We came back from the break with just 11 tables left in the White section, breaking towards the Black section in the far corner. We'll let you fill in your own jokes about that while we provide some chip counts from the last few holdouts over here in this corner.
The 505 remaining players have just returned from dinner break and are now back in action. The average chip stack is currently 23,522 and we have four levels of play left before we call it a night.
Andy Black re-raised preflop to 2,575 in position and found himself heads up headed to the flop.
It rolled off and both players snap-checked. The turn was the and once again it was checked to Black. This time he bet 5,000 and after some thought, his opponent called. The river was the and when given the opportunity, Black bet 11,000. His opponent was clearly not happy and thought for awhile. Eventually, he announced a call. Black immediately tabled for a set and his opponent angrily mucked his cards.
Kathy Liebert raised to 800 from middle position and was called by a player in late position as well as John Racener on the button and the big blind. The flop came and action checked to Racener who bet 1,500. The big blind called and the other players folded. Both players checked when the came on the turn but after the fell on the river the big blind tossed out a bet of 2,850. Racener called but then mucked his hand after his opponent showed the for a flush.
After watching his table mate, Lars Bonding, get it in with King-high, Dunst decided to try it himself. From early position he moved in with for 1,850 and had one opponent make the call with to put him at risk. The board ran out and Dunst will have an early dinner tonight.
Lars Bonding was in middle position and went all in for 3,350. The opponent to his left called and the big blind came over the top for 9,300, leaving himself just 800. The player who flatted the initial all in seemed more than stressed by the decision he had to make. Finally, he threw in enough chips to put the second player all in and the call was made.
Bonding:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Bonding was in a world of hurt as his King was very much dead to the other all in player. The big stack would likely need a nine to take both pots and that's exactly what he got. It came down . The turn was the which gave Bonding a live flush draw. The third opponent needed the case king to stay alive by winning the side pot, but that very same king would give Bonding a flush so he had no chance to win the main pot. Regardless, It bricked off with the and both players had to hit the rail.
Although we didn't witness the hand that crippled Brenes, we were told that he and another player ended up all in after a flop of with Brenes holding against his opponent's . Brenes was unable to catch up and was left with around 1,500 in chips.
On the very next hand Brenes shoved all in from late position and was called by the player in the big blind.
Brenes:
Big Blind:
The flop brought bad news for Brenes when it came , giving his opponent a pair of nines and the lead. The on the turn and on the river were of no help to Brenes and he was sent to the rail.