Joe Beevers - 55,700
David Williams - 9,900
John Kabbaj - 13,500
Chris Bjorin - 28,000
Daniel Negreanu - 70,000
Robert Williamson III - 37,000
Kelly Kim - 6,000
John Phan simply can't win a pot at the moment and he's now very short in chips. He and Spencer Lawrence played a very cautious pot just now checking every street of a board where Lawrence's triumphed over Phan's .
The button raised, small blind Erik Albinsson reraised, only to find big blind Gus Hansen capping it preflop; only Albinsson called.
The flop: Check to Hansen whose single 1,000 chip bet was enough to make Albinsson pass, having already invested 4,000. This lowers his stack to 9,000, while Hansen is climbing as steadily as London Underground fares - up to 70,000.
Of course any news about dinner is good news, but this news relates to today's dinner break. We've just been informed by the tournament staff that the dinner break will begin at the completion of Level 9 and last two hours.
Marc Goodwin showing a board of bets sixth street before betting seventh without looking at his last card despite Andreas Krause's strong board. Krause makes the call and Goodwin flips over the for trip aces. But the German turns over the for Fives over Kings for the pot.
"This is a sick game," declares Goodwin as he takes a hit to his stack.
Just before the break, a fairly big hand took place that resulted in the elimination of Woody Deck.
The flop showed with about 5,000 already in the pot when Daniel Negreanu led out with an 800 bet from the small blind. Robert Williamson III then raised it up to 1,600 from the big. Next action belonged to Deck, who tossed his remaining 2,600 into the pot, though the official raise was to 2,400. Chris Bjorin made the call from the button and Negreanu folded. The action then returned to Williamson who put in another raise, perhaps to officially put Deck all in. Deck called off his last 200 and Bjorin put in the extra 800, setting up a heads-up sidepot between Bjorin and Williamson heading into the flop.
Phew.... Still with me? The came on the turn and Williamson fired one last bet, putting Bjorn all in. Chris of course made the call, and the following cards were shown down:
Williamson:
Bjorin:
Deck:
The river brought the leaving Woody Deck the odd man out as Williamson and Bjorin chopped the high with two pair (aces and sixes), and Bjorin took down the low with A-3-5-6-8.
After the hand, Bjorin stacked up about 17,000 in chips and Williamson, 34,500.
The players are back from their break and cards are up in the air. The cards wil be taken from the air and shuffled before they are used though, in case you were wondering.