Michael Del Vecchio raised to 500 and was called by the player in the small blind. Duff Charette three-bet to 2,200 from the big blind and just the small blind reluctantly called before checking in the dark. Charette checked behind the flop and bet the turn for 4,800 after a check of his opponent. That was enough to win the pot without further resistance for the Canadian.
One hand later, Daniel Laidlaw raised to 500 from the cutoff and Charette called in the small blind, the big blind made it three to the flop of . All three players checked to the turn and the big blind bet 1,100. Laidlaw called while Charette folded and the river brought a check from the big blind and a bet of 3,100 by Laidlaw.
After some consideration, the call followed and Laidlaw's for trips tens won the pot.
The seat of Christopher Soyza is empty while Andrew Locke on his former table had a far bigger stack. According to Dara O'Kearney it was Locke, who had previously doubled through Soyza, who did the final damage. Soyza got it in with for top two on a jack-ten high board and Locke held pocket queens to find a queen on each the turn and river for quads.
New faces in the field include Thomas Boivin, Mel Juda and [Removed:17].
Corey Zarb, who had reduced the stack of Kenny Hallaert to just 100 chips after seven minutes on Day 1a and sent the Belgian to the rail soon after, was sitting on more than two times the starting stack but his seat was suddenly empty. Chris Cannon has all of them and took over the role of chip leader.
Cannon raised small to pick up calls from Samantha Abernathy on the button and a short stack in the big blind. On the river, the big blind led for 1,300 and Cannon called. Abernathy raised to 5,000 and that was enough to force two folds.
Peter Dykes was all in and at risk for just 1,950 and turned over the . His table neighbour had two live cards in and the board of left Dykes empty-handed.
Facing a bet of 2,800 on the turn, Nikki Stiefel called and the fell on the river. Stiefel had some 17,000 behind and her sole opponent bet 13,000. That proved to be too much and Stiefel slipped down further to just over half the starting stack. Below are further assorted counts.
A short stack moved all in for his last 4,175 on the button and Heidi May in the small blind called, while big stack Dinesh Velupillay in the big blind folded.
Button:
Heidi May:
The board came and the player at risk got there with a deuce on the flop to remain in contention.
Over on table 31 there was some uproar and a closer look revealed a three-way all in after the flop. Nathan Goodall had the for bottom set while his table neighbour had for top set. Lee Armstrong was the second-biggest stack in the clash and tabled for the straight, and the turn and river bricked off to eliminate Goodall.
Shane Moran was among one of the most recent entries and took a seat next to Brendon Rubie.
Moran opened to 850 on the button and Andrew Basset defended the big blind to see a flop of . Basset checked and subsequently check-raised from 1,200 to 3,000 before immediately calling the shove of Moran for his last 19,000.
Andrew Basset:
Shane Moran:
The turn was a blank, but Moran got there on the river to eliminate Basset. According to Rubie, Basset had lost 10,000 in the previous hand and may have been steaming a bit from that still to snap-call the all in.
flop and bet the 
turn for 4,800 after a check of his opponent. That was enough to win the pot without further resistance for the Canadian.
. All three players checked to the 
turn and the big blind bet 1,100. Laidlaw called while Charette folded and the 
river brought a check from the big blind and a bet of 3,100 by Laidlaw.
for trips tens won the pot.
for top two on a jack-ten high board and Locke held pocket queens to find a queen on each the turn and river for quads.
. His table neighbour had two live cards in 
left Dykes empty-handed.
fell on the river. Stiefel had some 17,000 behind and her sole opponent bet 13,000. That proved to be too much and Stiefel slipped down further to just over half the starting stack. Below are further assorted counts.
for bottom set while his table neighbour had 
for top set. Lee Armstrong was the second-biggest stack in the clash and tabled 
turn and 
. Basset checked and subsequently check-raised from 1,200 to 3,000 before immediately calling the shove of Moran for his last 19,000.
river to eliminate Basset. According to Rubie, Basset had lost 10,000 in the previous hand and may have been steaming a bit from that still to snap-call the all in.
