Gabriel Andrade, who reached two final tables during the 2021 World Series of Poker, now has 190,000 chips in front of him as we enter the second break of the day.
Andrade finished 2nd in last year's Event #13: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em and 5th in Event #39: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha (8-handed).
Elsewhere, Ollie Banks has 163,400 and Israel's Iury Wolf has 135,000.
Belgium's Gary Hasson, who finished 3rd in 2018's Event #28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, is on 110,000 chips.
Alvin Staana opened under the gun to 2,500 and was three-bet to 7,500 by the player two seats to his left. Staana called.
The flop came . After Staana checked, his opponent put out a bet of 7,000. Staana called.
When the rolled off on the turn, Staana elected to put his opponent all-in. After roughly a minute of deliberation, the player called for his last 21,600.
Opponent:
Staana:
The river meant that Staana's pair of kings held to see his chip stack soar to 180,000.
Bob Zeidman made it 3,000 to go and Johnnie Moreno shoved for his last 19,800. Zeidman let it go and Moreno took the pot.
A few minutes later Moreno was no longer seated and the table recounted that he had another encounter with Zeidman. This time Zeidman had Moreno at risk preflop.
Johnnie Moreno:
Bob Zeidman:
Zeidman would drill an eight for a set and Moreno was eliminated.