We apologize for technical issues which delayed the last hand (Hand #41) before the break. The players have been on a 15-minute break, and action is about to resume. Here are the official chip counts:
Hand #41 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Ly limps from the small blind for 40,000, and Mizrachi checks his option. The flop comes , Ly checks, Mizrachi bets 40,000, and Ly calls. The turn card pairs the board with the , and both players check. The river card is the , Ly checks, Mizrachi bets 100,000, and Ly folds. Robert Mizrachi takes the pot.
Hand #40 - Marco Traniello has the button in seat 3, Mizrachi limps under the gun for 40,000, Traniello limps from the button, Mouritsen limps from the small blind, and Ly checks his option. The flop comes , Mouritsen checks, Ly pot-bets 160,000, Mizrachi calls, Traniello folds, and Mouritsen folds. The turn card is the , Ly pot-bets 480,000, and Mizrachi thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. The river card pairs the board with the , Ly checks, Mizrachi bets 500,000, and Ly folds.
Robert Mizrachi shows 8-6-5-4 for a full house, fours full of fives, as he takes the pot worth 1.44 million.
Hand #39 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, Ly limps under the gun for 40,000, and Mouritsen checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes , Mouritsen checks, Ly pot-bets 80,000, and Mouritsen calls. The turn card is the , Mouritsen checks, Ly pot-bets 240,000, and Mouritsen folds. Tommy Ly takes the pot.
Hand #37 - Robert Mizrachi has the button in seat 9, Brunson raises from the small blind to 120,000, and Antonius calls from the big blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Brunson bets 130,000, and Antonius thinks for about two minutes before he calls. The river card is the , Brunson moves all in, and Antonius folds. Doyle Brunson takes the pot to the applause of the crowd.
Hand #36 - Tommy Ly has the button in seat 5, Antonius raises under the gun to 140,000, and Brunson calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Brunson bets 150,000, and Antonius goes into the tank for several minutes before he moves all in for 275,000, and Brunson calls with for two pair, sixes and fives. Antonius shows for a pair of nines, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The turn card is the , and Antonius takes the lead with two pair, queens and nines. The river card is the , and Antonius wins the pot.
Patrik Antonius, the feared Black Lotus of poker, doubles up in chips to about 830,000.
Hand #35 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Ly limps from the small blind for 40,000, and Mizrachi checks his option. The flop comes , Ly pot-bets 80,000, and Mizrachi folds. Tommy Ly takes the pot.