Break Time
The field is heading on a 20-minute break.
The field is heading on a 20-minute break.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
The cards are back in the air!
Sorry about the slight delay in the resumption of play, but the WSOP Bracelet Ceremony for Sammy Farha and Dutch Boyd extended the length of the break.
Our hard working photographer has done a quick buzz round the tournament floor and snapped some photos of those playing in Event #30.
Fell free to take a look in our photo gallery!
Like every tournament during this World Series, players are always going to register late due to a snooze alarm, a lengthy gym visit or the fact they just couldn't be bothered playing the first two levels.
Consequently here are some of the late registrants that have been spotted so far.
Gavin Smith, Alex Jacobs, Kathy Liebert, JJ Liu, Carlos Mortensen, Phil Hellmuth, John Pham, Men Nguyen, Matt Hawrilenko, Nenad Medic, Lee Watkinson and Tom Dwan.
We expect many more to be found soon!
On a board reading we found David Sands firing out a 350-chip bet which was called by one opponent as the landed on the turn.
Sands led out for 1,500 and his opponent made the call for his tournament life tabling for a busted flush and rivered pair. Sands however tabled his for a rivered set to take down the pot and move to 5,100 while also eliminating an opponent.
"No!" cried out Trishelle Cannatella from the table that was sitting just a few short steps from the PokerNews blogging desk.
Rushing over we found Cannatella's getting cracked by an opponent's on a final board of to see her slip to 1,625 in chips.
"Kings no good," commented Justin Young from across the table.
"Yeah right," Cannatella agreed.
With only 3,000 chips in his stack Team PokerStars Pro Alexandre Gomes ended up all in pre-flop with . His opponent showed pocket sixes and with the help of the flop Gomes is out of the tournament.
On a , flop both David Chicotsky and Darus Suharto checked the action to see the land on the turn and Suharto fired out 375 which was check-called by Chicotsky.
The river fell the and Suharto's 1,025-chip bet was check-called by Chicotsky.
Suharto tabled his for a rivered pair, but it would be Chicotsky's that would take the pot down and see him climb to 8,700 in chips as Suharto slips to 7,500.
The world is now a darker place.
Well, maybe not the world, but Event #30 and the subsequent table three that is located - as mentioned earlier - only a few feet away from and in clear view of the PokerNews blogging desk.
Why you might ask?
Unfortunately the beautiful Trishelle Cannatella has been sent to the rail by David Miscekowdsk.
Miscekowdsk opened in early position with and Cannatella three-bet jammed for her last 1,600 or so in chips holding . The board blanked out and Cannatella made a catwalk-like exit to the rail, past us here and then out the door.
We don't have anything against Miscekowdsk apart from the fact that he eliminated the only(?) Playboy model currently in the tournament - we'll eventually forgive you David!