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Some dreadful misfortune for Tracey Nguyen, as she got her whole stack in with 
against 
on a 
flop with two diamonds on it. Not so bad, you might think - but a third diamond dropped on the turn, and the fourth diamond on the river sealed the dreadful deal. Nguyen dropped right down to just 3,400. Ouch.
Robert Williamson III's normally vocal on arrival, but today he was visually loud as he entered the Pavillion Room with four voluptuous women in tow.
These fine members of the female species were representing a brand of beer (which I'm not sure I can name - let's call it 'Duff Beer'), and have been lurking on an otherwise empty rail while causing a distraction to many hot-blooded males in the room.
At one stage, Williamson tried to get the players on his table to wear a T-shirt of that particular brand and managed to find two victims, who then spread their arms as the ladies pulled the shirt over their heads. I think it was at this point that Williamson nicked their blinds.
There isn't a lot of colorful dress going on in the Pavilion, but one player has decided to show up wearing a complete Batman outfit. He's got the hat, cape and chest piece. From the look on his face, though, his suit has not given him the power to win chips this afternoon.
We heard "all in and call" from Table 368 in the Amazon Room and rushed to catch the action.
When we arrived, the board read 
and Mark Seif had 
laying in front of him. He was stacking chips to send across the table however, because his opponent had 
.
Seif was crippled to just 1,150 chips.
The next hand, Seif was all in and found a caller in the blinds. Seif's 
was trailing his opponent's 
and the board was dry until the 
popped up on the river, doubling him to 2,300.
Seif is still short, but he is alive nonetheless.
There was a raise to 275 from the gent in the hijack, and both the cutoff and the small blind called before Benny Spindler made it 1,200 from the big blind. Back to the hijack gent, who made it 3,200 to go. Both the callers folded, Spindler however called, and they went heads up to the flop.
Flop: 
Spindler checked and his opponent bet 5,075. A call later and they were at the turn.
Turn:
Spindler checked again, and this time his opponent bet 9,000. Then began a lengthy spell in the tank for Spindler, which ended roughly five minutes later when he folded.
Spindler dropped back down to 31,000.
Arnaud Mattern is down to a paltry 6,000 after losing several key pots.
The biggest one saw him reach a two-way 
flop where he bet, and his opponent called.
On the 
turn, Mattern's opponent led for 800, triggering the Frenchman to apply the pressure with a raise to 2,100, which was subsequently called.
The river brought the flush in, and with Mattern's foe betting 3,000, Mattern turned his hand into a bluff by check-raising to 12,000.
After a long tank, the call was made, Mattern's second pair beaten by 
for the flopped two pair.
The board read an daunting 
when we caught up with the action on the turn. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier bet around 2,000. His opponent, who had initially checked, called.
The river was the 
and again the other player checked again. This time ElkY bet 3,150 and his opponent called and then immediately mucked to ElkY's for a full house.
ElkY had taken a few hits before that, but is now back up to 27,000.
We just caught the tail end of a pot as the river card came down onto a board of 
. There was about 5,000 in the pot, and John Duthie led out with 4,500 chips. His opponent had apparently been calling the whole way, and he called one more time to see Duthie's cards.
Mr. Duthie showed 
for two pair, and that was the best hand. He dragged the pot, moving to 46,300 in the process. Duthie's been all over the place between 30,000 and 55,000 thus far today.
The player under the gun raised to 300, and he was called by an opponent a few seats over in middle position. Alex Kostritsyn called too, and the big blind also came along for a four-way flop.
It rolled out 
, and action checked to Kostritsyn. He bet 800 before the initial raiser check-raised to 3,300 total. That folded the two players in the middle, but Kostritsyn promptly reraised to 9,300, and that was enough to get the job done.
That pot moves him back over his starting stack to 30,800.
