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Jun 15, '13 | 2013 44th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 25 - $5,000 Omaha 8/OB | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 27 Update: Robert Mizrachi Eliminated in 3rd PlaceJun 16, '13 Level: 27 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 1,807,500 Chip Counts: Seat 4: Danny Fuhs – 1,950,000 Players Eliminated: 3rd: Robert Mizrachi – $128,074 Live Updates: Robert Mizrachi Eliminated in Third Place ($128,074) Robert Mizrachi raised all in preflop for 50,000 on the button and Danny Fuhs and Christopher George both called. The board ran out Q72910 as the two live players checked it down to the river. Fuhs tabled JJ107, George mucked, and Mizrachi held A653. No one qualified low so Fuhs scooped the pot with two pair. Mizrachi was eliminated in third place. Fuhs held the chip lead for the heads-up final with 1.9 million against the 1.6 million of George. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Fuhs Level 26 Update: Brian Hastings Eliminated in 4th PlaceJun 15, '13 Level: 26 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 1,205,000 Chip Counts: Seat 4: Danny Fuhs – 995,000 Players Eliminated: 4th: Brian Hastings – $96,268 Live Updates: Brian Hastings Eliminated in Fourth Place ($96,268) Robert Mizrachi raised on the button preflop and Brian Hastings reraised on the small blind. Mizrachi called and the flop hit K53. Hastings bet and Mizrachi raised. The two then capped the betting before the turn fell Q. Hastings was all in on the turn and the two players then tabled their hands. Mizrachi: AA76 River: 8 Mizrachi made a flush and a low to scoop the pot, he grew his stack to 700,000 and eliminated Hastings in fourth place. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Brian Hastings Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 25 ($5,000 Omaha Eight-or-Better)Jun 15, '13 The final table of Event No. 25 ($5,000 Omaha Eight-or-Better) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts. With the elimination of Jonathan Duhamel in tenth place ($19,788), the nine-handed final table is now set. Play will begins in Level 23 with blinds of 8,000-15,000, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up: Seat 1: Arthur Kargen – 359,000 While only 9 remain, this event attracted a field of 241 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,132,700, and the top 27 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts: 1st Place: $277,519 Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Jeffrey Lisandro, Bart Hanson, Daniel Fuhs, Brian Hastings |
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Jul 15, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 10 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen EliminatedJul 07, '10 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20. Blinds: 150-300 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Barny Boatman – 144,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: Jeff Madsen Eliminated A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables. Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand. Filippi Beats Ace-High Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked. There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river. Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high. “I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him. He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000. Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000. The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face. Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000. Duke Hurting Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call. The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand. Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300. Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands: Markholt: AJ Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips. Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875. The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands: Mizrachi: KK Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips. Pavilion Room Update David Williams Slipping A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Annie Duke, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, Lex Veldhuis Level Two Hour Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: David Williams On A Roll Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 875K. There was 18,000 in the pot and David Williams checked. His opponent did the same and the Q fell on the river. Williams bet 10,000 after his opponent had checked. The call was made and Williams turned over 87 for two pair on the flop and his opponent mucked. Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10956. David Oppenheim bet 950 and his opponent made the call. The river was the J and the other player checked. Oppenheim bet 2,400 and the call was made. Oppenheim then tabled 65 for two pair. His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand. Negreanu Saved On The River Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 765. The big blind led out with 3,450 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked. Negreanu moved all in, having his opponent covered. After some thought, the big blind called for his last 12,700 and turned over KK. Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed QQ. Negreanu was in danger of being seriously short stacked, but the river was the 4 to put a straight on the board and both players chopped. Negreanu was at 32,000. Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 855 seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 750. Seat 2 called and when the K fell on the turn he checked again and Negreanu bet 1,800. Seat 2 called and things got very interesting on the river. The J fell and seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 2,400 this time. Seat 2 tanked for a while then raised to 5,800. Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 43 for a total bluff. Seat 3 said that he was bluffing the whole time too. After several raises with air, Negreanu pulled in a nice pot and commented how the hand played out like “crazy internet stuff.” Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed KK. Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K75Q10. After the final check Elezra seemed ready to muck his hand until his opponent showed just A2. When he saw that, Elezra turned over his A4 and they chopped the pot. Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A64. The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6. Both players checked to see the 9 on the river. They checked again and the small blind tabled KK. Farha mucked and he was down to 14,000. Tom Dwan Back To Basics Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 865. Dwan bet 1,125 and only one player called. The turn was the 3 and Dwan bet 2,250. His opponent made the call and the river was the 8. Dwan fired 5,650 and his opponent tagged along again. Dwan then showed J8 for trip-eights and his opponent mucked. Dwan took the pot and he was back over his starting stack with 31,000. Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: AA Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 953 flop, Juan Macerias checked-raised from the small blind to 2,300. The player in early position who bet 850 called. The 8 fell on the turn and Maceiras checked again. His opponent bet 3,000. Maceiras raised all in for 9,000. His opponent called and exposed the 98 for top two. Maceiras exposed the AK for the nut flush draw. The river bricked with the 5. Maceiras was gone. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang Level Eight Hour Two Update: Naujoks ClimbingJul 09, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,653 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 109,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Dragan Galic – 360,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Naujoks Flexes Her Muscle Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 764. The player in seat 9 bet 5,200 and Sandra Naujoks made the call. The other two players in the hand mucked and the turn was the K. Seat 9 led out with 7,300 and Naujoks made it 20,000 to go. Seat 9 tanked for awhile but then mucked his hand. Naujoks took in the pot and she was at 105,000. Maria Ho Adds To Her Stack Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q946. Maria Ho fired 3,000 and her opponent mucked. Ho took a small pot and she was at 36,000. Esfandiari Can’t Call The player in seat 5 raised to 1,600 and Antonio Esfandiari made the call from the button. The flop then came down Q87 and seat 5 led out with 2,200. Esfandiari raised to 5,300 and that’s when the ESPN cameras showed up. “I guess I wouldn’t mind getting knocked out on camera,” seat 5 said. He moved all in for about 20,000 more. Esfandiari simply mucked his hand and he was at 80,000. Hasting’s Stack Keeps Growing Brian Hastings was in a heads-up pot and on the turn the board read AJ47 and a player checked over to Hastings, who bet 7,000. The player who checked, called the bet and they went to the turn, which was the 4. There was another check and Hastings bet 15,000, which was called again. Hastings showed AQ and his opponent mucked. Hastings climbs to 92,000 after the pot. Seidel Gets Caught Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind. The two saw a flop of K39 and Fishberg checked and called a bet of 3,000 from Seidel. The turn was the 10 and Fishberg checked and called again, this time 9,500 from Seidel. The Q was the river and Seidel fired 20,000 and was snap-called by Fishberg. Seidel just had a disappointed look on his face as he didn’t turn over his cards. Fishberg showed J10 and announced “straight,” which was good for the pot. Seidel falls to 17,000 and Fishberg is up to 88,000. Live Poker is Rigged Rob Saltiel was on the button and bet after his opponent checked on the turn with the board reading A83J. The player who checked then moved all-in and was called by Saltiel. Saltiel showed 88, giving him a set, but his opponent showed JJ, giving him a better set. Alas, the 8 fell on the river to give Saltiel the case eight to make quads and take the pot. Saltiel doubled up to 50,000. Veldhuis Isn’t Wearing His PF Flyers A player raised to 2,200 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind. The player in the big blind then squeezed and moved all-in for 17,100. It folded back around to Veldhuis who tossed in the call. Veldhuis showed 66 and he was off to the races against the AJ. The flop came A105 and Veldhuis was in a world of pain. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 and Veldhuis dropped to 42,000 in chips. Hennigan Lets One Go Jonn Hennigan and his opponent checked down a board of 10586 and on the river Q[[suit:river]] Hennigan’s opponent fired 7,100 into the pot. Johnny World threw his cards into the muck and was left with around 33,000 in chips. Cada Kicks One To The Curb Reigning champ Joe Cada faced a raise of 2,100 by the player in seat 8. Cada wasted little time raising to 6,000 from the button. Action folded back to seat 8 who moved all in for about 17,000 more. Cada made the call and they showed their hands: Opponent: AK Cada easily had his opponent, and the two went into a coin flip. The flop was great for Cada, running 2610 to give him a set. The A on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and the J finished the board. Cada knocked out the player and chipped up to around 92,000 in chips. Grinder Bros. Keep Rolling Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi are seated at tables 288 and table 289 in the blue section. The ESPN camera crews are planted between the two tables, but the Mizrachi’s are focused on their A-game. In one hand, Michael and the player in the big blind called a 2,100 raise from the player in seat 5. The flop ran 295 and action checked to the Grinder who bet 3,000. Everyone else folded and Michael chipped up to around 105,000. Robert is among the chip leaders with around 225,000. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Maria Ho, Sandra Naujoks, Joseph Cada Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands: Cole Has The Door Slammed In His Face After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: QQ Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q was the door card. But it was followed by the K and the 8, giving both players a set. The board finished off 10 and 2 and Cole took a big hit to his stack. He was no longer the chip leader as he dropped to 172,000. Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of JJ6. Both players checked and the 4 fell on the turn. Williams took a stab with 4,000 but Minaya made the call. The river brought the 3 and Williams kept trying, firing 7,500. Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 1010. But Minaya tabled KK for the best hand and Williams dropped to 125,000. Farha Cracks Kings A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 843. Both players checked and the turn was the 10. They checked again and the 5 came on the river. That prompted a bet of 6,000 from Farha and his opponent mucked. The all-in player then tabled KK but Farha rivered him, tabling 55 for a set. Farha took scored the knockout and he was at 85,000. Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled AK but he was in bad shape against his opponent’s pocket aces. The flop came down Q107 and Kaplan flopped a gutshot Broadway draw. The turn was the 9, changing nothing. But the J fell on the river and Kaplan made his straight, surviving his all in and he was at 28,000. Kling Keeps Moving Up A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 1096. Everyone checked and the turn was the A. The button fired 3,100 and Kling was the only caller. The river was the K and both players checked. Kling then tabled 108 for top pair on the flop and the button mucked his hand. Kling took down the pot and she was up to 180,000. Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: KK The board ran out Q7296 and Forrest doubled up to 17,000. Mizrachi Throws Davis Overboard Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J98 and Robert Mizrachi bet 1,150. Raymond Davis raised to 5,000 and Mizrachi made the call. The turn was the J and Mizrachi led for 8,650. Davis moved all in for about 30,000 and Mizrachi snapped him off. Davis: Q10 Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 and Mizrachi scored the knockout. He was at 144,000. Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came AK6 and Lunkin check-called the button’s bet of 2,600. The turn was the J and both players checked. They again checked the 7 river and Lunkin showed A4 for top pair. His opponent showed KQ for second pair, and Lunkin’s stack was up to around 105,000 in chips. Mueller Takes Big Hit Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 45A and Greg Mueller made the call. The turn brought the 8 and seat 4 again bet, 4,200 this time. Mueller again called. The river was the 7 and seat 5 put in a final bet of 5,600. Mueller tanked long and hard, counted out some extra chips, but decided he’d just call. Seat 5 showed 7 5 for two pair, and Mueller mucked. Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: AK It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 52J4, putting a potential flush out there that could give Matros the nuts. Instead, the A hit on the river and they chopped the pot. Matros had around 120,000 after the hand. Lucky Ladies for Somerville Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled QQ and was way ahead of his opponent’s AJ. The board ran out J210KA, which gave his opponent two pair, but Somerville made a straight to win the pot. Somerville has 79,500 in chips. Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5267. Tiffany Michelle checked and called a bet of 4,000. After the dealer peeled off the 5 river, Tiffany Michelle led out for 7,000. “Really?” asked her opponent. “Will you show if I fold?” Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed AJ, giving her a busted flush draw and her opponent showed 44. Michelle lost the pot, but still has 49,000 in chips. Hollywood Left Seeing Stars We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J96Q10 and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh had put “Hollywood” Dave Stann all-in and Stann made the call. Leigh tabled A9, giving her the nuts and Stann just flashed the K, showing he had a straight. Leigh moves to 65,000 in chips with knockout. Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands: Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up Picking up the action after the flop came down 962, a player moved all in and Isaac Baron made the call. Here were their hands: Baron: 22 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 and 8 to give his opponent the flush and Baron dropped to 33,000. A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 77 while his opponent tabled 44. The board ran out 1082Q2 and his pair held up. He doubled to 70,000. Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q97 and Negreanu moved all in for about 15,000. Neither of his opponents looked him up and Negreanu took the pot uncontested. He was up to 30,000. Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q82 and Mizrachi bet 5,500. The button called and the turn was the 2. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Mizrachi fired 14,600 and his opponent made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 for a rivered boat and his opponent mucked. Mizrachi was at 414,000. Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A10 against her opponent’s AK. The ESPN crew rushed over to film the hand as the board ran out 743KQ. Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction. OMG Kelly Kim Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed AA and Kim showed JJ. Galfond was in good shape until the dealer peeled off the J in the window. The other two flop cards were the 8 and the 6 and now Galfond was the one in trouble. The turn was the 5 and the river was the K and Kim doubled up to 72,000. Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 22J4 and was called by her opponent. The river was the K and and Naujoks moved all-in for 35,000 and her opponent beat her into the pot. Naujoks tabled A8, for a complete bluff and her opponent tabled AQ, giving him the nut flush and Naujoks was sent packing. Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2 and took the pot. He was at 364,000 after the hand. Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the AK while Billirakis tabled the JJ. The board ran out 1010986 and Hamby was gone. Billirakis was up to about 180,000. Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of QQJ10 action was checked to Vanessa Selbst in the cutoff. She fired out a bet of 23,500 and her opponent folded. Selbst was at 192,000 after the hand. Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand. Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail. Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand. Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000. Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone. Johnny Lodden Doubles Up On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000. Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis We caught up with the action on a board reading Q546. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand. Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422 and Stokes was gone. Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand. Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn. The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks. “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck. Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J fall on the river. Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark. Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000. Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov. The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over. One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000. Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated. Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000. Josh Brikis Falling On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand. Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,909,304 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000 Notable Eliminations: 116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA. Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand. Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000. Guan Eliminated Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108. Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out. Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button. Baldwin: AA Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand. Baker Doubles Up David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ. The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million. Panny Rides Into The Sunset Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands: Panny: 1010 Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads. Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million. Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6. Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair. The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later. Ruthless Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over. Salles: AJ Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million. Oh Brother Where Art Thou? The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff. Mizrachi: A10 Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Eric Baldwin, Ian Gordon, Gualter Salles, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Javier Martinez, Sebastian Panny, Mozheng Guan, Breeze Zuckerman, Josue Sauvageau Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain |
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Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen EliminatedJul 07, '10 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20. Blinds: 150-300 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Barny Boatman – 144,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: Jeff Madsen Eliminated A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables. Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand. Filippi Beats Ace-High Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked. There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river. Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high. “I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him. He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000. Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000. The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face. Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000. Duke Hurting Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call. The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand. Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300. Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands: Markholt: AJ Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips. Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875. The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands: Mizrachi: KK Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips. Pavilion Room Update David Williams Slipping A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Annie Duke, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, Lex Veldhuis Level Two Hour Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: David Williams On A Roll Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 875K. There was 18,000 in the pot and David Williams checked. His opponent did the same and the Q fell on the river. Williams bet 10,000 after his opponent had checked. The call was made and Williams turned over 87 for two pair on the flop and his opponent mucked. Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10956. David Oppenheim bet 950 and his opponent made the call. The river was the J and the other player checked. Oppenheim bet 2,400 and the call was made. Oppenheim then tabled 65 for two pair. His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand. Negreanu Saved On The River Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 765. The big blind led out with 3,450 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked. Negreanu moved all in, having his opponent covered. After some thought, the big blind called for his last 12,700 and turned over KK. Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed QQ. Negreanu was in danger of being seriously short stacked, but the river was the 4 to put a straight on the board and both players chopped. Negreanu was at 32,000. Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 855 seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 750. Seat 2 called and when the K fell on the turn he checked again and Negreanu bet 1,800. Seat 2 called and things got very interesting on the river. The J fell and seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 2,400 this time. Seat 2 tanked for a while then raised to 5,800. Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 43 for a total bluff. Seat 3 said that he was bluffing the whole time too. After several raises with air, Negreanu pulled in a nice pot and commented how the hand played out like “crazy internet stuff.” Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed KK. Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K75Q10. After the final check Elezra seemed ready to muck his hand until his opponent showed just A2. When he saw that, Elezra turned over his A4 and they chopped the pot. Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A64. The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6. Both players checked to see the 9 on the river. They checked again and the small blind tabled KK. Farha mucked and he was down to 14,000. Tom Dwan Back To Basics Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 865. Dwan bet 1,125 and only one player called. The turn was the 3 and Dwan bet 2,250. His opponent made the call and the river was the 8. Dwan fired 5,650 and his opponent tagged along again. Dwan then showed J8 for trip-eights and his opponent mucked. Dwan took the pot and he was back over his starting stack with 31,000. Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: AA Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 953 flop, Juan Macerias checked-raised from the small blind to 2,300. The player in early position who bet 850 called. The 8 fell on the turn and Maceiras checked again. His opponent bet 3,000. Maceiras raised all in for 9,000. His opponent called and exposed the 98 for top two. Maceiras exposed the AK for the nut flush draw. The river bricked with the 5. Maceiras was gone. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang Level Eight Hour Two Update: Naujoks ClimbingJul 09, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,653 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 109,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Dragan Galic – 360,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Naujoks Flexes Her Muscle Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 764. The player in seat 9 bet 5,200 and Sandra Naujoks made the call. The other two players in the hand mucked and the turn was the K. Seat 9 led out with 7,300 and Naujoks made it 20,000 to go. Seat 9 tanked for awhile but then mucked his hand. Naujoks took in the pot and she was at 105,000. Maria Ho Adds To Her Stack Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q946. Maria Ho fired 3,000 and her opponent mucked. Ho took a small pot and she was at 36,000. Esfandiari Can’t Call The player in seat 5 raised to 1,600 and Antonio Esfandiari made the call from the button. The flop then came down Q87 and seat 5 led out with 2,200. Esfandiari raised to 5,300 and that’s when the ESPN cameras showed up. “I guess I wouldn’t mind getting knocked out on camera,” seat 5 said. He moved all in for about 20,000 more. Esfandiari simply mucked his hand and he was at 80,000. Hasting’s Stack Keeps Growing Brian Hastings was in a heads-up pot and on the turn the board read AJ47 and a player checked over to Hastings, who bet 7,000. The player who checked, called the bet and they went to the turn, which was the 4. There was another check and Hastings bet 15,000, which was called again. Hastings showed AQ and his opponent mucked. Hastings climbs to 92,000 after the pot. Seidel Gets Caught Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind. The two saw a flop of K39 and Fishberg checked and called a bet of 3,000 from Seidel. The turn was the 10 and Fishberg checked and called again, this time 9,500 from Seidel. The Q was the river and Seidel fired 20,000 and was snap-called by Fishberg. Seidel just had a disappointed look on his face as he didn’t turn over his cards. Fishberg showed J10 and announced “straight,” which was good for the pot. Seidel falls to 17,000 and Fishberg is up to 88,000. Live Poker is Rigged Rob Saltiel was on the button and bet after his opponent checked on the turn with the board reading A83J. The player who checked then moved all-in and was called by Saltiel. Saltiel showed 88, giving him a set, but his opponent showed JJ, giving him a better set. Alas, the 8 fell on the river to give Saltiel the case eight to make quads and take the pot. Saltiel doubled up to 50,000. Veldhuis Isn’t Wearing His PF Flyers A player raised to 2,200 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind. The player in the big blind then squeezed and moved all-in for 17,100. It folded back around to Veldhuis who tossed in the call. Veldhuis showed 66 and he was off to the races against the AJ. The flop came A105 and Veldhuis was in a world of pain. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 and Veldhuis dropped to 42,000 in chips. Hennigan Lets One Go Jonn Hennigan and his opponent checked down a board of 10586 and on the river Q[[suit:river]] Hennigan’s opponent fired 7,100 into the pot. Johnny World threw his cards into the muck and was left with around 33,000 in chips. Cada Kicks One To The Curb Reigning champ Joe Cada faced a raise of 2,100 by the player in seat 8. Cada wasted little time raising to 6,000 from the button. Action folded back to seat 8 who moved all in for about 17,000 more. Cada made the call and they showed their hands: Opponent: AK Cada easily had his opponent, and the two went into a coin flip. The flop was great for Cada, running 2610 to give him a set. The A on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and the J finished the board. Cada knocked out the player and chipped up to around 92,000 in chips. Grinder Bros. Keep Rolling Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi are seated at tables 288 and table 289 in the blue section. The ESPN camera crews are planted between the two tables, but the Mizrachi’s are focused on their A-game. In one hand, Michael and the player in the big blind called a 2,100 raise from the player in seat 5. The flop ran 295 and action checked to the Grinder who bet 3,000. Everyone else folded and Michael chipped up to around 105,000. Robert is among the chip leaders with around 225,000. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Maria Ho, Sandra Naujoks, Joseph Cada Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands: Cole Has The Door Slammed In His Face After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: QQ Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q was the door card. But it was followed by the K and the 8, giving both players a set. The board finished off 10 and 2 and Cole took a big hit to his stack. He was no longer the chip leader as he dropped to 172,000. Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of JJ6. Both players checked and the 4 fell on the turn. Williams took a stab with 4,000 but Minaya made the call. The river brought the 3 and Williams kept trying, firing 7,500. Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 1010. But Minaya tabled KK for the best hand and Williams dropped to 125,000. Farha Cracks Kings A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 843. Both players checked and the turn was the 10. They checked again and the 5 came on the river. That prompted a bet of 6,000 from Farha and his opponent mucked. The all-in player then tabled KK but Farha rivered him, tabling 55 for a set. Farha took scored the knockout and he was at 85,000. Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled AK but he was in bad shape against his opponent’s pocket aces. The flop came down Q107 and Kaplan flopped a gutshot Broadway draw. The turn was the 9, changing nothing. But the J fell on the river and Kaplan made his straight, surviving his all in and he was at 28,000. Kling Keeps Moving Up A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 1096. Everyone checked and the turn was the A. The button fired 3,100 and Kling was the only caller. The river was the K and both players checked. Kling then tabled 108 for top pair on the flop and the button mucked his hand. Kling took down the pot and she was up to 180,000. Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: KK The board ran out Q7296 and Forrest doubled up to 17,000. Mizrachi Throws Davis Overboard Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J98 and Robert Mizrachi bet 1,150. Raymond Davis raised to 5,000 and Mizrachi made the call. The turn was the J and Mizrachi led for 8,650. Davis moved all in for about 30,000 and Mizrachi snapped him off. Davis: Q10 Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 and Mizrachi scored the knockout. He was at 144,000. Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came AK6 and Lunkin check-called the button’s bet of 2,600. The turn was the J and both players checked. They again checked the 7 river and Lunkin showed A4 for top pair. His opponent showed KQ for second pair, and Lunkin’s stack was up to around 105,000 in chips. Mueller Takes Big Hit Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 45A and Greg Mueller made the call. The turn brought the 8 and seat 4 again bet, 4,200 this time. Mueller again called. The river was the 7 and seat 5 put in a final bet of 5,600. Mueller tanked long and hard, counted out some extra chips, but decided he’d just call. Seat 5 showed 7 5 for two pair, and Mueller mucked. Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: AK It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 52J4, putting a potential flush out there that could give Matros the nuts. Instead, the A hit on the river and they chopped the pot. Matros had around 120,000 after the hand. Lucky Ladies for Somerville Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled QQ and was way ahead of his opponent’s AJ. The board ran out J210KA, which gave his opponent two pair, but Somerville made a straight to win the pot. Somerville has 79,500 in chips. Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5267. Tiffany Michelle checked and called a bet of 4,000. After the dealer peeled off the 5 river, Tiffany Michelle led out for 7,000. “Really?” asked her opponent. “Will you show if I fold?” Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed AJ, giving her a busted flush draw and her opponent showed 44. Michelle lost the pot, but still has 49,000 in chips. Hollywood Left Seeing Stars We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J96Q10 and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh had put “Hollywood” Dave Stann all-in and Stann made the call. Leigh tabled A9, giving her the nuts and Stann just flashed the K, showing he had a straight. Leigh moves to 65,000 in chips with knockout. Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands: Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up Picking up the action after the flop came down 962, a player moved all in and Isaac Baron made the call. Here were their hands: Baron: 22 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 and 8 to give his opponent the flush and Baron dropped to 33,000. A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 77 while his opponent tabled 44. The board ran out 1082Q2 and his pair held up. He doubled to 70,000. Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q97 and Negreanu moved all in for about 15,000. Neither of his opponents looked him up and Negreanu took the pot uncontested. He was up to 30,000. Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q82 and Mizrachi bet 5,500. The button called and the turn was the 2. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Mizrachi fired 14,600 and his opponent made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 for a rivered boat and his opponent mucked. Mizrachi was at 414,000. Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A10 against her opponent’s AK. The ESPN crew rushed over to film the hand as the board ran out 743KQ. Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction. OMG Kelly Kim Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed AA and Kim showed JJ. Galfond was in good shape until the dealer peeled off the J in the window. The other two flop cards were the 8 and the 6 and now Galfond was the one in trouble. The turn was the 5 and the river was the K and Kim doubled up to 72,000. Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 22J4 and was called by her opponent. The river was the K and and Naujoks moved all-in for 35,000 and her opponent beat her into the pot. Naujoks tabled A8, for a complete bluff and her opponent tabled AQ, giving him the nut flush and Naujoks was sent packing. Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2 and took the pot. He was at 364,000 after the hand. Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the AK while Billirakis tabled the JJ. The board ran out 1010986 and Hamby was gone. Billirakis was up to about 180,000. Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of QQJ10 action was checked to Vanessa Selbst in the cutoff. She fired out a bet of 23,500 and her opponent folded. Selbst was at 192,000 after the hand. Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand. Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail. Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand. Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000. Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone. Johnny Lodden Doubles Up On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000. Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis We caught up with the action on a board reading Q546. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand. Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422 and Stokes was gone. Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand. Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn. The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks. “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck. Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J fall on the river. Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark. Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000. Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov. The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over. One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000. Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated. Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000. Josh Brikis Falling On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand. Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,909,304 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000 Notable Eliminations: 116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA. Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand. Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000. Guan Eliminated Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108. Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out. Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button. Baldwin: AA Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand. Baker Doubles Up David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ. The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million. Panny Rides Into The Sunset Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands: Panny: 1010 Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads. Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million. Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6. Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair. The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later. Ruthless Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over. Salles: AJ Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million. Oh Brother Where Art Thou? The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff. Mizrachi: A10 Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Eric Baldwin, Ian Gordon, Gualter Salles, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Javier Martinez, Sebastian Panny, Mozheng Guan, Breeze Zuckerman, Josue Sauvageau Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain |
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Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen EliminatedJul 07, '10 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20. Blinds: 150-300 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Barny Boatman – 144,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: Jeff Madsen Eliminated A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables. Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand. Filippi Beats Ace-High Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked. There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river. Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high. “I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him. He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000. Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000. The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face. Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000. Duke Hurting Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call. The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand. Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300. Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands: Markholt: AJ Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips. Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875. The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands: Mizrachi: KK Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips. Pavilion Room Update David Williams Slipping A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Annie Duke, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, Lex Veldhuis Level Two Hour Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: David Williams On A Roll Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 875K. There was 18,000 in the pot and David Williams checked. His opponent did the same and the Q fell on the river. Williams bet 10,000 after his opponent had checked. The call was made and Williams turned over 87 for two pair on the flop and his opponent mucked. Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10956. David Oppenheim bet 950 and his opponent made the call. The river was the J and the other player checked. Oppenheim bet 2,400 and the call was made. Oppenheim then tabled 65 for two pair. His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand. Negreanu Saved On The River Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 765. The big blind led out with 3,450 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked. Negreanu moved all in, having his opponent covered. After some thought, the big blind called for his last 12,700 and turned over KK. Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed QQ. Negreanu was in danger of being seriously short stacked, but the river was the 4 to put a straight on the board and both players chopped. Negreanu was at 32,000. Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 855 seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 750. Seat 2 called and when the K fell on the turn he checked again and Negreanu bet 1,800. Seat 2 called and things got very interesting on the river. The J fell and seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 2,400 this time. Seat 2 tanked for a while then raised to 5,800. Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 43 for a total bluff. Seat 3 said that he was bluffing the whole time too. After several raises with air, Negreanu pulled in a nice pot and commented how the hand played out like “crazy internet stuff.” Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed KK. Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K75Q10. After the final check Elezra seemed ready to muck his hand until his opponent showed just A2. When he saw that, Elezra turned over his A4 and they chopped the pot. Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A64. The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6. Both players checked to see the 9 on the river. They checked again and the small blind tabled KK. Farha mucked and he was down to 14,000. Tom Dwan Back To Basics Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 865. Dwan bet 1,125 and only one player called. The turn was the 3 and Dwan bet 2,250. His opponent made the call and the river was the 8. Dwan fired 5,650 and his opponent tagged along again. Dwan then showed J8 for trip-eights and his opponent mucked. Dwan took the pot and he was back over his starting stack with 31,000. Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: AA Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 953 flop, Juan Macerias checked-raised from the small blind to 2,300. The player in early position who bet 850 called. The 8 fell on the turn and Maceiras checked again. His opponent bet 3,000. Maceiras raised all in for 9,000. His opponent called and exposed the 98 for top two. Maceiras exposed the AK for the nut flush draw. The river bricked with the 5. Maceiras was gone. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang Level Eight Hour Two Update: Naujoks ClimbingJul 09, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,653 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 109,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Dragan Galic – 360,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Naujoks Flexes Her Muscle Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 764. The player in seat 9 bet 5,200 and Sandra Naujoks made the call. The other two players in the hand mucked and the turn was the K. Seat 9 led out with 7,300 and Naujoks made it 20,000 to go. Seat 9 tanked for awhile but then mucked his hand. Naujoks took in the pot and she was at 105,000. Maria Ho Adds To Her Stack Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q946. Maria Ho fired 3,000 and her opponent mucked. Ho took a small pot and she was at 36,000. Esfandiari Can’t Call The player in seat 5 raised to 1,600 and Antonio Esfandiari made the call from the button. The flop then came down Q87 and seat 5 led out with 2,200. Esfandiari raised to 5,300 and that’s when the ESPN cameras showed up. “I guess I wouldn’t mind getting knocked out on camera,” seat 5 said. He moved all in for about 20,000 more. Esfandiari simply mucked his hand and he was at 80,000. Hasting’s Stack Keeps Growing Brian Hastings was in a heads-up pot and on the turn the board read AJ47 and a player checked over to Hastings, who bet 7,000. The player who checked, called the bet and they went to the turn, which was the 4. There was another check and Hastings bet 15,000, which was called again. Hastings showed AQ and his opponent mucked. Hastings climbs to 92,000 after the pot. Seidel Gets Caught Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind. The two saw a flop of K39 and Fishberg checked and called a bet of 3,000 from Seidel. The turn was the 10 and Fishberg checked and called again, this time 9,500 from Seidel. The Q was the river and Seidel fired 20,000 and was snap-called by Fishberg. Seidel just had a disappointed look on his face as he didn’t turn over his cards. Fishberg showed J10 and announced “straight,” which was good for the pot. Seidel falls to 17,000 and Fishberg is up to 88,000. Live Poker is Rigged Rob Saltiel was on the button and bet after his opponent checked on the turn with the board reading A83J. The player who checked then moved all-in and was called by Saltiel. Saltiel showed 88, giving him a set, but his opponent showed JJ, giving him a better set. Alas, the 8 fell on the river to give Saltiel the case eight to make quads and take the pot. Saltiel doubled up to 50,000. Veldhuis Isn’t Wearing His PF Flyers A player raised to 2,200 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind. The player in the big blind then squeezed and moved all-in for 17,100. It folded back around to Veldhuis who tossed in the call. Veldhuis showed 66 and he was off to the races against the AJ. The flop came A105 and Veldhuis was in a world of pain. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 and Veldhuis dropped to 42,000 in chips. Hennigan Lets One Go Jonn Hennigan and his opponent checked down a board of 10586 and on the river Q[[suit:river]] Hennigan’s opponent fired 7,100 into the pot. Johnny World threw his cards into the muck and was left with around 33,000 in chips. Cada Kicks One To The Curb Reigning champ Joe Cada faced a raise of 2,100 by the player in seat 8. Cada wasted little time raising to 6,000 from the button. Action folded back to seat 8 who moved all in for about 17,000 more. Cada made the call and they showed their hands: Opponent: AK Cada easily had his opponent, and the two went into a coin flip. The flop was great for Cada, running 2610 to give him a set. The A on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and the J finished the board. Cada knocked out the player and chipped up to around 92,000 in chips. Grinder Bros. Keep Rolling Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi are seated at tables 288 and table 289 in the blue section. The ESPN camera crews are planted between the two tables, but the Mizrachi’s are focused on their A-game. In one hand, Michael and the player in the big blind called a 2,100 raise from the player in seat 5. The flop ran 295 and action checked to the Grinder who bet 3,000. Everyone else folded and Michael chipped up to around 105,000. Robert is among the chip leaders with around 225,000. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Maria Ho, Sandra Naujoks, Joseph Cada Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands: Cole Has The Door Slammed In His Face After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: QQ Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q was the door card. But it was followed by the K and the 8, giving both players a set. The board finished off 10 and 2 and Cole took a big hit to his stack. He was no longer the chip leader as he dropped to 172,000. Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of JJ6. Both players checked and the 4 fell on the turn. Williams took a stab with 4,000 but Minaya made the call. The river brought the 3 and Williams kept trying, firing 7,500. Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 1010. But Minaya tabled KK for the best hand and Williams dropped to 125,000. Farha Cracks Kings A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 843. Both players checked and the turn was the 10. They checked again and the 5 came on the river. That prompted a bet of 6,000 from Farha and his opponent mucked. The all-in player then tabled KK but Farha rivered him, tabling 55 for a set. Farha took scored the knockout and he was at 85,000. Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled AK but he was in bad shape against his opponent’s pocket aces. The flop came down Q107 and Kaplan flopped a gutshot Broadway draw. The turn was the 9, changing nothing. But the J fell on the river and Kaplan made his straight, surviving his all in and he was at 28,000. Kling Keeps Moving Up A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 1096. Everyone checked and the turn was the A. The button fired 3,100 and Kling was the only caller. The river was the K and both players checked. Kling then tabled 108 for top pair on the flop and the button mucked his hand. Kling took down the pot and she was up to 180,000. Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: KK The board ran out Q7296 and Forrest doubled up to 17,000. Mizrachi Throws Davis Overboard Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J98 and Robert Mizrachi bet 1,150. Raymond Davis raised to 5,000 and Mizrachi made the call. The turn was the J and Mizrachi led for 8,650. Davis moved all in for about 30,000 and Mizrachi snapped him off. Davis: Q10 Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 and Mizrachi scored the knockout. He was at 144,000. Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came AK6 and Lunkin check-called the button’s bet of 2,600. The turn was the J and both players checked. They again checked the 7 river and Lunkin showed A4 for top pair. His opponent showed KQ for second pair, and Lunkin’s stack was up to around 105,000 in chips. Mueller Takes Big Hit Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 45A and Greg Mueller made the call. The turn brought the 8 and seat 4 again bet, 4,200 this time. Mueller again called. The river was the 7 and seat 5 put in a final bet of 5,600. Mueller tanked long and hard, counted out some extra chips, but decided he’d just call. Seat 5 showed 7 5 for two pair, and Mueller mucked. Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: AK It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 52J4, putting a potential flush out there that could give Matros the nuts. Instead, the A hit on the river and they chopped the pot. Matros had around 120,000 after the hand. Lucky Ladies for Somerville Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled QQ and was way ahead of his opponent’s AJ. The board ran out J210KA, which gave his opponent two pair, but Somerville made a straight to win the pot. Somerville has 79,500 in chips. Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5267. Tiffany Michelle checked and called a bet of 4,000. After the dealer peeled off the 5 river, Tiffany Michelle led out for 7,000. “Really?” asked her opponent. “Will you show if I fold?” Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed AJ, giving her a busted flush draw and her opponent showed 44. Michelle lost the pot, but still has 49,000 in chips. Hollywood Left Seeing Stars We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J96Q10 and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh had put “Hollywood” Dave Stann all-in and Stann made the call. Leigh tabled A9, giving her the nuts and Stann just flashed the K, showing he had a straight. Leigh moves to 65,000 in chips with knockout. Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands: Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up Picking up the action after the flop came down 962, a player moved all in and Isaac Baron made the call. Here were their hands: Baron: 22 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 and 8 to give his opponent the flush and Baron dropped to 33,000. A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 77 while his opponent tabled 44. The board ran out 1082Q2 and his pair held up. He doubled to 70,000. Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q97 and Negreanu moved all in for about 15,000. Neither of his opponents looked him up and Negreanu took the pot uncontested. He was up to 30,000. Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q82 and Mizrachi bet 5,500. The button called and the turn was the 2. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Mizrachi fired 14,600 and his opponent made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 for a rivered boat and his opponent mucked. Mizrachi was at 414,000. Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A10 against her opponent’s AK. The ESPN crew rushed over to film the hand as the board ran out 743KQ. Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction. OMG Kelly Kim Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed AA and Kim showed JJ. Galfond was in good shape until the dealer peeled off the J in the window. The other two flop cards were the 8 and the 6 and now Galfond was the one in trouble. The turn was the 5 and the river was the K and Kim doubled up to 72,000. Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 22J4 and was called by her opponent. The river was the K and and Naujoks moved all-in for 35,000 and her opponent beat her into the pot. Naujoks tabled A8, for a complete bluff and her opponent tabled AQ, giving him the nut flush and Naujoks was sent packing. Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2 and took the pot. He was at 364,000 after the hand. Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the AK while Billirakis tabled the JJ. The board ran out 1010986 and Hamby was gone. Billirakis was up to about 180,000. Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of QQJ10 action was checked to Vanessa Selbst in the cutoff. She fired out a bet of 23,500 and her opponent folded. Selbst was at 192,000 after the hand. Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand. Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail. Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand. Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000. Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone. Johnny Lodden Doubles Up On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000. Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis We caught up with the action on a board reading Q546. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand. Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422 and Stokes was gone. Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand. Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn. The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks. “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck. Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J fall on the river. Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark. Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000. Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov. The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over. One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000. Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated. Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000. Josh Brikis Falling On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand. Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,909,304 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000 Notable Eliminations: 116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA. Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand. Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000. Guan Eliminated Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108. Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out. Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button. Baldwin: AA Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand. Baker Doubles Up David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ. The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million. Panny Rides Into The Sunset Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands: Panny: 1010 Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads. Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million. Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6. Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair. The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later. Ruthless Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over. Salles: AJ Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million. Oh Brother Where Art Thou? The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff. Mizrachi: A10 Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Eric Baldwin, Ian Gordon, Gualter Salles, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Javier Martinez, Sebastian Panny, Mozheng Guan, Breeze Zuckerman, Josue Sauvageau Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain |
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Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen EliminatedJul 07, '10 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20. Blinds: 150-300 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Barny Boatman – 144,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: Jeff Madsen Eliminated A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables. Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand. Filippi Beats Ace-High Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked. There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river. Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high. “I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him. He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000. Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000. The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face. Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000. Duke Hurting Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call. The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand. Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300. Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands: Markholt: AJ Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips. Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875. The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands: Mizrachi: KK Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips. Pavilion Room Update David Williams Slipping A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Annie Duke, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, Lex Veldhuis Level Two Hour Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: David Williams On A Roll Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 875K. There was 18,000 in the pot and David Williams checked. His opponent did the same and the Q fell on the river. Williams bet 10,000 after his opponent had checked. The call was made and Williams turned over 87 for two pair on the flop and his opponent mucked. Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10956. David Oppenheim bet 950 and his opponent made the call. The river was the J and the other player checked. Oppenheim bet 2,400 and the call was made. Oppenheim then tabled 65 for two pair. His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand. Negreanu Saved On The River Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 765. The big blind led out with 3,450 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked. Negreanu moved all in, having his opponent covered. After some thought, the big blind called for his last 12,700 and turned over KK. Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed QQ. Negreanu was in danger of being seriously short stacked, but the river was the 4 to put a straight on the board and both players chopped. Negreanu was at 32,000. Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 855 seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 750. Seat 2 called and when the K fell on the turn he checked again and Negreanu bet 1,800. Seat 2 called and things got very interesting on the river. The J fell and seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 2,400 this time. Seat 2 tanked for a while then raised to 5,800. Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 43 for a total bluff. Seat 3 said that he was bluffing the whole time too. After several raises with air, Negreanu pulled in a nice pot and commented how the hand played out like “crazy internet stuff.” Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed KK. Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K75Q10. After the final check Elezra seemed ready to muck his hand until his opponent showed just A2. When he saw that, Elezra turned over his A4 and they chopped the pot. Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A64. The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6. Both players checked to see the 9 on the river. They checked again and the small blind tabled KK. Farha mucked and he was down to 14,000. Tom Dwan Back To Basics Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 865. Dwan bet 1,125 and only one player called. The turn was the 3 and Dwan bet 2,250. His opponent made the call and the river was the 8. Dwan fired 5,650 and his opponent tagged along again. Dwan then showed J8 for trip-eights and his opponent mucked. Dwan took the pot and he was back over his starting stack with 31,000. Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: AA Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 953 flop, Juan Macerias checked-raised from the small blind to 2,300. The player in early position who bet 850 called. The 8 fell on the turn and Maceiras checked again. His opponent bet 3,000. Maceiras raised all in for 9,000. His opponent called and exposed the 98 for top two. Maceiras exposed the AK for the nut flush draw. The river bricked with the 5. Maceiras was gone. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang Level Eight Hour Two Update: Naujoks ClimbingJul 09, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,653 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 109,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Dragan Galic – 360,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Naujoks Flexes Her Muscle Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 764. The player in seat 9 bet 5,200 and Sandra Naujoks made the call. The other two players in the hand mucked and the turn was the K. Seat 9 led out with 7,300 and Naujoks made it 20,000 to go. Seat 9 tanked for awhile but then mucked his hand. Naujoks took in the pot and she was at 105,000. Maria Ho Adds To Her Stack Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q946. Maria Ho fired 3,000 and her opponent mucked. Ho took a small pot and she was at 36,000. Esfandiari Can’t Call The player in seat 5 raised to 1,600 and Antonio Esfandiari made the call from the button. The flop then came down Q87 and seat 5 led out with 2,200. Esfandiari raised to 5,300 and that’s when the ESPN cameras showed up. “I guess I wouldn’t mind getting knocked out on camera,” seat 5 said. He moved all in for about 20,000 more. Esfandiari simply mucked his hand and he was at 80,000. Hasting’s Stack Keeps Growing Brian Hastings was in a heads-up pot and on the turn the board read AJ47 and a player checked over to Hastings, who bet 7,000. The player who checked, called the bet and they went to the turn, which was the 4. There was another check and Hastings bet 15,000, which was called again. Hastings showed AQ and his opponent mucked. Hastings climbs to 92,000 after the pot. Seidel Gets Caught Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind. The two saw a flop of K39 and Fishberg checked and called a bet of 3,000 from Seidel. The turn was the 10 and Fishberg checked and called again, this time 9,500 from Seidel. The Q was the river and Seidel fired 20,000 and was snap-called by Fishberg. Seidel just had a disappointed look on his face as he didn’t turn over his cards. Fishberg showed J10 and announced “straight,” which was good for the pot. Seidel falls to 17,000 and Fishberg is up to 88,000. Live Poker is Rigged Rob Saltiel was on the button and bet after his opponent checked on the turn with the board reading A83J. The player who checked then moved all-in and was called by Saltiel. Saltiel showed 88, giving him a set, but his opponent showed JJ, giving him a better set. Alas, the 8 fell on the river to give Saltiel the case eight to make quads and take the pot. Saltiel doubled up to 50,000. Veldhuis Isn’t Wearing His PF Flyers A player raised to 2,200 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind. The player in the big blind then squeezed and moved all-in for 17,100. It folded back around to Veldhuis who tossed in the call. Veldhuis showed 66 and he was off to the races against the AJ. The flop came A105 and Veldhuis was in a world of pain. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 and Veldhuis dropped to 42,000 in chips. Hennigan Lets One Go Jonn Hennigan and his opponent checked down a board of 10586 and on the river Q[[suit:river]] Hennigan’s opponent fired 7,100 into the pot. Johnny World threw his cards into the muck and was left with around 33,000 in chips. Cada Kicks One To The Curb Reigning champ Joe Cada faced a raise of 2,100 by the player in seat 8. Cada wasted little time raising to 6,000 from the button. Action folded back to seat 8 who moved all in for about 17,000 more. Cada made the call and they showed their hands: Opponent: AK Cada easily had his opponent, and the two went into a coin flip. The flop was great for Cada, running 2610 to give him a set. The A on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and the J finished the board. Cada knocked out the player and chipped up to around 92,000 in chips. Grinder Bros. Keep Rolling Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi are seated at tables 288 and table 289 in the blue section. The ESPN camera crews are planted between the two tables, but the Mizrachi’s are focused on their A-game. In one hand, Michael and the player in the big blind called a 2,100 raise from the player in seat 5. The flop ran 295 and action checked to the Grinder who bet 3,000. Everyone else folded and Michael chipped up to around 105,000. Robert is among the chip leaders with around 225,000. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Maria Ho, Sandra Naujoks, Joseph Cada Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands: Cole Has The Door Slammed In His Face After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: QQ Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q was the door card. But it was followed by the K and the 8, giving both players a set. The board finished off 10 and 2 and Cole took a big hit to his stack. He was no longer the chip leader as he dropped to 172,000. Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of JJ6. Both players checked and the 4 fell on the turn. Williams took a stab with 4,000 but Minaya made the call. The river brought the 3 and Williams kept trying, firing 7,500. Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 1010. But Minaya tabled KK for the best hand and Williams dropped to 125,000. Farha Cracks Kings A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 843. Both players checked and the turn was the 10. They checked again and the 5 came on the river. That prompted a bet of 6,000 from Farha and his opponent mucked. The all-in player then tabled KK but Farha rivered him, tabling 55 for a set. Farha took scored the knockout and he was at 85,000. Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled AK but he was in bad shape against his opponent’s pocket aces. The flop came down Q107 and Kaplan flopped a gutshot Broadway draw. The turn was the 9, changing nothing. But the J fell on the river and Kaplan made his straight, surviving his all in and he was at 28,000. Kling Keeps Moving Up A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 1096. Everyone checked and the turn was the A. The button fired 3,100 and Kling was the only caller. The river was the K and both players checked. Kling then tabled 108 for top pair on the flop and the button mucked his hand. Kling took down the pot and she was up to 180,000. Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: KK The board ran out Q7296 and Forrest doubled up to 17,000. Mizrachi Throws Davis Overboard Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J98 and Robert Mizrachi bet 1,150. Raymond Davis raised to 5,000 and Mizrachi made the call. The turn was the J and Mizrachi led for 8,650. Davis moved all in for about 30,000 and Mizrachi snapped him off. Davis: Q10 Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 and Mizrachi scored the knockout. He was at 144,000. Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came AK6 and Lunkin check-called the button’s bet of 2,600. The turn was the J and both players checked. They again checked the 7 river and Lunkin showed A4 for top pair. His opponent showed KQ for second pair, and Lunkin’s stack was up to around 105,000 in chips. Mueller Takes Big Hit Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 45A and Greg Mueller made the call. The turn brought the 8 and seat 4 again bet, 4,200 this time. Mueller again called. The river was the 7 and seat 5 put in a final bet of 5,600. Mueller tanked long and hard, counted out some extra chips, but decided he’d just call. Seat 5 showed 7 5 for two pair, and Mueller mucked. Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: AK It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 52J4, putting a potential flush out there that could give Matros the nuts. Instead, the A hit on the river and they chopped the pot. Matros had around 120,000 after the hand. Lucky Ladies for Somerville Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled QQ and was way ahead of his opponent’s AJ. The board ran out J210KA, which gave his opponent two pair, but Somerville made a straight to win the pot. Somerville has 79,500 in chips. Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5267. Tiffany Michelle checked and called a bet of 4,000. After the dealer peeled off the 5 river, Tiffany Michelle led out for 7,000. “Really?” asked her opponent. “Will you show if I fold?” Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed AJ, giving her a busted flush draw and her opponent showed 44. Michelle lost the pot, but still has 49,000 in chips. Hollywood Left Seeing Stars We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J96Q10 and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh had put “Hollywood” Dave Stann all-in and Stann made the call. Leigh tabled A9, giving her the nuts and Stann just flashed the K, showing he had a straight. Leigh moves to 65,000 in chips with knockout. Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands: Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up Picking up the action after the flop came down 962, a player moved all in and Isaac Baron made the call. Here were their hands: Baron: 22 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 and 8 to give his opponent the flush and Baron dropped to 33,000. A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 77 while his opponent tabled 44. The board ran out 1082Q2 and his pair held up. He doubled to 70,000. Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q97 and Negreanu moved all in for about 15,000. Neither of his opponents looked him up and Negreanu took the pot uncontested. He was up to 30,000. Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q82 and Mizrachi bet 5,500. The button called and the turn was the 2. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Mizrachi fired 14,600 and his opponent made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 for a rivered boat and his opponent mucked. Mizrachi was at 414,000. Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A10 against her opponent’s AK. The ESPN crew rushed over to film the hand as the board ran out 743KQ. Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction. OMG Kelly Kim Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed AA and Kim showed JJ. Galfond was in good shape until the dealer peeled off the J in the window. The other two flop cards were the 8 and the 6 and now Galfond was the one in trouble. The turn was the 5 and the river was the K and Kim doubled up to 72,000. Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 22J4 and was called by her opponent. The river was the K and and Naujoks moved all-in for 35,000 and her opponent beat her into the pot. Naujoks tabled A8, for a complete bluff and her opponent tabled AQ, giving him the nut flush and Naujoks was sent packing. Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2 and took the pot. He was at 364,000 after the hand. Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the AK while Billirakis tabled the JJ. The board ran out 1010986 and Hamby was gone. Billirakis was up to about 180,000. Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of QQJ10 action was checked to Vanessa Selbst in the cutoff. She fired out a bet of 23,500 and her opponent folded. Selbst was at 192,000 after the hand. Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand. Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail. Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand. Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000. Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone. Johnny Lodden Doubles Up On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000. Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis We caught up with the action on a board reading Q546. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand. Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422 and Stokes was gone. Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand. Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn. The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks. “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck. Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J fall on the river. Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark. Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000. Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov. The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over. One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000. Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated. Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000. Josh Brikis Falling On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand. Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,909,304 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000 Notable Eliminations: 116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA. Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand. Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000. Guan Eliminated Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108. Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out. Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button. Baldwin: AA Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand. Baker Doubles Up David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ. The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million. Panny Rides Into The Sunset Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands: Panny: 1010 Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads. Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million. Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6. Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair. The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later. Ruthless Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over. Salles: AJ Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million. Oh Brother Where Art Thou? The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff. Mizrachi: A10 Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Eric Baldwin, Ian Gordon, Gualter Salles, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Javier Martinez, Sebastian Panny, Mozheng Guan, Breeze Zuckerman, Josue Sauvageau Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain |
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Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen EliminatedJul 07, '10 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20. Blinds: 150-300 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Barny Boatman – 144,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: Jeff Madsen Eliminated A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables. Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand. Filippi Beats Ace-High Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked. There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river. Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high. “I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him. He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000. Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000. The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face. Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000. Duke Hurting Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call. The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand. Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300. Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands: Markholt: AJ Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips. Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875. The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands: Mizrachi: KK Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips. Pavilion Room Update David Williams Slipping A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Annie Duke, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, Lex Veldhuis Level Two Hour Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands: David Williams On A Roll Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 875K. There was 18,000 in the pot and David Williams checked. His opponent did the same and the Q fell on the river. Williams bet 10,000 after his opponent had checked. The call was made and Williams turned over 87 for two pair on the flop and his opponent mucked. Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10956. David Oppenheim bet 950 and his opponent made the call. The river was the J and the other player checked. Oppenheim bet 2,400 and the call was made. Oppenheim then tabled 65 for two pair. His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand. Negreanu Saved On The River Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 765. The big blind led out with 3,450 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked. Negreanu moved all in, having his opponent covered. After some thought, the big blind called for his last 12,700 and turned over KK. Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed QQ. Negreanu was in danger of being seriously short stacked, but the river was the 4 to put a straight on the board and both players chopped. Negreanu was at 32,000. Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 855 seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 750. Seat 2 called and when the K fell on the turn he checked again and Negreanu bet 1,800. Seat 2 called and things got very interesting on the river. The J fell and seat 2 checked to Negreanu who bet 2,400 this time. Seat 2 tanked for a while then raised to 5,800. Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 43 for a total bluff. Seat 3 said that he was bluffing the whole time too. After several raises with air, Negreanu pulled in a nice pot and commented how the hand played out like “crazy internet stuff.” Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed KK. Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K75Q10. After the final check Elezra seemed ready to muck his hand until his opponent showed just A2. When he saw that, Elezra turned over his A4 and they chopped the pot. Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A64. The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6. Both players checked to see the 9 on the river. They checked again and the small blind tabled KK. Farha mucked and he was down to 14,000. Tom Dwan Back To Basics Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 865. Dwan bet 1,125 and only one player called. The turn was the 3 and Dwan bet 2,250. His opponent made the call and the river was the 8. Dwan fired 5,650 and his opponent tagged along again. Dwan then showed J8 for trip-eights and his opponent mucked. Dwan took the pot and he was back over his starting stack with 31,000. Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: AA Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 953 flop, Juan Macerias checked-raised from the small blind to 2,300. The player in early position who bet 850 called. The 8 fell on the turn and Maceiras checked again. His opponent bet 3,000. Maceiras raised all in for 9,000. His opponent called and exposed the 98 for top two. Maceiras exposed the AK for the nut flush draw. The river bricked with the 5. Maceiras was gone. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang Level Eight Hour Two Update: Naujoks ClimbingJul 09, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,653 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 109,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Dragan Galic – 360,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Naujoks Flexes Her Muscle Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 764. The player in seat 9 bet 5,200 and Sandra Naujoks made the call. The other two players in the hand mucked and the turn was the K. Seat 9 led out with 7,300 and Naujoks made it 20,000 to go. Seat 9 tanked for awhile but then mucked his hand. Naujoks took in the pot and she was at 105,000. Maria Ho Adds To Her Stack Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q946. Maria Ho fired 3,000 and her opponent mucked. Ho took a small pot and she was at 36,000. Esfandiari Can’t Call The player in seat 5 raised to 1,600 and Antonio Esfandiari made the call from the button. The flop then came down Q87 and seat 5 led out with 2,200. Esfandiari raised to 5,300 and that’s when the ESPN cameras showed up. “I guess I wouldn’t mind getting knocked out on camera,” seat 5 said. He moved all in for about 20,000 more. Esfandiari simply mucked his hand and he was at 80,000. Hasting’s Stack Keeps Growing Brian Hastings was in a heads-up pot and on the turn the board read AJ47 and a player checked over to Hastings, who bet 7,000. The player who checked, called the bet and they went to the turn, which was the 4. There was another check and Hastings bet 15,000, which was called again. Hastings showed AQ and his opponent mucked. Hastings climbs to 92,000 after the pot. Seidel Gets Caught Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind. The two saw a flop of K39 and Fishberg checked and called a bet of 3,000 from Seidel. The turn was the 10 and Fishberg checked and called again, this time 9,500 from Seidel. The Q was the river and Seidel fired 20,000 and was snap-called by Fishberg. Seidel just had a disappointed look on his face as he didn’t turn over his cards. Fishberg showed J10 and announced “straight,” which was good for the pot. Seidel falls to 17,000 and Fishberg is up to 88,000. Live Poker is Rigged Rob Saltiel was on the button and bet after his opponent checked on the turn with the board reading A83J. The player who checked then moved all-in and was called by Saltiel. Saltiel showed 88, giving him a set, but his opponent showed JJ, giving him a better set. Alas, the 8 fell on the river to give Saltiel the case eight to make quads and take the pot. Saltiel doubled up to 50,000. Veldhuis Isn’t Wearing His PF Flyers A player raised to 2,200 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind. The player in the big blind then squeezed and moved all-in for 17,100. It folded back around to Veldhuis who tossed in the call. Veldhuis showed 66 and he was off to the races against the AJ. The flop came A105 and Veldhuis was in a world of pain. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 and Veldhuis dropped to 42,000 in chips. Hennigan Lets One Go Jonn Hennigan and his opponent checked down a board of 10586 and on the river Q[[suit:river]] Hennigan’s opponent fired 7,100 into the pot. Johnny World threw his cards into the muck and was left with around 33,000 in chips. Cada Kicks One To The Curb Reigning champ Joe Cada faced a raise of 2,100 by the player in seat 8. Cada wasted little time raising to 6,000 from the button. Action folded back to seat 8 who moved all in for about 17,000 more. Cada made the call and they showed their hands: Opponent: AK Cada easily had his opponent, and the two went into a coin flip. The flop was great for Cada, running 2610 to give him a set. The A on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and the J finished the board. Cada knocked out the player and chipped up to around 92,000 in chips. Grinder Bros. Keep Rolling Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi are seated at tables 288 and table 289 in the blue section. The ESPN camera crews are planted between the two tables, but the Mizrachi’s are focused on their A-game. In one hand, Michael and the player in the big blind called a 2,100 raise from the player in seat 5. The flop ran 295 and action checked to the Grinder who bet 3,000. Everyone else folded and Michael chipped up to around 105,000. Robert is among the chip leaders with around 225,000. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Maria Ho, Sandra Naujoks, Joseph Cada Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands: Cole Has The Door Slammed In His Face After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: QQ Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q was the door card. But it was followed by the K and the 8, giving both players a set. The board finished off 10 and 2 and Cole took a big hit to his stack. He was no longer the chip leader as he dropped to 172,000. Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of JJ6. Both players checked and the 4 fell on the turn. Williams took a stab with 4,000 but Minaya made the call. The river brought the 3 and Williams kept trying, firing 7,500. Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 1010. But Minaya tabled KK for the best hand and Williams dropped to 125,000. Farha Cracks Kings A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 843. Both players checked and the turn was the 10. They checked again and the 5 came on the river. That prompted a bet of 6,000 from Farha and his opponent mucked. The all-in player then tabled KK but Farha rivered him, tabling 55 for a set. Farha took scored the knockout and he was at 85,000. Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled AK but he was in bad shape against his opponent’s pocket aces. The flop came down Q107 and Kaplan flopped a gutshot Broadway draw. The turn was the 9, changing nothing. But the J fell on the river and Kaplan made his straight, surviving his all in and he was at 28,000. Kling Keeps Moving Up A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 1096. Everyone checked and the turn was the A. The button fired 3,100 and Kling was the only caller. The river was the K and both players checked. Kling then tabled 108 for top pair on the flop and the button mucked his hand. Kling took down the pot and she was up to 180,000. Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: KK The board ran out Q7296 and Forrest doubled up to 17,000. Mizrachi Throws Davis Overboard Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J98 and Robert Mizrachi bet 1,150. Raymond Davis raised to 5,000 and Mizrachi made the call. The turn was the J and Mizrachi led for 8,650. Davis moved all in for about 30,000 and Mizrachi snapped him off. Davis: Q10 Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 and Mizrachi scored the knockout. He was at 144,000. Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came AK6 and Lunkin check-called the button’s bet of 2,600. The turn was the J and both players checked. They again checked the 7 river and Lunkin showed A4 for top pair. His opponent showed KQ for second pair, and Lunkin’s stack was up to around 105,000 in chips. Mueller Takes Big Hit Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 45A and Greg Mueller made the call. The turn brought the 8 and seat 4 again bet, 4,200 this time. Mueller again called. The river was the 7 and seat 5 put in a final bet of 5,600. Mueller tanked long and hard, counted out some extra chips, but decided he’d just call. Seat 5 showed 7 5 for two pair, and Mueller mucked. Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: AK It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 52J4, putting a potential flush out there that could give Matros the nuts. Instead, the A hit on the river and they chopped the pot. Matros had around 120,000 after the hand. Lucky Ladies for Somerville Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled QQ and was way ahead of his opponent’s AJ. The board ran out J210KA, which gave his opponent two pair, but Somerville made a straight to win the pot. Somerville has 79,500 in chips. Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5267. Tiffany Michelle checked and called a bet of 4,000. After the dealer peeled off the 5 river, Tiffany Michelle led out for 7,000. “Really?” asked her opponent. “Will you show if I fold?” Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed AJ, giving her a busted flush draw and her opponent showed 44. Michelle lost the pot, but still has 49,000 in chips. Hollywood Left Seeing Stars We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J96Q10 and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh had put “Hollywood” Dave Stann all-in and Stann made the call. Leigh tabled A9, giving her the nuts and Stann just flashed the K, showing he had a straight. Leigh moves to 65,000 in chips with knockout. Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands: Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up Picking up the action after the flop came down 962, a player moved all in and Isaac Baron made the call. Here were their hands: Baron: 22 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 and 8 to give his opponent the flush and Baron dropped to 33,000. A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 77 while his opponent tabled 44. The board ran out 1082Q2 and his pair held up. He doubled to 70,000. Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q97 and Negreanu moved all in for about 15,000. Neither of his opponents looked him up and Negreanu took the pot uncontested. He was up to 30,000. Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q82 and Mizrachi bet 5,500. The button called and the turn was the 2. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Mizrachi fired 14,600 and his opponent made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 for a rivered boat and his opponent mucked. Mizrachi was at 414,000. Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A10 against her opponent’s AK. The ESPN crew rushed over to film the hand as the board ran out 743KQ. Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction. OMG Kelly Kim Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed AA and Kim showed JJ. Galfond was in good shape until the dealer peeled off the J in the window. The other two flop cards were the 8 and the 6 and now Galfond was the one in trouble. The turn was the 5 and the river was the K and Kim doubled up to 72,000. Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 22J4 and was called by her opponent. The river was the K and and Naujoks moved all-in for 35,000 and her opponent beat her into the pot. Naujoks tabled A8, for a complete bluff and her opponent tabled AQ, giving him the nut flush and Naujoks was sent packing. Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2 and took the pot. He was at 364,000 after the hand. Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the AK while Billirakis tabled the JJ. The board ran out 1010986 and Hamby was gone. Billirakis was up to about 180,000. Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of QQJ10 action was checked to Vanessa Selbst in the cutoff. She fired out a bet of 23,500 and her opponent folded. Selbst was at 192,000 after the hand. Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand. Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail. Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand. Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000. Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone. Johnny Lodden Doubles Up On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000. Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis We caught up with the action on a board reading Q546. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand. Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422 and Stokes was gone. Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand. Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn. The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks. “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck. Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J fall on the river. Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark. Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000. Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov. The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over. One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000. Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated. Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000. Josh Brikis Falling On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand. Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,909,304 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000 Notable Eliminations: 116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA. Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand. Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000. Guan Eliminated Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108. Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out. Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button. Baldwin: AA Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand. Baker Doubles Up David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ. The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million. Panny Rides Into The Sunset Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands: Panny: 1010 Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads. Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million. Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6. Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair. The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later. Ruthless Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over. Salles: AJ Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million. Oh Brother Where Art Thou? The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff. Mizrachi: A10 Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Eric Baldwin, Ian Gordon, Gualter Salles, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Javier Martinez, Sebastian Panny, Mozheng Guan, Breeze Zuckerman, Josue Sauvageau Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain |
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Jul 01, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 1 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level One: Brown Takes A Pot Off MizrachiJul 01, '10 Blinds: 50-75 Players Remaining: 293 Average Chip Count: Notable Eliminations: None Note: Players are starting with a stack of 7,500 with three red reload chips worth the same value. They can be used anytime during the first four levels, after which they will be cashed in automatically. Big Hands: Benyamine Straightens Out Mizzi Sorel Mizzi raised to 875 preflop and David Benyamine made the call. The flop came down Q52 and both players checked. The turn was the J and Mizzi fired 1,600. Benyamine made the call and the 4 fell on the river. Benyamine then led out for 5,150 and Mizzi tanked. After a bit of time to think, he threw in the call. Benyamine tabled 8653 for a six-high straight and Mizzi mucked. Benyamine was over 12,000 after the hand with all three reload chips left. Fitoussi Reloads Bruno Fitoussi moved all in for 3,800 after the board had run out 752J2. His opponent made the call and tabled AJ86 for two pair. Fitoussi turned over a whole lot of nothing and lost the hand. He had to use the first of his reload chips. Brown Betters Mizrachi Chad Brown raised to 1,000 preflop and Robert Mizrachi raised it up to 3,075. Brown made the call and the flop came down 974. Mizrachi led out and Brown came over the top for the rest of his stack. Mizrachi made the call and tabled AAQ8 for pocket aces and the nut-flush draw. Brown tabled J986 for a pair of nines and a straight draw. The J then fell on the turn to give Brown two pair and the 2 river did nothing to aid Mizrachi as Brown took the pot. Brown was at 12,000 after the hand with all his reloads intact while Mizrachi was at 2,500 and all three reloads. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Bruno Fitoussi, Sorel Mizzi |
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Jun 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 18 Update: Annette Obrestad EliminatedJun 30, '10 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 Players Remaining: 31 out 460 Average Chip Count: 222,580 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Mizrachi — 800,000 Notable Eliminations: Matt Glantz Player Twitter Accounts: Big Hands: Matt Glantz Eliminated Matt Glantz bet preflop. Christian Harder moved all in, having Glantz covered. Everyone else folded and Glantz tabled the Q874. Harder exposed the Q894. The board ran out 542109 and Glantz was gone. Annette Obrestad Eliminated Annette Obrestad was all in with J-J-Q-9 on a 8-5-4 flop. Mark Eddleman called with the A684 for two pair. They held and Obrestad was gone. Robert Mizrachi Wins Huge Pot Andy Black and Robert Mizrachi were tangled up in a hand, The flop came 974 and Andy Black moved all in. Mizrachi called and tabled the AK77 for a set and a flush draw. Black exposed the Q987 for top two pair and an inferior flush draw. The 8 fell on the turn and the 10 landed on the river, eliminating Black. Mizrachi collected the massive pot and was around 800,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Matthew Glantz, Annette Obrestad, Andrew Black And They're OffJun 30, '10 Barbero Busto in 9th ($40,364) With Danny Smith raising to 65,000 and Robert Mizrachi calling in front of him, Jose Barbero pushed his last 256,000 all in. Smith called and Mizrachi folded. Their hands: Barbero: AKJ8 Smith hit a set on the flop of A86 and Barbero was in trouble. The turn was the 4 and the 6 river sent Barbero to the rail in 9th for $40,364. Smith took the pot and moved up to 1.3 million in chips. Mizrachi Falls in 8th ($52,471) Robert Mizrachi check-raised a flop of 37J to 480,000 after Scott Mandel led with 120,000. Mandel reraised all in, having Mizrachi covered. Mizrachi called. Their hands: Mandel: J744 Mizrachi was trailing but the K turn gave him even more cards to draw to. The 5 hit on the river and Mandel held on to knock Mizrachi out in 8th place ($52,471). Mandel had 1.3 million after the win. Liu Outdrawn, Gone in 7th ($68,902) Chance Kornuth raised to 60,000 and Eric Liu potted to 225,000. Kornuth made the call and the flop ran A107. Kornuth moved all in and Liu called, putting his tournament life on the line. Their hands: Liu: AAQ2 Liu held top set but Kornuth had straight and flush draws. The K turn card nailed Kornuth’s straight draw and the 9 river meant that Liu was gone in 7th place, making $68,902. Kornuth’s stack grew to 1.6 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Danny Smith, Jose Barbero, Eric Liu, Chance Kornuth, Scott Mandel Final Day Begins at 3:00 p.m. PDTJun 30, '10 Just 31 players remain out of the 460 that began the tournament. The first player eliminated today will receive $12,561. First place will walk away with the gold bracelet and $508,090. The plan is to play down to a winner. Notables still in contention include chip leader Robert Mizrachi, Ryan D’Angelo, Ran Azor, Benjamin Spindler, Jason Mercier, Di Dang, Joe Beevers, Josh Tieman, Julian Gardner, Joe Serock, Eric Liu, Ayaz Mahmood, Justin Smith and Nam Le. Player Twitter Account: Stay tuned for level-by-level updates from the final day of event No. 50! Here are the chip counts of the 31 players returning for the final day:
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Jun 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 2 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 18 Update: Annette Obrestad EliminatedJun 30, '10 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 Players Remaining: 31 out 460 Average Chip Count: 222,580 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Mizrachi — 800,000 Notable Eliminations: Matt Glantz Player Twitter Accounts: Big Hands: Matt Glantz Eliminated Matt Glantz bet preflop. Christian Harder moved all in, having Glantz covered. Everyone else folded and Glantz tabled the Q874. Harder exposed the Q894. The board ran out 542109 and Glantz was gone. Annette Obrestad Eliminated Annette Obrestad was all in with J-J-Q-9 on a 8-5-4 flop. Mark Eddleman called with the A684 for two pair. They held and Obrestad was gone. Robert Mizrachi Wins Huge Pot Andy Black and Robert Mizrachi were tangled up in a hand, The flop came 974 and Andy Black moved all in. Mizrachi called and tabled the AK77 for a set and a flush draw. Black exposed the Q987 for top two pair and an inferior flush draw. The 8 fell on the turn and the 10 landed on the river, eliminating Black. Mizrachi collected the massive pot and was around 800,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Matthew Glantz, Annette Obrestad, Andrew Black And They're OffJun 30, '10 Barbero Busto in 9th ($40,364) With Danny Smith raising to 65,000 and Robert Mizrachi calling in front of him, Jose Barbero pushed his last 256,000 all in. Smith called and Mizrachi folded. Their hands: Barbero: AKJ8 Smith hit a set on the flop of A86 and Barbero was in trouble. The turn was the 4 and the 6 river sent Barbero to the rail in 9th for $40,364. Smith took the pot and moved up to 1.3 million in chips. Mizrachi Falls in 8th ($52,471) Robert Mizrachi check-raised a flop of 37J to 480,000 after Scott Mandel led with 120,000. Mandel reraised all in, having Mizrachi covered. Mizrachi called. Their hands: Mandel: J744 Mizrachi was trailing but the K turn gave him even more cards to draw to. The 5 hit on the river and Mandel held on to knock Mizrachi out in 8th place ($52,471). Mandel had 1.3 million after the win. Liu Outdrawn, Gone in 7th ($68,902) Chance Kornuth raised to 60,000 and Eric Liu potted to 225,000. Kornuth made the call and the flop ran A107. Kornuth moved all in and Liu called, putting his tournament life on the line. Their hands: Liu: AAQ2 Liu held top set but Kornuth had straight and flush draws. The K turn card nailed Kornuth’s straight draw and the 9 river meant that Liu was gone in 7th place, making $68,902. Kornuth’s stack grew to 1.6 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Danny Smith, Jose Barbero, Eric Liu, Chance Kornuth, Scott Mandel Final Day Begins at 3:00 p.m. PDTJun 30, '10 Just 31 players remain out of the 460 that began the tournament. The first player eliminated today will receive $12,561. First place will walk away with the gold bracelet and $508,090. The plan is to play down to a winner. Notables still in contention include chip leader Robert Mizrachi, Ryan D’Angelo, Ran Azor, Benjamin Spindler, Jason Mercier, Di Dang, Joe Beevers, Josh Tieman, Julian Gardner, Joe Serock, Eric Liu, Ayaz Mahmood, Justin Smith and Nam Le. Player Twitter Account: Stay tuned for level-by-level updates from the final day of event No. 50! Here are the chip counts of the 31 players returning for the final day:
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Jun 18, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Table Update: Robert Mizrachi Eliminated In 8th PlaceJun 18, '10 Flop Games: 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 827 Average Chip Count: 532,285 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Dustin Leary – 1,240,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Robert Mizrachi — $21,551 Big Hands: Robert Mizrachi Eliminated In Eighth Place ($21,551) In hold’em, Robert Mizrachi raised to 80,000 and Dustin Leary made the call from the big blind. The two players saw a flop of K54 and Leary led out with 40,000. Mizrachi raised all-in, just 11,000 more to Leary. Leary made the call and turned over K9 for top pair and was ahead of Mizrachi’s QQ. The board failed to improve Mizrachi’s hand on the turn and river and he was eliminated. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Dustin Leary |
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