Break
Players are just a few busts away from the money but will have to wait at least twenty-minutes before the bubble bursts.
Players are just a few busts away from the money but will have to wait at least twenty-minutes before the bubble bursts.
Level: 15
Blinds: /
Ante:
With only one more bust to go before the money we are playing hand-for-hand.
Hold'em
Randy Ohel and Sigurd Eskeland recently managed to get a hefty sized pot started on the bubble. We caught up with the action on the flop of when Ohel had called Eskeland's bet.
The turn was the . Eskeland bet and called a raise from Ohel to get us to the
river. Eskeland led out with one more bet and Ohel thought for a minute before calling.
We didn't get to see Ohel's cards, as they were mucked when he saw Eskeland's .
Stud
Marcus Golser: /
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Dario Alioto: /
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All of Golser's chips were committed on third street and he had some serious cards to catch if he wanted to improve against Alioto. He found an ace on fourth street and that was all he needed to do as he faded Alioto's flush-draw and doubled up.
Razz
Steve Billirakis was all in with the in a hand of razz and up against Bill Chen. Billirakis needed to draw one more and hit against the
of Chen. Billirakis' last card was another ace and he was eliminated from the tournament.
With the bubble bursting, Frank Kassela has earned five more points for the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year and is tied again with John Juanda. Both have 225 points now.
Omaha 8/b
Christopher Amaral made a late position raise and was called by Matthew Vengrin on the button and Vitaly Lunkin in the big blind.
The flop came Lunkin put his last 2,900 into the middle with both Vengrin and Amaral calling.
The turn was the and action was checked to the river, which brought the
. Amaral made a bet and was called by Vengrin.
Vengrin showed but it was no good against Lunkin's higher flush with
. What Amaral had will remain a mystery. He mucked his hand and Lunkin tripled up.
Stud
Kirill Rabtsov: /
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Marcus Golser: (X)(X) / / (X)
We arrived at the scene of the bust to see Golser call bets from Rabtsov on fifth, sixth and seventh streets, with the last call putting him all in.
Rabtsov tabled a pair of queens which was good enough to knock out Golser, who mucked his cards.
Team PokerStars has four team members that have cashed in this event and one friend. Dario Minieri and Luca Pagano have both cashed and are from Team Pro Italy. This is also Pagano's first WSOP event this year and it looks to be going quite well. Alexander Kravchenko from Team Pro Russia and Jose Barbero from Team Pro Argentina are also in the money. Bill Chen, who is a Friend of PokerStars, is also in the money.
Will one of them make the money table en route to taking home the gold bracelet? Stick with us at PokerNews to find out!