Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
"Miami" John Cernuto was involved with an opponent on a board reading . He was in middle position and led out with a bet of 4,400. His opponent, sitting in the cutoff, made the call. The turn came and both players checked. Cernuto folded when he saw his opponent's .
Cernuto now has 7,000 in chips.
Action folded to Perry Friedman on the button and he put in a raise to 2,000. The player in the small blind decided to defend his blind and reraised to 5,800.
Friedman flashed the and mucked his hand. At this level, it is worth swiping the blinds and ante, it's just not easy. Friedman is down to 8,500.
Shaun Deeb has built his stack to an impressive 44,000. He just took another couple of grand off an opponent when he fired 5,100 into a board reading . If Deeb makes a deep run it'll be a nice bonus for his wallet as he heads to the World Cup in a few days.
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We last saw Mathieu Clavet when he was rooting his friend Vincent Jacques on to a second place finish in Event #5. Today, both Jacques and Clavet have returned for another day of play.
Clavet's been taking an aggressive approach and has built his stack up to 44,000. In the last hand we caught, we saw him re-pop a 1,900 raise from the cutoff to 5,200. When both players checked on a flop, Clavet decided to bet 5,100 when the came on the turn. His opponent mucked.
Action has been pretty slow in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room. The field is limited to only a small number of recognizable pros, which has led to the rail being quite small.
In addition, there are a number of other tournaments being held in the room which are seem to be drawing th attention of spectators. This really isn't a surprise considering these fields include such names as Mike Sexton, Barry Greenstein, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
Team PokerStars Pros Marcello Delgrosso and Victor Ramdin are playing in today's field. They are sitting on stacks of 45,000 and 21,000 respectively.
David Plastik had slipped to just 8,000 in chips after doubling up an opponent who re-raised with a shove over Plastik's middle position bet.
Plastik:
Opponent:
The flop was a doozy, coming . Plastik didn't get any help when the turn fell , nor on the river.
With a board reading and about 14,000 in the pot, Andy Black bet enough to put his opponent all in, which turned out to be 25,900.
His opponent made the call and showed . "Nice call," Black said before flipping over . The river card was a blank and Black lost a huge pot.
Black started the day as out chip leader with over 90,000. Since then, he has lost more than half his chips and is currently sitting with 43,000.