In the first hand back from break Karl Mahrenholz raised it up to 750 and the only taker for flop action was Erik Sagstrom in the small blind.
The flop came and Mahrenholz continued his aggression with a 700 bet when checked to him. The turn came causing both players to check.
The river saw Sagstrom lead out for 1,700 and Mahrenholz call after a small deliberation. Sagstrom turned over for trip aces but surprisingly Mahrenholz tabled for a full house!
An interesting pot just took up around ten minutes, resulting in a little boost in the stack for British player Dominic Kay. Now sharing a table which bears little resemblance to its starting lineup, Kay now has a new end of the table inhabited by Chris Moorman (now with a 67,000 stack) and Joe Hachem. It was Hachem who played this hand to its conclusion, betting 1,800 on the turn, called by Kay. The river brought the , and a bet of 3,225 (exactly) from Kay. Hachem, motionless, considered for a very long time, before calling, but mucked with slight irritation on being shown the flush.
With five minutes to go before the dinner break, there are 126 players remaining in the tournament across 14 tables and the average chip stack is 25,200.
After that unfortunate literal coinflip with Andy Bloch, his last 5,000 went on , vs. . Standard, except for the fact that most of it went in on a flop of . "I'm drawing dead," Flack announced on the turn, stood up and cheerfully left the tournament area.
In a multi-way limped pot, there is a flop which is checked to Jac Arama who bets 1,000. Isaac Haxton calls from the big blind and Barny Boatman also calls. All the other players fold and we go three-handed to the turn which is the . At this point, Haxton bets 4,000 and Boatman and Arama call and the pot is really swelling.
The river is the which could kill or create action either way. Haxton thinks for a good couple of minutes before checking, Boatman checks behind and Jac Arama gesturing towards the river says, "Horrible," as he turns over . Boatman quickly turns over as Haxton mucks and the two Englishmen split the profits.
Layne Flack and Andy Bloch just got to the river, with around 4,000 in the pot. Some commotion attracted my attention; Bloch was staring at a 5,000 chip which Flack had thrown in as the river came down. The diamond-heavy board read: and Bloch was debating whether to call him -- it turned out his bet was just 3,000.
"It's 50/50 whether I call you or not," mused Bloch.
"Want to flip a coin?"
"OK."
"Heads I call," announced Bloch, promptly flipping heads and looking a little bit reluctant. But he gamely threw in the chips.
"You win," announced Flack immediately. "An ace is good."
Bloch showed and Flack threw the offending coin into a corner of the room.