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When we arrived at the table the flop was 
and Evelyn Ng fired a 6,600-chip bet from the small blind. On the button, her opponent moved all in, and Ng called.
Showdown
Ng: 
Evelyn: 
The turn card was a 
and the river brought a 
to the felt, Evelyn Ng doubled up. She's now up to 53,000 chips
We overheard two cheerful, well-lubricated fans shooting the breeze on the rail. They were a bit star struck by some of the players they were seeing, and there was real excitement in their voices.
"Jackie Chan over there has all the chips," one of them said, and both men burst into laughter as they realized the mistake. They elbowed each other and doubled over in hysterics, eventually restraining the laughter long enough for one of them to make an actual joke: "Jackie Chan will kick your ass in real life. Johnny Chan will kick your ass in poker."
Down to about 10,000 chips, Heather Sue Mercer got her stack in the middle on a nine-high flop, 
. A second player called with pocket jacks, no good against Mercer's pocket kings. The turn and river bricked to double Mercer up to about 25,000.
The flop fell a coordinated 
. When the big blind checked to him, Sean Prendiville bet 1,800. Another player raised to 6,800, and then the big blind check-raised them both to 16,000. No worries for Prendiville. He four-bet shoved for around 66,000. The player behind him called all in, and the big blind tank-folded. Prendiville turned over 
for the nut straight, and his opponent wasn't looking too good with 
for a lower straight with no flush redraw. The 
turn and 
river didn't save the all-in player with a chop. Instead, he hit the rail and Prendiville hit the top of the chip counts. He's up to 145,000, making him one of the biggest stacks in the Rio.
With about 18,000 in the pot on a board of 
, Todd Terry made a bet of 12,200 with his opponent making the call.
Terry showed 
for a set of sixes to take it down. He's up to 90,000.
David Williams raised it up from under the gun to 1,050 and found himself company as three callers came along to see a flop of 
.
Play checked to Williams who fired 3,000. One fold, one call and one more fold. The turn brought a repeat 
and action was checked before the 
hit the river. Williams checked and his opponent fired 3,500 with Williams looking him up.
Williams' opponent showed 
which was good to take it down. Williams slips to 110,000.
Barny Boatman took a bit of a flier against a very short stack, calling an all in with 
. The short stack showed and doubled up on a board that came 
.
After the hand, Boatman gave a half-shrug as if to say, "That's ok. I still have 155,000 chips." Which he does.
Tom Dwan's stack has been a bouncing yo-yo for the last two hours. It's falling to the floor again after a recent spot of trouble with Lee Markholt. Dwan opened pre-flop for 1,050 and was called by Markholt (in position) and the big blind. Dwan continued for 2,275 on a nine-high flop, 
. Only Markholt called.
Both players checked the turn. When the river fell a third club, , Dwan tried a bet of 4,850. Markholt tanked for more than a minute before finally calling with a pair of nines, 
. Dwan showed an airball with to fall to 6,000 in chips.
There was a board of 
out when we caught a peek at the Red section's featured table. Carlos Mortensen was the one doing the betting, carefully plucking 3,500 chips from his ornate fortress and flicking them into the pot. His opponent promptly raised to 15,200 total, and that took Mortensen aback. He tanked for a long while, eventually asking, "If I fold, you show?"
"No," his opponent said flatly, but Mortensen folded anyways, flashing in the process! That surprised everyone at the table, most notably the raiser.
"I thought I had you beat but I didn't."
