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Gus Hansen is out to an early lead after moving all in on the river against David Benyamine. Benyamine tanked for three solid minutes (pretty significant when levels are only 15 minutes long) before folding his hand.
On one of the other outer tables, Kenny Yeh, a WSOP dealer for the last five years, drew Phil Laak in the first round. So far Yeh has done most of the talking at the table. He's complained three times already that he needs a coffee to wake himself up.
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David Benyamine has just doubled through heads-up opponent Gus Hansen to bring their match back to even.
The two exchanged raises before the flop and Gus opted to move all in dark, before the dealer spread a flop. David made the call and tabled the , revealing a flush draw and two over cards; Hansen flipped over offsuit.
The fell on the turn -- a solid card for Hansen, who needed to dodge a king, a queen or any spade on the river to eliminate Benyamine. 5th Street fell in favor of the Frenchman, however, as the dealer tabled the , giving Benyamine a flush to stay alive.
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Jonathan Little - eliminated
Jonathan Little was crippled earlier in a huge pot against Huck Seed. Left with about 3,000 chips and blinds already up to 200 and 400, Little open-shoved from the button with . Seed woke up with the red tens and made an easy call. A board of sent Seed through to the Round of 32.
Brad Garrett turned in his chair after the hand was concluded. "Huck Seed. What happend my brother?" he asked. Seed made a fist-pumping motion and stated that he had won.
"Alright," said Garrett. "You gonna go back to your trailer, or are you gonna hang out?"
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David Oppenheim just got a little help from the deck to pull well ahead of his heads-up opponent Vanessa Selbst.
On a board showing , David led out with a bet, Vanessa raised, David reraised all in and Vanessa made the call:
Selbst:
Oppenheim:
Vanessa's hand remained best through the turn, as the dealer burned and turned the , but another king on the river counterfitted her two pair, giving David the pot.
According to Tournament Emcee Jordan Siegel, "Selbst has a few chips left."
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Chad Brown showed up for his first-round Diamonds bracket match against EPT Monte Carlo champion Glen Chorny in a stylish leather fedora. The fedora didn't bring Brown any luck. He moved all in on the turn of a board that read and was called by Chorny. Brown's top pair, needed to improve against Chorny's two pair, . Brown would be sent home if any card other than a seven, a nine or a ten fell on the river. When the river came , Chorny was victorious and Brown was off the set.
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Short-stacked, Vanessa Selbst moved all in holding the 'computer hand,' , and David Oppenheim made the call with the . The board ran out giving Oppenheim two pair, which was good enough to send Selbst to the rail.
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I wish we could tell you what's going on at Phil Laak and Kenny Yeh's table. Really I do. There's a lot of noise and commotion coming from their direction, but perhaps for the firs time, Laak's not the one doing most of the talking. Yeh is muttering up a somewhat intelligible, but heavily accented and totally inaudible to us, storm of belligerent words in Laak's direction. His last question did reach us -- he asked host Jordan Siegel what the bad-beat jackpot is here at Caesars.
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It's a tennis match on Table 4 between David Benyamine and Gus Hansen. Hansen had the early lead; then Benyamine doubled and took the lead. Now Hansen has come storming back with a double of his own after his held up all in preflop against Benyamine's .
That put Benyamine back on the short stack; he moved in preflop shortly thereafter with and Hansen called with . The board ran out . Both players played the board and chopped the pot.
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Greg Raymer
Announcer Jordan Siegel just informed the crowd that Jennifer Harman has eliminated Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer from the tournament. Details of the hand are sparse. All we know is that Raymer moved all in on the river, Harman called tabling a full house, Raymer mucked and a sporting hug ensued.
Harman will face the winner of the Antonio Esfandiari v. Kenny Tran match-up.
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flop. David made the call and tabled the 
, revealing a flush draw and two over cards; Hansen flipped over 
offsuit.
fell on the turn -- a solid card for Hansen, who needed to dodge a king, a queen or any spade on the river to eliminate Benyamine. 5th Street fell in favor of the Frenchman, however, as the dealer tabled the 
, giving Benyamine a flush to stay alive.
. Seed woke up with the red tens and made an easy call. A board of 
sent Seed through to the Round of 32.
, but another king on the river counterfitted her two pair, giving David the pot.
. Brown would be sent home if any card other than a seven, a nine or a ten fell on the river. When the river came 
, Chorny was victorious and Brown was off the set.
. The board ran out 
giving Oppenheim two pair, which was good enough to send Selbst to the rail.
. The board ran out 
