A player, we won’t name him, asked where the bathroom was and got directions. He was in the small blind and as the cards were dealt he checked his hand and dashed off so he would miss the least amount of action.
This is strictly against the rules as there was still action ahead of him, and as a floor man was passing he asked to be informed by the dealer when that player returned. He will face a penalty of one hand.
Don’t leave the table if you have cards and there is still action pending.
After our previous update, John Taylor lost some chips but just found an add on for 4,000. He raised and then called the all in of a short stack for 3,975 chips with the , his opponent on the button had . The flop saw the button improve, but the turn improved the better hand preflop. The river completed the board and the two of them shook hands.
Two players had reached the river and they both checked. The last player to act turned over the king high straight, the stone cold nuts as it turned out, and the floor was duly called. Even though he protested that he had never met the other player and was not soft playing this is severely frowned upon.
The ruling was a full round penalty. With five minutes to go before the dinner break it looks like he will be first in the queue for food with some extra time to contemplate this lesson.
Antonio Bonilla is our chip leader and we weren't sure how we've missed him thus far. He did say that he was at his eighth table of the day, however, so that may explain it.
He gets ready to move as soon as he sits down at a new table. "I bring my own racks now," Bonilla said.
Matthew Pitt has arrived at the table of Danielle Barille and sat down next to her with a short stack after "donating the chips to the table fish" on his previous table. John Taylor remains active on his table, but the last attempt of busting an opponent was not crowned with success.
He opened to 925 from under the gun and then called all in for 4,100 with the . The button showed and immediately spiked a king on the flop to secure the double up.
All players are now off into a 90 minute dinner break and we have 207 out of 876 players remaining according to the screens. Back around 20:20 Vegas time.
In one of the first hands back after the dinner break, chip leader Antonio Bonilla picked up pocket aces and knocked out a short stack. His opponent had 4,925 chips left and revealed in the showdown, but stood no chance at all.
Preflop, Eric Mink raised to 2,200 and then called the three-bet of an opponent to 5.975. He then set the trap on a flop and got the opponent to run with the into his . Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Mink doubled up for 11,550 post flop. His opponent was crippled and out one hand later.
, his opponent on the button had 
. The 
flop saw the button improve, but the 
turn improved the better hand preflop. The 
river completed the board and the two of them shook hands.
and immediately spiked a king on the flop to secure the double up.
in the showdown, but stood no chance at all.
flop and got the opponent to run with the 
. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed anything and Mink doubled up for 11,550 post flop. His opponent was crippled and out one hand later.
