Banks Solomons raised to 3,500 in the small blind and Tanith Rothman called from the big blind with a shorter stack behind. The 9♣6♥4♦ flop saw Solomons continue for 3,000 and Rothman jammed nearly instantly for around 12,900. Solomons gave it a few seconds of consideration and folded.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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The first seven levels have come and gone, with a field of 60 entries thus far. Only 33 players remain and they are now on a 60-minute dinner break. The action will resume at approximately 7:37 p.m. local time with another three levels of late registration available.
Kevin van Villing and Joe Rahme both invested 10,000 on the K♠7♦6♠J♦ turn and the former then checked the 8♥ river out of the big blind. "Check," Rahme declared and added "you missed your flush draw?!".
That was indeed the case, but the A♦6♦ of van Villing still won the pot as Rahme only had 6♥5♥.
Dimitri Hadjipaschali raised to 2,200 and Teren Ramnundlall then pushed all-in for 17,700 on the button. Sheldon Grove called in the small blind and the initial raiser folded.
Teren Ramnundlall: Q♣10♠ 
Sheldon Grove: K♣J♥
The 9♦6♣4♥ flop missed both players while Grove hit the K♥ turn to leave Ramnundlall with just three outs. None of them came on the 8♣ river to send Ramnundlall to the rail. Also no longer featured on the same table is Menesh Keshav, as his seat next to Grove is empty.
On a heads-up flop of 8♠7♦7♥, Vinay Lala checked and Wesley Wiegand bet 2,000. The check-raise to 10,100 by Lala followed and it won the pot, as Wiegand reluctantly folded.
Further assorted counts in the field can be found below.
On the tail end of a A♠8♥3♠K♣10♣ board, chip leader Patrice Ah-Nien checked out of the big blind. Quintin Heather-Clark bet 10,500 from middle position and Ah-Nien called with the A♦6♦. The top pair was good enough for half the pot, as Heather-Clark had the equally strong A♣7♣.
Pano Giannakopoulos arrived with a group of players from Tanzania and opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. He was called only by Dhinesh Soopramanien in the small blind, who opted to check the 10♦8♠4♣ flop. Giannakopoulos continued for 3,500 and that was enough to win the pot.
Martin Maroun raised to 3,000 and was called by Patrice Ah-Nien. On a flop of A♣J♣6♦, Ah-Nien check-called for 8,000 and checked the Q♦ on the turn. Maroun jammed for around 23,000 and was snap-called.
Martin Maroun: 7♥7♠
Patrice Ah-Nien: A♠Q♣
Maroun was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar and found no two-outer, as the 10♣ river ended his run. "See you later Martin," another player at the table remarked.
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