Alessandro Speranza raised to 800 in early position and Richard Ashby and John Hewitt called in the blinds. The three players shared a flop of and both players checked to the raiser who bet 1,600. Ashby made the call and Hewitt folded and three became two going to the turn. The turn was the and Ashby check-called a 3,800 bet. The final card was another queen - - and both players checked and we had a showdown that was won by Speranza.
Showdown
Johnny Chan and Andy Frankenberger both limped in late position before Nicolas Fierro raised to 1,400 in the big blind. Only Chan made the call and both of them saw a flop of which they both checked. The turn was the and Fierro bet 3,000 and Chan folded.
Phil Collins raised to 800 and three players called (Fierro/Chan/Frankenberger). Four-way to the flop and we saw a very acey looking . Collins c-bet 2,500, Fierro folded, Johnny Chan raised to 6,000 before Andy Frankenberger moved all in for around 20,000. Collins folded and Chan made the call.
Showdown
Frankenberger
Chan
Turn: & River:
Frankenberger's hand held up and Chan was back to square one.
We've got well over two hours of play remaining and no more than 72 players are still in the hunt. We've lost 267 players already which comes down to 44 players per level. If we take it even further we can say that we lost one player every 81 seconds the entire day! The day has been very rough and fast but we also see a lot of big stacks emerging!
Salman Behbehani made up the loose change in the small blind and Vanessa Hellebuyck checked in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Behbehani bet 600 and Hellebuck made the call. The river was the and Behbehani bet 1,8000 but Hellebuyck raised it up to 3,800. Behbehani made the call and he had been caught on the river.
We received another list from the tournament staff with bust outs. We will keep an eye out for any mistakes but these players will most likely no longer be in the tournament!