Tino Lechich raises to 4k preflop twice in a row, the second time facing an unfoldable-to re-raise all in from Kylmala. He called with and Kylmala was balancing his tournament life on . People yet again couldn't help themselves telling him they'd folded one of his cards, and Tony G was saying something about it being, "Bike time!"
It was indeed - the board came and Kylmala headed for the rail.
The dinner break seems to have somewhat loosened Tony G up - he's talking up a storm currently and when he won his own preflop all-in race (his Eights against Dan Shak's A-K offsuit) we got to hear about it. "All right! Tony G is in the House!"
At the very start of the post-dinner break level, 'Stormin' Sam Norman (okay, I made up that nickname) doubled up in sweaty palm circumstances, his tournament life dependent on a winning a coin flip against Ali Khaitan with versus .
The flop was pretty harmless, and although the turn had a few blood-thirsty sickos quietly chanting for the case Six, it failed to arrive on the river.
Over at the feature TV table, Jon "Pearljammer" Turner has picked up a couple of pots since dinner break. He was down to 20,000 and has increased his stack to 35,000.
Mats Gavatin just won a tidy pot from Christian Toboc, who found himself facing a critical bet having raised perma-opener Lechich to 13,000 preflop. Left hand side neighbour Gavatin moved all in for a total of 32,300. With only about 10k more than that in his own stack, it was a big call - and he made it, shaking his head when he saw the in his opponent's hand. He flipped and waited while the board came out:
Flop: Noticing that Mats Gavatin looked a little tense, Tony G tried to set him at ease, "You have Aces - enjoy it! It's like a 100m race but you get a 50m head start."
Turn and river: and he doubles through leaving Toboc facing the felt.
Things are not currently okay for young poker hotshot John Tabatabai, the spiky-haired 'Kunkuwap' having dropped all the way down to 23,900 after tangling with Dominic Kay.
This is secondary information, but according to my source, John made a big river bet but swiftly mucked when Dominic made a top notch call with pocket sixes for one pair.
Such was the cry around the spectator area as Dan Shak was eliminated in a two part bust out:
Part 1: He re-raised Mats Gavatin preflop in late position, but didn't expect Daniel Zink to move all in on the button. He called roughly double his total bet with his but faced for Zink which spiked a Queen on the flop.
Part 2: Shak moved in almost immediately following on from this, and found small blind Bob Willis shoving over the top... this got rid of caller Zink and Willis showed - Shak had . It went from bad to worse:
Over at the feature TV table... Jon "Pearljammer" Turner raised to 4,000. Marcello Marigliano called from the small blind and Ryan Fronda called from the big blind. The flop was . Both blinds checked to Turner who fired out 5,600. Marigliano folded and Fronda check-raised to put Turner all in. He quickly called.
Turner:
Fronda:
Turner was ahead. Annette_15 was on the rail cheering him on and asked for a deuce. Te turn was the . The river was the and Turner doubled up. He increased his stack to almost 50,000.
A short stacked Christian Toboc moves all in for his last few thousand and Mats Gavatin makes the call from the big blind.
Toboc has
Gavatin shows
The window card is the and Toboc jumps for joy, but it is short lasted when the flop reveals . Toboc looks devasted and is eliminated from the tournament when the turn and river don't improve him.