Level Seven, Hour Two: Veldhuis Uses Rags to Make Rich
Jul 09, '10
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 1,800 out of 2,412
Card Player Chip Counts
Barry Shulman – 124,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 28,000
Steven A. Murphy – 27,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 23,500
Shannon Shorr – 133,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Dragan Galic – 300,500
2. Robert Mizrachi – 254,000
3. Dwyen Ringbauer – 240,000
4. Guiliano Cipolla – 240,000
5. Cole South – 223,500
6. Yevgeiny Timoshenko – 220,000
7. Carter Phillips – 196,000
8. Jesper Hougaard – 192,000
9. Johnny Chan – 178,000
10. Corwin Cole – 176,0009
Notable Eliminations:
Tom McEvoy
David Pham
Amnon Filippi
Ted Forrest
Justin Marchand
Big Hands
Veldhuis Uses Rags to Make Rich
Facing a raise to 1,600, Lex Veldhuis reraised to 4,250 only to have the big blind move all in for 14,350. The original raiser got out of the way but Veldhuis called. Their hands:
Veldhuis: 9
8
Big Blind: AK
Veldhuis nailed the flop of 9
75 and the big blind found no help from the 7
turn and 2 river.
Veldhuis eliminated his opponent and chipped back up to 96,500.
South Soars With Set Over Set
With a flop of A95 on a pot worth 16,500 already, all three players checked around to see the 2 land on the turn.
The first player bet, the second called, and Cole South moved all in. Both players called and a massive pot was brewing. Their hands:
South: AA
Opponent: 99
Opponent: Mucked
South had flopped top set and his opponent had second set. The river bricked and South took down a massive pot to grow his stack to 223,500.
Rasmussen Chips Up, Knocks Out Player
Thayer Rasmussen got an opponent all in preflop and showed pocket jacks to his opponent’s pocket nines.
The board ran AK375 and Rasmussen’s jacks held to eliminate him opponent and chip up to 96,000.
Baron Gets It In Good, Gets Unlucky
Isaac Baron raised to 1,700 from middle position and was three-bet by a player in the blinds to 4,800. Baron asked how much he had left, and after getting an answer, he made the call.
The flop was 938 and the player in the blinds checked over to Baron. Baron bet 4,800 and was check-raised to 15,000. Baron bet enough to put the player all-in and he called, putting in his last 30,950 on the flop.
Baron showed 33, giving him a set and the all-in player held JJ.
The turn was the 10, but the river was the J, giving the player in the blinds a bigger set and taking the pot. Baron dropped to 35,000 after the hit.
Glantz Makes a Good Fold
Matt Glantz called a bet of 2,200 on the turn from his opponent with the board reading AJA5.
The river was the Q and the other player in the hand gently places an orange chip worth 5,000 onto the felt. Glantz quickly released his hand. It was a good decision since the player showed him one card – the A.
Glantz is still hovering right around his 30,000 original starting stack.
Mizrachi Grinding Back Up
On a three-way flop of Q45 the small blind bet 1,500 and Michael Mizrachi called from the big blind. The third player in the hand raised to 8,400 and the small blind folded but Mizrachi called.
On the 3 turn both players checked, but on the 3 river Mizrachi bet big — 20,000 to be exact. His opponent called and the Grinder showed 63 for a flopped straight draw that turned into trip threes on the river.
After a rough start to the day, Mizrachi took the pot and boosted his stack to 97,000.
Pham Busts With Aces
David Pham raised to 1,525 and another player reraised to 4,525. Pham quickly moved over the top all in for not much more. His opponent called. Their hands:
Pham: AA
Opponent: AQ
Pham had his opponent dominated, that is until the board ran out 10QKJ to give Pham’s opponent the straight, then the 7 river added an unnecessary flush, cracking Pham’s aces and sending him to the rail.
Pham ended the 2010 WSOP with just one cash. Check out his results here.
Ho Staying Alive, Doubles
Maria Ho got all in for 15,225 preflop against one opponent. Their hands:
Ho: AK
Opponent: KQ
Ho was a big favorite, and the low board kept it that way, running 68632. Ho’s hand took down the pot and she doubled to around 31,000.
Seiver Takes It
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 93210. Scott Seiver checked and his opponent did the same.
The river was the J and both players checked again. Seiver tabled 98 for a pair of nines.
His opponent mucked and Seiver took down the pot. He was at 72,000 after the hand.
Naujoks Can’t Stand Check-Raise
After one player checked, Ralph Perry bet 5,000 on a flop of J62. Sandra Naujoks made the call in position and the other player folded.
The turn was the 3 and Perry checked. Naujoks fired 5,000 and Perry came back with a check-raise to 15,000. Naujoks went into the tank for a minute or so before releasing her hand. She slipped to 40,000 while Perry climbed to 140,000.
Ted Forrest Eliminated
Ted Forrest got all of his chips in preflop with 55 against his opponents AK.
After the ESPN cameras got there, the dealer put out a flop of Q102, giving his opponent a ton of outs to improve. The K on the turn gave his opponent the best hand and left Forrest with one out. The A on the river gave the pot to his opponent and Forrest was eliminated.
If you check out the Card Player poker odds calculator, you can see that even though the A-K didn’t pair up on the flop, it was still a statistical favorite to win the hand.
Forrest is eliminated from the main event and this caps off a very disappointing series for Forrest, who only made one cash in 2010, in the $2,500 2-7 triple draw lowball event for $9,972.
Left in the Deck:
Seiver Has a Future In Curling
After passing by Scott Seiver’s table, we overheard him talking with David Bach about making a run at the U.S. Olympic Curling team.
“I have alot of bowling experience,” said Bach. “That should give me an edge.”
“It probably does, we would just have to figure out who is going to sweep,” replied Seiver.
There was a joking tone, but it wouldn’t surprise us to see those two on the ice in four years.
Player Twitter Accounts:
Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Dennis Phillips
Annie Duke
Player Tags: David Pham, Michael Mizrachi, Matthew Glantz, Maria Ho, Isaac Baron, Thayer Rasmussen, Scott Seiver, Lex Veldhuis, Cole South
10
5
, Can Kim Hua checked the small blind and Gavin Griffin checked on the button.
, Hua bet 100,000 into the side pot and Griffin called.
Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante
6
2
and Richey checked again. The other player moved all in for 5,000 and Richey made the call. Their cards:
Thayer Rasmussen stopped by to tell us about his bustout hand.
Online professional Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen fought hard for three levels today, despite never really having a stack to work with.
Thayer Rasmussen bet 1,500 from late position on a flop of K
Table 54 has been filled with some early afternoon drama as it appears that seat 6 has developed a case of the stalls. After facing a modest bet from Gabe Kaplan, Abe Mosseri calls the clock on the young kid across the table, who has already shown off his habit of deep contemplation each and every hand.
Kathy Liebert and Thayer Rasmussen have both been eliminated from the tournament. 
Looking around the room once again it looks like the new chipleader is Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen with just over 130,000 in chips.
The button raises and Thayer Rasmussen reraises from the big blind. The button then shoves all in for 172,800. Rasmussen instantly calls showing A-K and he's happy to see his opponent is dominated with K
Vinny Pahuja is all in with Q-10 against Thayer Rasmussen's A-K. The board offers no help to either player and Ace high is good enough to take the pot and eliminate Pahuja in 28th place. 
On a flop of A
Action is folded around to Thayer Rasmussen who moves all in from the small blind. Vivek Rajkumar makes the call from the big blind and the two internet phenoms turn over their cards. 
Well, that was quick.