We scouted out three more new names, Davidi Kitai, Dario Alioto and Ana Marquez. The room keeps filling up and at this moment we have 306 players registered for the tournament. Late registration is open till the beginning of the fifth level.
While those players just got started Nicolas Chouity, Tommy Vedes and Ludovic Lacay have been winning lots of pots already. We just witnessed Lacay rake in another one.
On a 
flop a player checked to Lacay who bet 200, his opponent raised to 600 and the French pro called. The turn was the 
and his opponent bet a 1,000 with only 1,625 left behind. Within second Lacay put him all-in. His opponent folded and Lacay is up to 10,500 chips.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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12,000 | |
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10,500
6,000
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6,000 |
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10,500
5,725
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5,725 |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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and Lemaire bet 225 and Billirakis called. The turn was the 
and Lemaire pulled back the trigger and fired out his second shot of 375. Billirakis took his eyes off his Chinese poker game for a few seconds and made the call. The river was the 
and Ho check-called a 250 button bet. The turn was the 
and once again Ho checked to the button who announced "pot" and Ho surrendered her hand but still has 8,000 chips.
flop and the small blind quickly bet out pot, 675. Dan Smith, who was on the button, instantly raised pot and threw in a lot of big chips. While his opponent was tanking Smith seemed very relaxed and even produced an "Howdy!" to yours truly who was following the action. "Because we're friends I'll show you if you fold," Smith replied to his opponent who seemed to be really hurting.
for two pair. The young American pro raked in the pot and is up to 7,000 chips.
and a 275 Lewis c-bet won the pot. As he was pulling in his new chips two players were heading for his table - Scotty Nguyen and Anna Marquez. We both watched in anticipation and Marquez walked straight past whilst Nguyen took a seat to the right of Lewis.
and Benjamin Pollak bet 500 from the small blind and Kevin MacPhee made the call in the cut-off. The river was the 
and Pollak checked to MacPhee who bet 1,200 from a stack of 2,500. Action back to Pollak and he check-raised to 3,500 and MacPhee was forced to fold his hand.
