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On a board reading 
, James Calderero fired out 12,000 into a pot of roughly 14,500.
His opponent went deep into the tank before the clock was eventually called.
The Tournament Director came over and began the countdown only to have Calderero's opponent open-fold his 
to see Calderero pushed the pot to climb to 41,300 in chips.
We've seen a lot of dubious plays with ace-medium on ace-high flops already today, so it was refreshing to see someone play the hand a bit more cautiously. Lacey Jones was in position for a flop of 
and called a bet of 600 from her lone opponent. The turn was the 
and brought a bet of 1,200. Again Jones called. When the river fell 
and Jones' opponent checked, Jones took the safe route and checked behind for a free showdown. Her 
which made a pair of aces was enough to collect the pot.
Jones is up to 54,000.
Mighty Thor Hansen wasn't so mighty at showdown in a recent pot. Things started out with 5 limpers seeing an unraised flop of 
. Hansen was on the button and fired out 700 after everyone else checked. Two players called to see the 
come on the turn. They both checked, allowing Hansen to fire a second bet. He made the price of the river 1,600. Only one of the players was willing to put that much in.
When the river came a third spade, , Hansen's opponent led out for 6,000. Hansen made the call, then mucked and tumbled to 23,000 when his opponent showed a flush, 
.
On the flop of 
, Chino Rheem check-called a bet of 1,850 from his opponent. The turn brought the 
and Rheem check-called another bet this time for 4,125. The river completed the board with the 
and Rheem check-folded to a bet of 6,000 from his opponent, dropping him to 14,500.
Shortly thereafter, Rheem was eliminated by an opponent who held two pair on the turn when the money went in, but ended up making the nut flush on the river to send Rheem packing.
We caught the action on the turn in a big hand between Randal Flowers (2009 Barcelona WPT winner) and Jan Collado (2009 PCA final tablist). The board read 
. Flowers bet out 4,000, and Collado clicked it back to 8,000. Flowers called, then quickly checked the river. Collado checked behind, and Flowers tabled for trip aces. Collado mucked, and Flowers moved up to 37,000.
Jeff Sarwer was pitted against one opponent on the board of 
. He checked to his opponent, who bet 2,300. Sarwer made the call.
The river brought the and Sarwer checked. HIs opponent fired a bigger bet of 3,700 this time. Sarwer paused for a moment and then flung his hand in, dropped back to 45,000 in chips.
Catching the action on a flop of 
, the pot had already swelled to over 10,000, with a bet or raise of 8,200 in front of Dutchman Thierry van den Berg.
His opponent thought for several minutes before sliding his entire stack across the line. Van den Berg couldn't shout out "call!" any faster as he revealed 
for top set and the nuts. We thought his opponent may have had kings or perhaps queens, but instead he opened one of each - 
for an adventurous move that was going to need a lot of help.
The player actually picked up some outs with the 
turn but the river bricked the 
. Van den Berg couldn't believe his good fortune as he stacked up 77,300 chips and sent his opponent to an early exit.
An early position player opened for 700, the button called and Johannes Strassman called from the big blind. All three players checked the 
flop.
The turn was the . Strassman checked to the EP player, who bet 1,000. It was enough to chase away both the button and Strassman, who is down to 18,500.
We're not exactly sure how all the money went in, but we found Ted Forrest's 
face up against an opponent's .
The board was spread 
with Forrest making quads to double through to 8,000.
