Action folded to Mehdi Senhaji and he moved all in to put the pressure on all the short stacks behind him from the cutoff seat. Defending champion JP Kelly called from the small blind. James Tomlin folded pocket eights from the big blind and it was Senhaji's sevens against Kelly's nines.
The board ran out clean for Kelly and he was able to double up to 110,000, making him that much stronger in hopes to successfully defend his title.
Jack Lyman moved all in for 17,800 from the button and Martin Hansen called from the big blind. Lyman held the 
and Hansen the 
.
The board ran out 
and Lyman was able to spike trip tens to double up again.
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Leonard Truche just doubled up to 40,000 through Jack Lyman after pushing for 20,000 with 
over the top of Lyman's initial raise. Lyman priced in to call, quickly did so with and couldn't spike on the 
board.
Lyman then pushed the very next hand with 
and got called by Kaveh Payman's 
avoiding king and ace to double up back to 23,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 61,000 |
|
|
126,000 | 16,000 |
|
|
120,000 | -24,000 |
|
120,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
102,000 | 69,000 |
|
|
97,000 | -53,000 |
|
85,000 | 34,000 |
|
84,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
81,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
62,000 | 9,000 |
|
61,000 | -23,000 |
|
57,000 | -9,000 |
|
57,000 | 25,000 |
|
49,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
41,000 | -4,000 |
|
40,000 | 3,000 |
|
39,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
36,000 | -35,000 |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
23,000 | 14,000 |
We're back.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Xiang Tan and Mehdi Senhaji saw the flop of 
come out in another blind-versus-blind confrontation. Tan checked and Senhaji fired 4,000. Tan made the call and he turn brought the 
. Tan checked and Senhaji fired 10,000. Tan check-raised the minimum to 20,000 and Senhaji quickly called.
The river completed the board with the 
and Tan checked. Senhaji fired 45,000 verbally and then stacked out the chips in front of his cards. Tan tanked and then folded, dropping back to 100,000. Senhaji showed the 
for a full house and now looks to be at about 230,000 in chips.
Medhi Senhaji opened preflop to 5,200 and Wesley Pantling made the call next to him, while JP Kelly came along too in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Kelly checked to Senhaji, who bet 6,000. Pantling then raised to 22,000 and Kelly folded, Senhaji thought for a moment before moving all-in and Pantling immediately requested a count.
It was 67,700 more to Pantling who declared, "Call," and Senhaji meekly turned over 
for little more than a gutshot against Pantling's 
.
But the turn was the 
, Pantling sighed and Senhaji jumped out of his chair with more force than a rabid chipmunk. The 
river helped neither player and Senhaji secured a huge and lucky double up to leave Pantling a short stack and put himself up to about 200,000.
Anton Wigg came in raising from middle position, and he found just one call as Massimiliano Mauceri came along from the big blind.
Heads up, the flop came out 
, and Mauceri check-called a bet. Both men checked the turn, and the filled out the board on fifth street. Mauceri reached for chips, and he strung out a bet of 15,600. Wigg instantly asked how much, then asked the dealer to spread the pot. With most of his own stack riding on the call, Wigg winced and slid the matching chips forward.
His Italian opponent clapped softly in a mock 'you got me' gesture. Wigg waited patiently for him to show 
before tabling his winning to take that nice pot to move his stack up over 80,000.
