Humberto "The Shark" Brenes has been quietly chipping up throughout the day but his mouth has been the opposite of quiet. Humberto is widely known for his table chatter and his toy shark that sits on top of his chips, both of which are the case today.
In a recent hand, Brenes was in the small blind and checked his option when the flop came . The big blind also checked and the button bet 11,000. Brenes called and the big blind folded to the turn of . Both players checked and the river was the . Brenes checked one more time and his opponent started counting out a bet. After looking like he was going to bet, he checked behind and Brenes tabled . That was good enough to win the hand as his opponent showed . After his opponent checked, Brenes said to him, "I was waiting for you," with a little laugh to follow.
More notables have hit the deck, but have been fortunate enough to make the pay jump to $2,659. This includes JJ Liu, Linglin Zeng, Craig Gold, Georgios Zisimopoulos, Massoud Eskandari, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Chris Moorman, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Erkut Yilmaz, and Manig Loeser.
Notable players who made the next pay jump to $2,493 include Matt Waxman, Jean Gaspard, John Racener, Jonathan Abdellatif, Eric Wasylenko, Michael Assante, Oluwashola Akindele, David "ODB" Baker, Dong Guo, Maxim Lykov, Ryan Belz, Martin Jacobson, Jason Koon, and Jeff Gross.
There was around 15,000 in the pot with the board reading and the action was on Maria Ho. She bet 7,500 and got called in one spot, while her other opponent folded. The turn was the and both players checked. The river landed the and Ho checked again. Her opponent bet 19,500 and Ho needed to come to a decision. After eyeing up her opponent, Ho made the call and her opponent showed to play the board. Ho rolled over for a bigger straight and scooped the pot.
David Pham was all in a short while ago with about 10,000 in front of him, and he now sits on over 220,000. He looks to secure his fourth career bracelet, and second of the series.
Garrett Greer is also still in the mix, looking to spin up a stack and best his runner-up finish in this very same event after falling to the eventual winner, Jason Dewitt.
Upon passing by Barry Hutter's table, he called his opponent's all in and had the best of the best with . His opponent had , with Hutter sitting on a mountain of chips, and his opponent all in for about 35,000.
The flop came and Hutter pulled even further ahead. The turn was the and his opponent picked up a straight draw. The on the river sealed the deal and Hutter scooped the pot and the elimination.
Familiar faces in the field to make the next pay jump to $2,357 include James Mackey, Ronit D'Angelo, Tom Koral, Andre Akkari, Jake Schwartz, Hiren Patel, Neil Blumenfield, Joshua Wallace, Sorel Mizzi, Aaron Thomas, Michael Lech, Alex Manzano, Ryan D'Angelo, David Ormsby and Dan O'Brien.
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. The big blind also checked and the button bet 11,000. Brenes called and the big blind folded to the turn of 
. Both players checked and the river was the 
. Brenes checked one more time and his opponent started counting out a bet. After looking like he was going to bet, he checked behind and Brenes tabled 
. That was good enough to win the hand as his opponent showed 
. After his opponent checked, Brenes said to him, "I was waiting for you," with a little laugh to follow.
and the action was on Maria Ho. She bet 7,500 and got called in one spot, while her other opponent folded. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river landed the 
to play the board. Ho rolled over 
. His opponent had 
and Hutter pulled even further ahead. The turn was the 
on the river sealed the deal and Hutter scooped the pot and the elimination.
