
Ray Romano bet 3,000 on a flop of , and a player raised the TV star to 7,700. Romano made the call. Both players checked the turn, and Romano check-called 12,00 on the river. His opponent shook his head as he turned over . Romano showed for a missed straight draw that turned into a flush.
We missed the beginning action but the flop and turn was dealt and we saw Olivier Busquet with 16,000 in front of him, waiting for the action of his opponent. His opponent was taking his time with his decision, so another player from the table called the clock. He made the call relatively quickly following the arrival of the tournament director and then river came.
The action was checked to Busquet, who bet 30,000, enough to put his opponent all in. With another tough decision, the player was again taking his time and another player from the table called the clock for the second time. The player eventually folded, leaving himself 23,000 behind.
With around 60,000 in the middle, and the board reading , Gilles Morihain moved all in for 85,000. His opponent, 2012 Octo-Niner Steve Gee, stood up from his seat. Finally, after around 90 seconds in the tank, he sat back down, and slid forward a tower of orange T5,000 chips to make the call.
Morihain turned over for a pair of kings, which Gee had beat with for a pair of aces.
The bricked off on the river, and Morihain was eliminated. Gee now sits with over 300,000 chips.
Just now DeWitt was engaged in another hand versus three opponents, one that began with a hijack raise to 2,700 called by both the cutoff and button, with DeWitt coming along from the big blind. The flop came and it checked around to the button who fired 6,500, and only DeWitt stuck around.
The turn brought the , and this time DeWitt led with a bet of 15,500. But when his opponent promptly slid out a stack of chips to raise, DeWitt let his hand go.
Despite taking that small hit, DeWitt is still sitting with more than 380,000, which puts him among the leaders as the day nears its end.
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drawing a laugh from some of the members at his table.
with about 10,000 in the middle when we arrived to see Xuan Liu and another opponent heads up. Liu bet out 8,000, and her opponent made the call. The turn brought the 
, and Liu didn't take long to move all in, a bet effectively worth the 39,000 her opponent had.
on the river was a brick, and Liu shipped a third of her chips over to her opponent.
, and Merson check-called a bet of 4,700. The dealer turned the 
completed the board on the river, and Merson led out for 13,000. His opponent folded, and the defending Main Event champion pulled in the pot. He now sits with 286,000 in chips. Merson has been near the 300,000 chip mark for much of the past two levels.
, and a player raised the TV star to 7,700. Romano made the call. Both players checked the 
turn, and Romano check-called 12,00 on the 
river. His opponent shook his head as he turned over 
. Romano showed 
flop and 
river came.
, Gilles Morihain moved all in for 85,000. His opponent, 2012 Octo-Niner Steve Gee, stood up from his seat. Finally, after around 90 seconds in the tank, he sat back down, and slid forward a tower of orange T5,000 chips to make the call.
for a pair of kings, which Gee had beat with 
for a pair of aces.
and it checked around to the button who fired 6,500, and only DeWitt stuck around.
