Before the flop, action folded around to the small blind, who raised to 2,600. John Hennigan called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and the small blind then bet out when the fell on the turn. Hennigan called, and the river brought the . The small blind checked, and Hennigan bet 7,300. His opponent thought for a minute, then called, and Hennigan turned over for a winning pair of queens.
After the hand, "Johnny World" is up to 167,000 in chips.
Raj Vohra has set up shop at his new table in the far corner of the Brasilia room, and we haven't had a chance to catch him in a hand since dinner. However, we did walk by his table and saw that he is down from the last time we saw him. He is still plenty healthy, but his current stack of 280,000 is less then the 370,000 he had around dinner.
We caught up to David Paredes and Erik Seidel both involved in a pot of roughly 37,000. The board read . On the river Paredes checked to Seidel who was in the tank when we got to the table. Seidel thought for just about a minute before finally checking behind.
Paredes turned up his for a turned flush.
"Wow," Seidel said before mucking his hand. With that Paredes collected the pot and moved up to just about 141,000 chips while Seidel fell to just around 115,000.
Luca Pagano and Martins Adeniya both put in 12,200 before the flop, and the dealer spread . Both players checked, and the dealer turned the . Pagano checked, and Adeniya bet 10,000. Pagano called, and the completed the board. Both players checked, and Pagano turned over . Adeniya mucked, and Pagano pulled in the chips, bringing his stack up to 109,000.
We arrived at the table, with the board showing . Donald Swartz had his in front of him, which was the winning hand against Ryan Lenaghan. The all-in amount was 47,300, and after that was pushed over, Lenaghan was left with just 16,000 in chips. Swartz was awarded the massive pot, as he climbed to 168,000 in chips.
A player in middle position raised to 3,000, then Noah Schwartz three-bet to 9,100 from a seat over. It folded around to the big blind who leaned forward to get a better look at Schwartz's remaining chips — a little over 23,000 — and he reraised again the minimum to 15,200.
The original raiser folded, and after about 20 seconds of thought Schwartz called the reraise. The flop then came , and with little hesitation Schwartz's opponent set out a short stack of orange (5,000) chips, more than enough to cover what Schwartz had behind.
Schwartz tanked for about a minute, then with a determined look finally set out his chips to call. He tabled his , and saw he was ahead for the moment as his opponent had .
Schwartz then faded the turn and river — and — and pumped his fist at both his call and the result.
Following a raise to 2,300, Olivier Busquet made the call from the cutoff along with the small blind to see a flop fall.
The preflop raiser continued for 3,600 with Busquet the only caller as the landed on the turn and Busquet was now faced with a 8,700-chip bet.
Busquet tossed in two orange 5,000-denomination chips to signify a call as the landed on the river.
As Busquet's opponent considered his options, he eventually slid out a bet of 19,300, and before he could release his hand, Busquet snap-folded his hand into the muck.
Bill Mullins began the day by introducing himself to us. He didn't want to be mentioned as "opponent" or "the other player" when he busted out of the tournament. Unfortunately, for Mullins he is getting his wish.
The player in the hijack seat (not Mullins) opened for 2,300 and Olivier Busquet reraised to 6,000. Mullins, on the button and in the middle of a massage, took his time but eventually moved all in for 19,100. The original raiser folded and Busquet asked for a count and then called.
Mullins:
Busquet:
Mullins was ahead going to the flop but the turn changed his fortune and now he was looking for help to stay alive. He didn't find anything when the river came a and Mullins had to cut his massage short as he left the tournament area.
We walked up to the table to see Kevin Eyster in the middle of a three way pot. The flop was a scary looking , and Eyster and one of his opponents checked to the third player, who bet out a half pot sized bet of 2,800. The first player called, and it was on Eyster. He thought for about 20 seconds before slowly assembling a raise. The final number was 8,600, and both players folded to that bet.
Eyster, who finished second at the WSOP Circuit Main Event at the Lodge Casino in Blackhawk, Colorado in March, is now up to 205,000.