With about 225,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Dilovan Hussein moved all in for 427,000 from early position. Jared Jaffee was in the hijack and asked for a count, clearly unsure of what he was going to do. Eventually, he called.
Hussein triumphantly tabled for a set of tens and Jaffee disappointingly tabled for a pair of jacks. "No jack, baby!" yelled Hussein.
The river was the and Hussein doubled up.
"Woooo!" exclaimed Hussein. "That's what I'm talking about! That's why I shoved. I knew you were gonna call," he continued.
Jeff Lisandro piped in, "You're gonna become a national hero, man." He smiled.
With around 55,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of . Danielle Andersen checked from the big blind and her opponent bet 25,000 from middle position. Andersen called and the came on the turn.
Andersen checked again and her opponent bet 50,000 this time. Andersen called and the river brought the .
Andersen checked for the third time and her opponent bet 65,000. Andersen quickly made the call and her opponent tabled . Andersen showed and raked in the pot.
Players have reached their second break of the day, and Ibrahim Nasief leads. Neither Mickey Craft or Eugene Kotlyarevskiy have been able to kick on from their peaks earlier, which has allowed Nasief to sneak ahead.
Play gets back underway in around 20 minutes from now.
In a hand just before the break, Andre Akkari got his short stack in the middle before the flop against a single opponent.
Akkari:
Opponent:
Akkari had a commanding lead with his aces, and although the flop gave his opponent some outs with an open-ended straight draw, neither the on the turn nor on the river improved either player and Akkari took the pot to double up.