Joe Hachem opened with a raise to 3,000 from the cutoff seat. Then Brian Powell raised to 6,300 from the button. The blinds got out, and the 2005 WSOP Main Event champ called the raise, leaving himself 8,500 behind.
The flop came , and Hachem declared he was all in. Powell wasted no time calling, turning over for the flopped straight. Hachem held and was looking for a runner-runner something-or-other. The turn was the , so a flush was still possible for Hachem. But the river was the and Hachem is out.
On a flop, Dan Smith led out for 6,900 from the small blind. Shaun Deeb called, and the hit the turn. Smith checked and Deeb moved all-in for 35,100. Smith made the call.
Smith
Deeb
The river was the and Deeb was eliminated while Smith increased his stack to 260,000.
Following a flop, Phil Hellmuth bet 8,000 from the small blind, and a player under the gun called the bet. A short-stacked David Benefield then raised all in, and when it got back to Hellmuth he reraised all in, and the UTG player folded.
Benefield showed , while Hellmuth tabled . The turn was the and the river the , and Benefield bounced all of the way up to 49,000.
Hellmuth left the table, thinking he'd been eliminated, but in fact he had Benefield covered. He soon returned to his now short stack of 6,200.
Here are a few counts from around the room as we begin Level 10. Tom Marchese continues to enjoy a significant chip lead here in the early going on Day 2.
At the end of the previous level, a severely short-stacked Phil Hellmuth opened with a pot-sized raise to 4,200, leaving himself just 800 chips behind. It folded around to the small blind who reraised to 8,300, then the BB repopped it all in for around 30,000. Hellmuth called -- saying "quack, quack" as he did -- the small blind folded.
Hellmuth tabled his cards and as he had indicated onomatopoetically he indeed had a pair of ducks -- . His opponent held , but after the flop Hellmuth already had his opponent drawing dead.
"Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Phil Hellmuth!" crowed Mike Matusow after that flop, having stepped over from a nearby table. Mr. Hellmuth is back to 19,000, but still well below average.
John Dwyer opened with a raise from the hijack seat, and Brian Powell reraised to 7,100 from the button. It folded back to Dwyer who made it 21,000 to go, then Powell pushed it up to 50,100.
Dwyer considered the situation, then decided he'd had enough and tossed his cards dealerward. As he dragged the pot, Powell cheekily showed one of his cards -- the . Doh!
On a flop, Carlos Mortensen checked from the small blind and Sandra Naujoks bet 5,000. Mortensen raised to 15,000 and Naujoks moved all-in for 22,000 total. Mortensen called.
Naujoks
Mortensen
The turn was the , the river was the and Naujoks scored a double-up to 52,000. Mortensen is down to 12,500.
"Well done!" offered her tablemate and fellow Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu by way of congratulations.
With the board showing , David "Devilfish" Ulliott checked, and Craig McCorkell bet 4,100. Ulliott then check-raised to 16,600, leaving himself 15,000 behind. McCorkell reraised again, and Devilfish called with his remaining chips
McCorkell showed while Ulliott tabled . The turn was the and river the , and Ulliott is now up to 68,000. McCorkell has 50,000.
, and Hachem declared he was all in. Powell wasted no time calling, turning over 
for the flopped straight. Hachem held 
and was looking for a runner-runner something-or-other. The turn was the 
, so a flush was still possible for Hachem. But the river was the 
and Hachem is out.![[user25067]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
board and doubled his stack to 15,200.
flop, Dan Smith led out for 6,900 from the small blind. Shaun Deeb called, and the 
hit the turn. Smith checked and Deeb moved all-in for 35,100. Smith made the call.
flop, Phil Hellmuth bet 8,000 from the small blind, and a player under the gun called the bet. A short-stacked David Benefield then raised all in, and when it got back to Hellmuth he reraised all in, and the UTG player folded.
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Benefield bounced all of the way up to 49,000.
. His opponent held 
flop Hellmuth already had his opponent drawing dead.
. Doh!
, the river was the 
and Naujoks scored a double-up to 52,000. Mortensen is down to 12,500.
while Ulliott tabled 