Daniel Steinberg was heads up with David Benyamine when we walked up to see the dealer spreading a flop of . Steinberg was first, and he put out a bet of 2,200. Benyamine called.
The turn drew another leading bet, 5,600 this time. Benyamine cut the calling chips out of his stack and put them on top of another 20,000 worth of yellowbirds. It looked like he was about to make it 25,600, but he plucked the 5,600 back off the top and flung it into the pot.
The filled out the board, and Steinberg took his pause to think it over. After maybe 90 seconds, he grabbed all 15,100 of his remaining chips and moved all in. Benyamine tanked and called, though he didn't seem all that thrilled when he dropped the chips into the pot.
Benyamine was even less thrilled by Steinberg's , and that Broadway straight was good enough to win him a double up.
Andrew Pantling must have ants in his pants, as every time I pass his table, he's involved in a pot, normally firing out a bet of some kind.
On this occasion, he was leading for 2,500 into a flop of , with the decision resting on Philipp Gruissem. Although he didn't seem comfortable with the situation, the German SNG specialist moved all in for a total of 9,000.
After JC Tran had released hand, Pantling called quicker than a jet-propelled whippet before revealing . A turn and later, and the pot, the scalp, and the chip lead were all Pantling's.
Pantling's so hot at the moment that you could fry an egg on his forehead! He now has a whopping 90,000 in chips.
There's an awful lot going on in the field today, and it's hard to keep up with all of the names.
Our last check of Jason Senti's table sees his chair conspicuously vacant, and the player next to that vacant chair stacking a heap of chips. A quick inquiry tells us that Senti got his money in about as good as you can with pocket aces against pocket kings.
Aces fell, however, and so has Senti, but we'll see him playing for a bracelet one more time come November.
Jennifer Tilly is up to nearly 50k after playing for two hours. It seems every time we pass her table a thousand or two extra grace her stacks, and she just picked up an easy 7,500 on the button. All she had to do was threebet preflop (to 2,500) and pick up Stuart Rutter, Freddy Deeb and Simon Higgins as callers. On the flop it was checked to her, and she fired 6k, receiving the fastest folds this side of the speed origami championships.
She has only played in the 6-max tournament so far this WSOPE, opting instead of the burning-candle-at-both-ends series management to go for some time off at Fashion Week for something completely different. The fashions on offer here are limited to different sizes of tracksuit trousers, sponsorship patches and different colours of baseball hat, mainly.
Sandra Naujoks checked the flop of to Andrew Feldman. He bet 1,050 and David Steicke made the call. Naujoks folded her hand and left the boys to fight it out.
After the fell on the turn, Feldman checked. Steicke seized the opportunity to bet and fired 2,500. Feldman took a minute and then folded. He droped to 27,700 while Steicke increased to 42,000.
Over on the young guns table, Tom Marchese just won a nice pot after attacking from the button as most young players do nowadays. Action folded to Marchese and he raised to 450. The small blind called and Martins Adeniya called from the big blind.
The flop came down and the two blinds passed to Marchese. He fired 750 verbally and tossed out a yellow T1,000 chip. The small blind mucked, but Adeniya came along to see the turn.
Fourth street brought the and Adeniya checked. Marchese fired 1,150 and was called once more.
The river completed the board with the and Adeniya checked. "Allllllll right," said Marchese, checking behind.
"Just a jack," said Adeniya, flipping up the . Marchese tabled the for a flush.
Marchese moved to 28,600 and got back towards the starting stack amount. Adeniya dropped to 22,525.
Jim Collopy might have been up until the early hours trying to keep his bracelet hopes alive, but that hasn't stopped him from making an appearance here today in the Main Event.
Judging by his promising start, they might struggle to find time to squeeze in that bracelet battle, Collopy currently on 52,000 after taking down a sumptuous pot up here on the balcony.
When I arrived on the scene, Collopy was leading out from the big blind into a flop of , only for a player in middle position to move all in for 10,025.
The action halted on the button who dwelt for longer than Rodin's 'The Thinker' before eventually opting to flat call from a stack of 40,000.
Collopy paused momentarily before moving all in himself. The caller gave up the ghost and we had a showdown, Collopy in the lead with , but vulnerable against .
But when you're in form, it feels as though nothing can go wrong for you, and indeed the board ran out dry as the turn and river came and respectively.
Steven Chidwick has been eliminated, an empty chair now gracing his place at his starting table. New arrival Roland de Wolfe filled in the details succinctly:
"He had a set against a straight. A straight is better than a set, right?"
The chips went flying in on a flop between Jeff Madsen and Eli Elezra in a huge pot. Madsen flipped for top pair and a flush draw but Elezra had flopped two pair with a cheeky which turned a boat with the . The came on the river and Madsen was eliminated by the worst hand in poker.
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. Steinberg was first, and he put out a bet of 2,200. Benyamine called.
drew another leading bet, 5,600 this time. Benyamine cut the calling chips out of his stack and put them on top of another 20,000 worth of yellowbirds. It looked like he was about to make it 25,600, but he plucked the 5,600 back off the top and flung it into the pot.
filled out the board, and Steinberg took his pause to think it over. After maybe 90 seconds, he grabbed all 15,100 of his remaining chips and moved all in. Benyamine tanked and called, though he didn't seem all that thrilled when he dropped the chips into the pot.
, and that Broadway straight was good enough to win him a double up.
, with the decision resting on Philipp Gruissem. Although he didn't seem comfortable with the situation, the German SNG specialist moved all in for a total of 9,000.
turn and 
later, and the pot, the scalp, and the chip lead were all Pantling's.
flop it was checked to her, and she fired 6k, receiving the fastest folds this side of the speed origami championships.
to Andrew Feldman. He bet 1,050 and David Steicke made the call. Naujoks folded her hand and left the boys to fight it out.
fell on the turn, Feldman checked. Steicke seized the opportunity to bet and fired 2,500. Feldman took a minute and then folded. He droped to 27,700 while Steicke increased to 42,000.
and the two blinds passed to Marchese. He fired 750 verbally and tossed out a yellow T1,000 chip. The small blind mucked, but Adeniya came along to see the turn.
and Adeniya checked. Marchese fired 1,150 and was called once more.
and Adeniya checked. "Allllllll right," said Marchese, checking behind.
for a flush.
, but vulnerable against 
.
flop between Jeff Madsen and Eli Elezra in a huge pot. Madsen flipped 
which turned a boat with the