Max Silver has more than doubled up his stack despite losing a small pot just now when we walked past his table. He raised from the cutoff and the player in the small blind called. Silver was then check-raised from 6,500 to 14,000 on the flop and ended up mucking his cards.
With the board reading at the turn, Jason Johnson called the all-in bet of his opponent with . He just needed his top pair to hold against to knock him out of the tournament. The brought a whoop of victory from the player with the jack, but Johnson quietly pointed out that he had made a flush.
An opponent from Brazil has just doubled up Robert Chorlian for massive 72,300 when the money went in preflop. Chorlian had and his opponent turned over . The board ran out and Chorlian is now well above average.
After the flop, Barry Greenstein and Pablo Fernandez Campo got their stacks in and both players had flopped the straight. Greenstein had a slight advantage with the and was at risk for his last 72,800. He indeed improved versus thanks to the on the river. The turn changed nothing in between.
Alexander Jung raised twice in a row to 5,100, both times getting called by Joseph Iarussi. In the first hand, Jung won the pot with a continuation bet on the flop and tried so again one hand later. This time, Iarussi raised the flop from 6,200 to 16,200 and grabbed back the previously lost chips.
There are two further notables on the same table as well.
Roberto Romanello raised from the cutoff to 4,800 and Thomas Harry Jr. called in the big blind. The dealer delivered a flop and Harry Jr. open shoved all in. Romanello quickly made the call putting Harry Jr. at risk.
Romanello:
Harry Jr.
Romanello was behind until the dealer laid out the on the turn. Romanello had paired his jack and the hit on the river. Harry Jr. had thought he hit two pair and Romanello kindly informed him that he had made a straight with the eight and Harry Jr. exited in 97th place.