Felipe Ramos was one of those players forced to re-enter early in the day but he has started to make use of his second bullet. The action was folded around to the small blind who raised to 52,000. "Let's see a flop," Ramos said as he tossed in chips to call.
The flop came and the small blind continued for 50,000. Ramos quickly called and the peeled off on the turn. The small blind fired another 75,000 and Ramos still called. The river brought the and both players checked. The small blind turned over but Ramos tabled to earn himself the pot.
Chris Hunichen found himself involved in a pot with both of the blinds and 400,000 in the middle preflop. When the flop came , the small blind checked, the big blind bet 160,000, and Hunichen called from early position. The small blind folded and the landed on the turn.
The big blind fired another 285,000 and Hunichen called again. The river was the , pairing the board and putting three diamonds out there. Hunichen was faced with another bet of 275,000 and he tossed in the chips to call. His opponent turned over but Hunichen held for the same two pair but a better kicker.
We join the action in a hand between Vojtech Skalak, Terry Schumacher, and Alan Summers, looking at a board of with around 175,000 in the middle.
Skalak checked it over to Schumacher, who put out a bet of 75,000 from the cutoff before being promptly raised to 200,000 by Alan Summers on the button. Skalak folded, and Schumacher called as the dealer burned and turned the .
Schumacher checked, with Summers continuing for another 200,000. After a short pause, Schumacher shoved the rest in for a total of 615,000, which Summers very quickly called. Summers' was in good shape to knock out Schumacher, whose needed some help. Said help arrived as the landed on the river awarding Schumacher the pot.
The tournament board currently reads a total of 965 entries with 497 players remaining. The players are taking a 20-minute break in the action with two more levels of late registration.
There were five players that saw the flop for 60,000 each. A player in early position fired out a bet of 130,000 and was called by the cutoff and Francois Billard on the button.
The hit the turn and the player in early position bet another 250,000. Both the cutoff and Billard continued to call and the completed the board. The player in early position shoved all in for 1.0 million and the cutoff folded. Billard pushed his long hair from his eyes and tried to get a read on his opponent.
After a couple of minutes, the clock was called and Billard was forced to act within 60 seconds. He eventually tossed in a chip to call and his opponent knocked the table. He showed and Billard turned over to eliminate his opponent and close in on 5,000,000 chips.
The action folded around to Sergio Aido who raised to 65,000 from the cutoff. The button called and Alexandru Papazian pushed all in for 960,000 from the small blind. Aido called and the button folded.
Sergio Aido:
Alexandru Papazian:
The board ran out and Aido ace-nine high was just enough to send Papazian to the registration desk to re-enter.
Action folded around to Tim Chung in the cutoff, who opened with a raise to 75,000, picking up Blake Bohn on the button, with the player in the small blind coming along to make it a three-way encounter.
The small blind and Chung both checked the flop, with Bohn taking the opportunity to put in a bet of 100,000. After the player in the small blind moved out of the way, Chung made the call and the two players took a turn. Both players checked, before the came down on the river. Chung picked up some change and threw out 275,000, picking up an instant call.
Chung rolled over , but was no good as Bohn showed to take the pot.
On a flop reading , Mike Leah led out from under the gun for 80,000 into a pot of around 150,000. Eric Afriat was his only opponent and made the call from late position.
The fell on the turn and Leah bet 200,000, which Afriat instantly called. The river brought the and Leah fired another 525,000. Afriat thought for a moment but elected to send his cards to the muck.
"That was a bad river," Afriat said.
"It saved one of us. It might have been you, it might have been me," Leah responded. He then proceeded to tell Afriat he flopped top set, correctly guessing the exact queen Afriat was holding.
The tournament board officially says there are a total of 1,000 entries, meaning that the $5,000,000 guarantee put up by partypoker LIVE has been reached. There is still more than one level remaining of late registration and the number of entries is expected to continue to rise.
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and the small blind continued for 50,000. Ramos quickly called and the 
peeled off on the turn. The small blind fired another 75,000 and Ramos still called. The river brought the 
and both players checked. The small blind turned over 
but Ramos tabled 
to earn himself the pot.
, the small blind checked, the big blind bet 160,000, and Hunichen called from early position. The small blind folded and the 
landed on the turn. 
, pairing the board and putting three diamonds out there. Hunichen was faced with another bet of 275,000 and he tossed in the chips to call. His opponent turned over 
for the same two pair but a better kicker.
with around 175,000 in the middle.
.
was in good shape to knock out Schumacher, whose 
flop for 60,000 each. A player in early position fired out a bet of 130,000 and was called by the cutoff and Francois Billard on the button.
and Billard turned over 
to eliminate his opponent and close in on 5,000,000 chips.
and Aido ace-nine high was just enough to send Papazian to the registration desk to re-enter.
flop, with Bohn taking the opportunity to put in a bet of 100,000. After the player in the small blind moved out of the way, Chung made the call and the two players took a 
to take the pot.
