It's not looking good for Phil Hellmuth to add another WSOP cash to his record. He three-bet two hands in a row pre-flop and wound up losing them both. First, his three-bet from the small blind was called by Michael how, Chino Rheem and Oleg Shamardin. Hellmuth folded on the turn of a board. Chow eventually dragged the pot with a single uncalled bet on the river, then remarked that he had the nut-nut. His comment prompted Hellmuth to mutter and wonder how Chow could even have been in the hand pre-flop.
The very next hand, Hellmuth three-bet from the button and remarked, "Watch out, I might be tilting, three-betting two hands in a row." He eventually lost the pot to Jose de Paz, who rivered a better two pair on a board of with against Hellmuth's flopped two pair with . The predictable Hellmuthian rage followed.
Toto Leonidas raised form middle position, Michael Jarmark called from the button and then James Dempsey called from the big blind. The flop came down and Dempsey checked. Leonidas bet and then Jarmark raised. Dempsey reraised and then Leonidas folded. Jarmark called.
The turn brought the and Dempsey fired. Jarmark made the call before the fell on the river. Dempsey bet again and Jarmark made the call.
Dempsey tabled the for the nut flush in hearts and Jarmark mucked his hand. Jarmark dropped down to about 115,000 and Dempsey increased to 200,000.
Eric Baldwin acknowledged a mistake in a recent hand against Jordan Morgan. Baldwin raised after Morgan bet a flop of from the small blind. Moran called to the tur. He check-called another from Baldwin.
On the river , Morgan checked again. Baldwin considered his options before firing out a bet. Morgan quickly called with , a seven-five for low and aces with a jack kicker for high. That hand quartered Baldwin's , as Baldwin was out-kicked for the high half of the pot.
"That was a bad bet," said Baldwin after the hand.
Jean-Robert Bellande is stirring things up in the tournament area, but this time it wasn't so much from his play. Marlon Shirley showed up on the rail and was watching Steve Wong play when he challenged Bellande to a 100-meter sprint where he would give Bellande a 30-meter head start. Shirley wanted to bet $50,000 on the race and Bellande was just about ready to take it when he wanted to check with Huck Seed to see if it was a good choice. Wong mentioned that he'd back Shirley up on this.
Bellande didn't seem to know who Shirley is and if you'd like to know, just check out this page. Shirley is a two-time Paralympic 100-meter champion and has been on the U.S. Paralympic Team. Bellande was almost certain that he wanted to accept the bet and after talking to Seed, the two were about to make the bet.
A couple minutes passed while Shirley and Bellande went back and forth discussing possible terms of the race and of the bet. Eventually, Shirley informed them that he was going to head out without a bet actually being placed. Shirley did give Seed his contact information and told Seed to call him or text him because he'll be around.
Shirley left the room without a bet being finalized, but it looks like this could be the making of a good one. If anything further comes up, you can be sure that PokerNews will let you know about it, but until then it's back to Omaha.
We're slowly making our way towards the money bubble. It's looming in one more table of eliminations after the bust-out of Yuval Bronshtein. Bronshtein got all in with and was called by Sam Farha, who tabled dry aces. Bronshtein flopped a low draw but otherwise didn't connect with the board. His low draw didn't come in and as a result he's out.
Vladimir Schmelev has made quite a splash at this 2010 WSOP, but he's finally been laid to rest in this tournament. He was all in on a flop of against James Dempsey. Dempsey's turned Broadway with the to best Schmelev's flopped king-high straigh, . Schmelev was eliminated with the river.
Scotty Nguyen, John Monnette and Jen Harman are also all recent casualties.
The last remaining PokerStars Team Pro in today's field is Pat Pezzin. With still two full tables to go to the money, Pezzin is sitting behind a stack of 185,000. He recently took down a nice three-way pot by betting the and the turn against Sam Farha and Pasqual Rao. Both players called those bets and all three checked the river. Pezzin's set of queens, , was the best hand.
We've had two quick eliminations since the players came back from break.
First Daniel Fuhs got all in on the turn of a board against Tai Nguyen. Fuhs showed a set of nines and a straight draw, . Nguyen, however, had a Broadway straight with . The board did not pair on the river.
"That's brutal," said Fuhs as he left the table.
Shortly afterwards, Pasqual Rao was all in on a flop of . Dan Heimiller raised and Michael Chow called the raise. They checked the turn. One bet went in from each on the river Chow showed dow to win both halves of the pot and knock Rao out.
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board. Chow eventually dragged the pot with a single uncalled bet on the river, then remarked that he had the nut-nut. His comment prompted Hellmuth to mutter and wonder how Chow could even have been in the hand pre-flop.
with 
against Hellmuth's flopped two pair with 
. The predictable Hellmuthian rage followed.
and Dempsey checked. Leonidas bet and then Jarmark raised. Dempsey reraised and then Leonidas folded. Jarmark called.
fell on the river. Dempsey bet again and Jarmark made the call.
for the nut flush in hearts and Jarmark mucked his hand. Jarmark dropped down to about 115,000 and Dempsey increased to 200,000.
, Morgan checked again. Baldwin considered his options before firing out a bet. Morgan quickly called with 
, a seven-five for low and aces with a jack kicker for high. That hand quartered Baldwin's 
, as Baldwin was out-kicked for the high half of the pot.
and was called by Sam Farha, who tabled dry aces. Bronshtein flopped a low draw but otherwise didn't connect with the board. His low draw didn't come in and as a result he's out.
against James Dempsey. Dempsey's 
river. Pezzin's set of queens, 
, was the best hand.
. The board did not pair on the river.
turn. One bet went in from each on the 