Just before the break, Vincent Gabel was crippled to 500 chips after he ran pocket queens into pocket aces. Since then, he has went on a little bit of a rush to keep himself somewhat respectable in this tournament.
First, he was all in with and had two callers. An ace hit the board and he tripled up to around 1,600.
Next, he moved all in with against and hit a nine on the turn.
Finally, he moved all in with against and won that hand as well.
In three hands, Gabel moved from 500 to 12,000 chips.
Hevad Khan raised to 2,200 from under the gun and the table folded back around to Charalampos Tsaoussis who called from the big blind.
The flop came . Tsaoussis checked, and Khan slowly pulled 3,500 from his stack and tossed the chips into the middle. Tsaoussis folded, showing the as he did.
Khan is up to 118,000, while Tsaoussis is at 22,500.
We have discovered the whereabouts of Gavin Kelly, who is being blinded off today. Unfortunately, his grandmother has passed away, and Gavin flew home to Ireland to tend to more important business. Condolences to the Kelly family.
On a flop of , Millie Shiu checked to Andreas Torbergsen, who bet 2,000. Shiu made the call. On the turn of the , Shiu again checked. Torbergsen bet out 4,000 and Shiu immediately reraised all in.
Torbergsen then tried to get Shiu to speak, and she said, "I don't speak English."
Torbergsen thought for a long time and finally folded. Torbergsen claimed that he folded .
Shiu: "You folded queens?"
Torbergsen jokingly replied, "So you do speak English."
Shiu: "Now I do speak English."
The tournament clock has been paused while the T25 green chips are colored up and raced off. After that, the players will have 30 minutes of free time before we resume play.
Duncan Bell opened for a raise from UTG, the small blind reraised to 4,200, the big blind flat-called and Bell called. The flop was . The action was checked to Bell, who bet 7,000. The small blind called and the big blind folded. The turn was a . The small blind bet 9,000, Bell moved all in and the small blind insta-called, tabling . Bell showed . The river was the making Bell's flush and he doubled up to 90,000.