With around 5,000 in the pot and a board reading , Justin Bonomo bet 3,600 and received a call from Antony Lellouche on the button. When the appeared on the river and put four hearts on the board, both players checked and Bonomo revealed . It was good as Lellouche mucked his hand.
We heard some banter over at Table 9 and made our way over to discover Prosper Masquelier talking to Govert Metaal, who was considering whether or not to call the former's 15,000 bet on a board reading .
The pot was quite considerable and Masquelier told Metaal, who may have claimed to have a flush, that he didn't believe him. The banter continued and eventually Metaal splashed in a call, prompting Masquelier to say, "I have it," and roll over . Metaal simply mucked.
Level 3 is down, which means it's time for another 20-minute break. When they return, the players will play one more level before the 90-minute dinner break.
A player opened from under the gun with a raise to 750, and action folded to Sam Cohen in the hijack seat. She flat-called before play folded to Igor Kurganov on the button. Kurganov reraised to 2,500, which knocked out the two blinds and the under-the-gun raiser. Cohen was back up and took her time. She then reraised to 7,200. Kurganov studied, checked Cohen's stack, then called.
The flop came down with Cohen up first. She dumped 7,500 across the betting line, and Kurganov mucked his hand.
In a raised pot, five players were in action on the flop. Eric Harris was first and checked. Then, Ben Roberts, Flavien Guenan and one other player all checked before Phil Ivey was up. He fired 2,000. Only Harris folded, while the three others stuck around to see fourth street.
On the turn, the was added to the board. All four remaining players checked. They also checked after the landed on the river.
Guenan promptly turned over the for quad nines, and everyone else mucked.
We didn't catch the action in the hand, but we do know that Salvatore Bonavena doubled with through Patrick Gastaldi on a board reading . We're not sure of Gastaldi's hand as the dealer had already mucked his cards.
We decided to catch up with last year's runner-up, Chris Moorman, who has been tucked away in the far corner all day long. We figured the best way would be to spend an orbit with him, or in this case, half an orbit.
Hand #1: Moorman was in the small blind and folded after Victor Ramdin had raised to 700 in early position.
Hand #2: Again, Victor Ramdin opened for 700, and while it didn't clear the field, it did get Moorman to fold his button.
Hand #3: Action folded around to the hijack and he raised to 650. Moorman then bumped it up to 1,650 from the cutoff, which proved enough to win the pot as the button, blinds and original raiser all folded.
Hand #4: An early-position player raised to 750 and Moorman folded.
Hand #5: A raise from early position saw Moorman fold from middle position.
With 4,825 in the pot and a flop of , Mark Teltscher bet 2,800 from the small blind only to have Philipp Gruissem raise to 7,200 from the cutoff. Not to be outdone, Teltscher three-bet to 14,800, Gruissem called, and the turn. This time Teltscher checked and watched Gruissem fire out 35,000.
Teltscher, who had 19,000 behind, shot back in his chair and put his arms behind his head. After about 20 seconds he called off and tabled . It proved to be a good call as Gruissem rolled over . The river was of no consequence, and Teltscher was pushed the pot.
"Finally he doesn't have it," someone else at the table said of Gruissem.
, Justin Bonomo bet 3,600 and received a call from Antony Lellouche on the button. When the 
appeared on the river and put four hearts on the board, both players checked and Bonomo revealed 
. It was good as Lellouche mucked his hand.
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with Cohen up first. She dumped 7,500 across the betting line, and Kurganov mucked his hand.
flop. Eric Harris was first and checked. Then, Ben Roberts, Flavien Guenan and one other player all checked before Phil Ivey was up. He fired 2,000. Only Harris folded, while the three others stuck around to see fourth street.
was added to the board. All four remaining players checked. They also checked after the 
landed on the river.
for quad nines, and everyone else mucked.
through Patrick Gastaldi on a board reading 
. We're not sure of Gastaldi's hand as the dealer had already mucked his cards.
, Mark Teltscher bet 2,800 from the small blind only to have Philipp Gruissem raise to 7,200 from the cutoff. Not to be outdone, Teltscher three-bet to 14,800, Gruissem called, and the 
. It proved to be a good call as Gruissem rolled over 
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