12-10-2012
The Adam Teasdale express keeps rolling, with the chip leader having just claimed another victim soon after knocking out Terry Grimes.
12-10-2012
We've had another hand involving some significant chip movement, with Adam Teasdale having taken the lead as a result.
Teasdale opened the hand with a raise to 125,000 from the hijack seat, and Sung Kim called from the big blind.
12-10-2012
Play has slowed considerably over the last stretch, with players' mostly content to be patient. The average stack at the moment is nearly 50 big blinds, with all but Wade Woelfel sitting with more than that at present.
12-10-2012
Terry Grimes has finished serving his one-round penalty, and on his first hand back he opened with a raise to 110,000 from the cutoff seat. Sung Kim reraised to 300,000 from the big blind, and Grimes called.
12-10-2012
Much as he has done for nearly every hand since we've returned for Level 30, Pete Rios opened with a raise to 125,000 — from the button this time — and Sung Kim reraised again to 300,000 from the small blind.
12-10-2012
Sung Kim raised to 80,000 from under the gun, Adam Teasdale reraised to 175,000 from the cutoff seat, and Kim called. The flop came and Kim checked. Teasdale fired 150,000, and Kim called.
12-10-2012
Terry Grimes raised to 65,000 from middle position and got three callers in Pete Rios (button), Sung Kim (small blind), and Aaron Overton (big blind).
The flop came and it checked to Grimes who bet 250,000. Only Kim called.
12-10-2012
We just saw another hand involving a Terry Grimes all-in shove on the flop, this time against fellow big stack Sung Kim.
In that hand, Kim opened for 60,000 from under the gun and Grimes called from the cutoff.
12-10-2012
Halfway through the first orbit of the final table, Trevor Deeter open-raised all in for 395,000 from the button and got a caller in Sung Kim playing from the big blind.
Deeter showed and was hoping to improve versus Kim's .
12-10-2012
We're down to a final table of nine players, as Jeffrey Wicker has just been eliminated in 10th place.
12-10-2012
Barry Leventhal is operating cautiously here at the ten-handed final table.
12-10-2012
Wade Woelfel opened to 53,000 in the hijack and action folded to Sung Kim in the big blind. He went all in for 555,000 and Woelfel called after a few moments with , leading the of Kim.
12-10-2012
Sung Kim raised to 48,000 from the hijack seat, then Trevor Deeter pushed for 231,000 from the button. The blinds stepped aside, and Kim called Deeter's raise.
Kim had while Deeter turned over .
12-10-2012
A couple of double-ups occurred just before the conclusion of the previous level, in both cases the winning players using pocket queens to survive.
12-10-2012
The table folded around to Aaron Overton on the button who checked his cards, then pushed all in for 302,000. Sung Kim called the raise from the small blind, the big blind folded, and the players tabled their hands.
12-10-2012
Michael Pariso and Sung Kim had built a pot of about 130,000 between them by the time the flop had arrived , at which point a series of raises back and forth ultimately saw Pariso all in for about 380,000.