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Dan Shak just moped past our table on his way out the door. We hate to do it, but inquiring minds just had to know how his last ~25,000 chips left him.
As it turns out, the story is a simple one. "Kings into aces," Shak lamented, stopping dead in his tracks to smirk at his own foul luck before continuing the waltz to the exit.
Anyone who walks by Phil "The Unabomber" Laak's table will notice he is sitting in Seat 10 holding a wooden spoon-like object and poking the handle into what appears to be a putty/Play-doh substance. It is truly a strange site but there is a perfectly logical explanation for it all.
If you recall, back in August Laak was on a trip to Oregon with the likes of Antonio Esfandiari and Alec Torelli when he had himself an ATV accident. He hurt both his arm and eye. As we understand, the spoon-putty experience is an old therapy trick to help strengthen the arm. We're sure Laak will be back in shape and an arm wrestling champion in no time.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Joe Cada began this hand with a little under 130,000 in chips. On the last hand before the break, he raised from under the gun to 1,050. The cutoff seat made the call and the flop came down 
. Cada fired 1,650 and his opponent made the call.
The turn brought the 
and Cada kept up with the aggression. He fired 3,550 and his opponent called again.
The river completed the board with the 
and another bet came from Cada, this time for 7,650. His opponent raised to 18,200 and sent the 2009 WSOP Main Event champion into the tank. Cada tanked for several minutes into the break while the entire room grew void of players. Eventually, Cada slid his hand into the muck and gave it up.
Cada dropped back to about 115,000 in chips, but that's still good enough to have him sitting in the top handful of counts here on Day 1b.
We've got another two levels behind us, and the players are off for a 15-minute break.
Christina Lindley opened with a raise from middle position, and both Jamie Rosen (small blind) and Victor Ramdin (big blind) came along with her to the flop.
It came 
, and all three of them checked to the 
turn. Rosen led out with a bet, and Ramdin called. Lindley proceeded to squeeze in a raise which Rosen reraised right back, and Ramdin raised again, all in this time. Lindley passed, but Rosen quickly made the call. He had the nuts, you see:
Rosen: 
Ramdin: 
Ramdin's full house was coolored off, and he was drawing dead to a ten for a chop. The river 
was just a further rub, and Ramdin stood up to pay the massage therapist that had been working on his shoulders for the majority of the day. Victor is no more.
In a recent hand, Kathy Liebert raised to 1,100 from the cutoff and received calls from both the blinds. Action checked to Liebert on the 
flop and she bet 1,500. The small blind folded but the big blind made the call. Both players proceeded to check the turn and 
river. The big blind showed to take down the pot.
Liebert, who was down to just 2,400 a couple hours ago, has managed a nice comeback and currently sits with just over 50,000!
A player limped in middle position before the man in the cutoff seat raised to 1,250. Daniel Negreanu called from the button and then the big blind called. The limper also came along to see the flop.
The flop came down 
and there was no action with each player checking through to see the 
land on the turn. Action checked to the preflop raiser in the cutoff seat and he fired 1,550. Negreanu was his only caller.
The river card completed the board with the 
and the cutoff fired 2,700. Negreanu thought for a bit and began verbally replaying the hand and running through his thought process as he is most famous for. Eventually, he made the call.
His opponent nodded that Negreanu made the right call, to which Negreanu tabled the 
for a pair of fives. His opponent mucked and Negrenau won the hand. He's up to about 37,000 in chips now.
PokerStars Team Pro (Brazil) member Gualter Salles just walked by media row with his backpack on and head hung low. All signs point to his elimination.
From under the gun, a player raised to 1,000. Mike Leah called in the cutoff seat and the flop came down 
. Both players checked to see the fall on the turn. The original preflop raised fired 1,500 and Leah called.
The river card was the and both players checked. Leah mucked after seeing his opponent's 
. Even despite his loss, Leah sits with a little over 100,000 chips.
