With Gavin Smith cracking kings earlier to double up, I suppose it's merely card karma that his were cracked just now by with the board coming to send him to the rail with 30 minutes to go tonight.
First he pushed Per Hildebrand off a pot on the turn of a board, moving all in to Hidebrand's bet. Turmezey:1, Rest of Table:0.
But a few hands later the table(s) had turned -- on a flop, Neil Channing checked to Turmezey who duly bet 1,200, but Turmezey then had to fold to Channing's all-in check-raise. Turmezey:1, Rest of Table:1.
The Face to Face Bar is littered with some of poker's biggest names at the moment. Here's how they're looking in terms of chip count.
Daniel Negreanu 133,000
David Benefield 117,000
Roland de Wolfe 84,000
Yuval Bronshtein 75,000
Nenad Medic 70,000
Bengt Sonert 56,000
Jani Sointula 50,000
Adam Junglen 41,000
Jeff Garza 36,000
Barry Greenstein 47,000
David "Devilfish" Ulliott raised under the gun, only for Peter Turmezey to shove from the button for around 12,000 total. "All in, eh?" said Devilfish, rather obviously. After some thought, he called.
Turmezey:
Devilfish:
Board:
In a lucky escape, Devilfish got to take his chips back, while unfortunate Turmezey missed out on a much-needed double-up.
Direct from our WSOPE friends, the leaders as they stood at the dinner break:
Jamie Rosen: 135,000
Daniel Negreanu: 130,000
Sargon Ruya: 100,000
Michael Lorean: 100,000
David Benefield: 90,000
Roland de Wolfe: 90,000
Johnny Lodden: 75,000
David "Devilfish" Ulliott: 70,000
Yuval Bronshtein: 70,000
Tom Dwan took down a monster pot, which ended with Dwan moving all in on the river of the board and Lauri Keinonen folding. Neither player showed their hand to the table, but Dwan showed his cards to the ESPN show-us-your-cards machine, so there's something to look forward to on the ESPN highlights, Dwan fans...