We're down to four and they're all on dinner break. Here are the official chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,170,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
|
585,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
565,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
|
||
|
|
550,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
We're now on a 60-minute dinner. Back after that to find the new owner of one of these bracelets.
From under the gun, Brent Courson raised and Flavio Ferrari called out of the big blind. After the flop came 
, Ferrari check-called a bet from the preflop raiser Courson.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked. The river completed the board and out four hearts out there with the 
. Ferrari checked, Courson bet and Ferrari called. Couson tabled the 
for a king-high flush and Ferrari mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
650,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
440,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Hansu Chu reraised all in after Steven Hustoft raised. Hustoft made the call and the hands were tabled. Chu held the 
, but was dominated by the 
of Hustoft.
The flop came down 
and both players hit their nine. Chu's ten kicker was behind Hustoft's queen though and they both picked up a gutshot to go along with their pair.
The turn brought the and the river the 
, failing to help Chu and sending him to the rail in fifth place. He took home just under $50,000. Hustoft moved up to 700,000 in chips.
Eric Buchman raised and then Brent Courson reraised from the small blind. Buchman raised again and Courson called.
The flop came down 
and more bets went into the pot. Courson checked, Buchman bet, Courson raised and then BUchman called. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river completed the board with the and both players checked again.
Courson tabled the 
and Buchman mucked his hand.
Steven Hustoft raised and Flavio Ferrari called from the small blind. The two players took a flop of 
and Ferrari bet out. Hustoft made the call.
The turn added the to the board and Ferrari bet out again. Hustoft raised and Ferrari called before seeing the fall on the river. Both players then checked.
Hustoft tabled the 
and won the pot as Ferrari mucked.
Plenty of hands have been dealt, but only a few have been blog worthy. There's been dozens of hands since coming back from the last break where a simple preflop raise takes down the blinds. Without any action, as the levels pass by the average stack goes down and each player has fewer big bets in their stack with which to work with. This should make for some very fast poker come the later levels as we move into the night.
Hansu Chu opened the pot from the button and Brent Courson called in the big blind. The flop was 
and Courson check-called a bet. The turn brought the 
and both players checked.
The river card was the 
and Courson took the pot after bet. Courson moved up to 450,000 chips while Chu now has just 45,000.
Hansu Chu was all in preflop with the 
and called by Brent Courson and his 
. The board ran out 
and Chu doubled with a pair of tens back to about 160,000.
