Excitable and impressively coiffed Davood Mehrmand has busted out, sticking his chips in with a pair of Kings against an opponent holding . Mehrmand went on to make a club flush, but his opponent made a full house on seventh street to send him to the rail.
One player that has emerged as somewhat of a success story today is Tim Frazin. Known as 'Pizzaman' due to well... owning a couple of pizza joints, Frazin has somehow survived a tough table of Greg Raymer, Hoyt Corkins and Todd Brunson without having any really knowledge of the games being played.
"They can't read me," confessed Frazin, "because I don't know what I'm doing."
Frazin is currently on 11,000, but hanging on determinedly. As a fellow blogger said, "The Pizzaman's just trying to earn a crust." Sigh.
Sadly for his adoring fans, of which there are many from my experience at WSOP events, Men Nguyen will have to wait another few days before adding to his bracelet collection, after being snipered down by fellow pro Hoyt Corkins.
With a visible and a behind, Nguyen moved all in against Corkins, who held in the hole and on the felt.
A subsequent wasn't enough to save Nguyen, who succumbed to Corkins's and resulting pair of tens, both players missing the low.
A nice scoop for Todd Brunson, who bet every street with and got himself all in on seventh street. His opponent, showing , flat-called every street, and mucked when Brunson turned over for a straight and a seven-low.
Todd Brunson has just lost a very costly pot indeed and is now down to a paltry 10,000 in chips.
With Brunson showing , his opponent check-raised him on the river from 2,400 to 4,800 with .
Perhaps already knowing his fate, Brunson reluctantly made the call, shaking his head and tilting his neck in the process.
Met by a for a straight to the seven and an A-3-4-5-6 low, Brunson exhaled a deep sigh and looked at his cards frustratedly, as if hoping they would magically change into a winning hand if he glared at them menacingly enough.
After laying down his inferior onto the felt, Brunson conceded the hand and the pot was passed over to his neighboring foe.
We are fast approaching the money -- down to just 75 players now, with 40 places paying out, one lucky guy or gal will be walking away tomorrow with the $232,911 first prize, as well as that beautiful, shiny bracelet.