Barny Boatman (big blind) and Thomas Bichon (middle position) reached - although I think it's safe to assume that Bichon raised preflop and Boatman defended - a flop where Boatman check-raised the Frenchman's continuation bet of 1,000 to 3,400. After a brief dwell, Boatman made the call.
The turn came the , and after Boatman had checked, Bichon fired out a bet of 9,000. This time, and despite a look of temptation in his eyes, Boatman relinquished his hand.
Bichon can now raise his bat in the air and bask in the applause of the gallery; he's now reached his half century (well, sort of) in chips.
It's been a quiet day so far from Leo Margets, but she just fired out 3,100 on the flop of against Filippo Candio who made the call. The came on the turn and Margets now checked and Candio quickly bet 7,600.
Margets did not take too much hesitation in moving her entire stack over the line, Candio agonised for several minutes before eventually folding although he looked very pained while doing so, as if he had just suffered a nasty papercut or something.
Margets cheered him up a little though, she showed .
Having grown his stack every level since the start, Arnaud Mattern has been set back to square one (a little behind it, actually) after doubling through Jake Cody. Cody wasn't on this table originally, but materialised a few seats to Mattern's left a level or so in. Obviously a player on form, and one to watch out for, Mattern is currently frustrated that he's handed him his own 60k stack. Presumably that will be being put to use shortly giving the rest of the table their own headaches.
It was a board which did the damage - Mattern, holding pocket Queens, bet and called Cody's raise, and then bet-called the brick turn. He found Cody with having flopped a set vs. his overpair and this combination of bets gave him a full double through. "The only player at the table I would stack off with an overpair..." he mused bitterly, although the blinds are still such that his 24k remaining is still perfectly workable.
Nicolas Levi told of the demise of Vanessa Selbst at his own hands. She had opened in early position and he had flat-called with with Jason Lester also calling.
The flop was checked to Levi who bet 1,000 into a 2,300 pot. Lester folded but Selbst made the call to see a turn, Selbst checked again and then call a bet of 2,400 on the turn. The river was the and Selbst checked a third time, Levi setting her all-in for her remaining 9,000 which she called and then mucked when seeing his hand.
Howard Lederer has doubled up a short stack in perhaps the second most classic coin flip in poker: versus . A board later and Lederer's stack took a 6,000 hit. He now has 24,000.
After a poor showing in the opening three levels, David Baker has mounted a comeback to push his stack back over 30,000.
On the last encounter, Baker opened for 750 in the hijack, the cut-off called, and Jonathan Aguiar three-bet to 2,325 from the button. Baker made it 6,125, which was enough to pick up the pot uncontested.
A reraised pot between Almira Skripchenko and Chris Bjorin saw the latter lead out for 4,000 on a flop. Skripchenko quickly raised to 12,000 and Bjorin moved in instantly, Skripchenko made an equally speedy call.
Bjorin:
Skripchenko:
The turn gave the French Chess Master a couple of additional outs and the proved an unlikely way to her to achieve the double up. Skripchenko is up to 75,000 while Bjorin who has finalled two of the WSOPE events here, dropped to 17,500.
Jason Mercier is now down to just 9,575. Adam Fletcher, whom he called down earlier, just got called down again - but this time he'd flopped, and subsequently slowplayed, a set of Eights and was happy to get the call.
The flop had been checked threeway: while the turn saw Mercier betting out 1,250. Just a flat call from Fletcher. On the river Mercier bet again (some part of a 5k chip with was less than or equal to 4k) and Fletcher quickly raised to 8,000. Back to Mercier who looked like he was going through another painful decision, which ended in his flipping in another red 5k chip, seeing the in Fletcher's hand and mucking his own.
Daniel "Jungleman12" Cates is going to have plenty of time to focus on the Durrrr Challenge after crashing out of today's event. He got all his chips in on the turn of a board, calling for his tournament life with after Filippo Candio had put him all in.
"Do you have spades?" inquired Candio nervously as he revealed for the straight.
He was half right, as he still needed to evade a spade (and the higher straight) on the river, which he indeed did as the final card came the to award him the pot. "Yes!" he yelped with a clench fist as the bullet hit the felt.
Cates, meanwhile, leaned across the felt with a bemused look on his face before declaring, "I misread my hand, I thought I had a set." Either way, it was academic, as the Candio's straight held to send the online titan home.
From under the gun, Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 800. The next two players called and then action fell on Andy Bloch in middle position. He reraised to 3,200. Arnaud Mattern called the three-bet from the cutoff seat and play folded back around to Lichtenberger. He thought for a bit and then folded, as did the two players behind him who had called the opening raise.
With play down to just Mattern and Bloch, the flop came down . Bloch fired out 5,000 and Mattern made the call.
The turn brought the and Bloch opted to check. After a few moments, Mattern announced all in. Bloch asked if he was all in and then asked that if Mattern was all in, if he could push his stack forward. Mattern did just that and started to break it down when Bloch announced a call.
The cards were on their backs and it was Bloch's ahead of Mattern's .
The river was a big, fat lady in the form of he and Mattern spiked his two-outer to double up. He was all in for 13,350 and Bloch sent over the chips. Bloch was knocked down to 2,900.
flop where Boatman check-raised the Frenchman's continuation bet of 1,000 to 3,400. After a brief dwell, Boatman made the call.
, and after Boatman had checked, Bichon fired out a bet of 9,000. This time, and despite a look of temptation in his eyes, Boatman relinquished his hand.
against Filippo Candio who made the call. The 
came on the turn and Margets now checked and Candio quickly bet 7,600.
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board which did the damage - Mattern, holding pocket Queens, bet and called Cody's raise, and then bet-called the brick turn. He found Cody with 
with Jason Lester also calling.
flop was checked to Levi who bet 1,000 into a 2,300 pot. Lester folded but Selbst made the call to see a 
turn, Selbst checked again and then call a bet of 2,400 on the turn. The river was the 
versus 
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river Mercier bet again (some part of a 5k chip with was less than or equal to 4k) and Fletcher quickly raised to 8,000. Back to Mercier who looked like he was going through another painful decision, which ended in his flipping in another red 5k chip, seeing the 
in Fletcher's hand and mucking his own.
after Filippo Candio had put him all in.
for the straight.
. Bloch fired out 5,000 and Mattern made the call.
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