When we arrived at table 32, Brian Altman was deep in thought, faced with a decision for his tournament life.

With the board reading and a little shy of 20,000 already in the pot, Shailesh Patel slid a river bet forward which was enough to cover Brian, his heads-up opponent.

After a few moments of thought, Brian put together a theory that his Ace-high was the best hand, and made the call with his remaining 34,600 in chips. Shailesh tabled for just 7-high, and Brian showed down his to claim the pot, propelling him to over 85,000 in chips.

Some good sportsmanship occurred at table 21 during level 10.

From early position Daniel Andrei raised 2,300 preflop. Conrado Corpus called. After the dealer flipped , Daniel raised 3,200 and Conrado called without hesitation. When the turn was revealed, a , Daniel checked, and Conrado immediately raised 5,500. Disgruntled, Daniel shook his head. He folded, turning over his ace and queen.

He gestured with his thumb, pointing it in Conrado’s direction while looking at me, “He’s bluffing!” Then he turned his talk towards Conrado: “Come on, he’s writing about the hand. Show us what you got!”

Conrado laughed as he turned over his cards: a pair of sixes – he had flopped the set!

The Day 1C field has been nearly cut in half through 10 levels of play, with just over 200 players still in the running from a starting field of 396 entries. The late registration period is moments away from closing, however 4 more flights remain before the WPT500 moves on to Day 2, including tonight’s Day 1D which kicks off at 6pm.

Photographs from levels 9-10:

During a chip count during the break, after level 8, we found that Giuseppe Corapi remained the chip leader.  With approximately 30 minutes until late registration closes, level 9 is now underway.

Here are a few more photos of the action in Day 1C of the WPT500. Players are now going on their second break of the day.

Steve Rioux got the action going with a preflop raise to 1,200 from utg. Action folded around to Alexandre Henry in the sb who made the call, as did Benjamin Underwood in the bb. The dealer laid out the flop.

Flop:

The players in early position both checked to the original raiser, who bet 1,500. Both Alexandre and Benjamin called.

The turn brought the – clearly an action card – and we were not to be disappointed.

This time, Alexandre led out with a bet of 3,700. Benjamin folded, and Steve chose to shove for his last 14,000 or so chips. Alexandre made the call and the cards were exposed.

Steve:
Alexandre:

Alexandre had Steve out-kicked, and his lead was maintained on the river.