A player in early position raised to 325 and Jennifer Harman called from the small blind after a middle-position player called. The three of them saw a flop of 
and Harman checked. The preflop riser fired 1,050 and the next player folded. Harman made the call.
The turn brought the 
and Harman check-called a bet of 1,050 before seeing the 
pop off on the river. She fired 3,100 and her opponent mucked, allowing Harman to move up to about 34,000 in chips.
Following a 
flop, Barry Greenstein bet 600 from middle position and got two callers behind him including one in the cutoff seat. The turn brought the 
, and all three checked. The river then brought the 
. It checked to the cutoff who bet 1,700, and only Greenstein called.
Greenstein showed 
, which was good enough as his opponent mucked. The Bear has 34,000 now.
A player in middle position opened for 250, and Emmitt Smith, sitting to his left, made the call.
The flop came 
. The raiser continued for 200, and Smith called. Both then checked the 
turn.
The river brought the 
and a two more checks. "King-high," said Smith's opponent. "King-six," said Smith, tabling his 
. His pair of sixes were good.
The man with the most rushing touchdowns in NFL history has 22,000 chips at the moment.
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As if the ghost of Freddie Mercury was running rampant through the Rio, we've lost yet another player in a flash as the fallen continue to break free from this year's Main Event.
On this occasion, the man taking it all was Brent Baldrey, who peeked down with joy at 
. But it wasn't heaven for everyone as just a few seats down another unwitting player held .
All the chips went in preflop, and you could tell by his body language that the shorter stack sensed he was beat. The board didn't provide any miracle either, the dealer failing to save him by rolling a rather raggy 
onto the felt.
As for Baldrey, he is now rocking and rolling with 65,000 and it would appear as though nothing is going to stop him now, despite the pressure of being one of the chip leaders.
There was about 1,200 in the pot with a board reading 
when the small blind bet 300 and received a call from PokerStars Team Pro USA member Jason Mercier.
The dealer burned and revealed the 
on the river, which inspired the small blind to check. Mercier threw out a bet of 1,500 and the small blind seemed perplexed. He double checked his cards, threw in a yellow and blue chip to make the call and then mucked when Mercier showed 
for the nut flush.
Mercier is up to 36,500 after that win.
We got to Joe Hachem's table to see him make a late-position bet of about 200 into a flop of 
. He was called by his opponent who was sitting in the cutoff. After the betting, there was about 950 in the pot.
The turn was the and Hachem made another bet, this time for 250. He was called and both players checked the 
on the river.
Hachem didn't have much confidence in his voice when he said he had a ten, turning up 
. However, it was good enough to take down the pot.
All five community cards had been dealt -- 
. A sizable heap of chips -- about 20,000 worth -- rested beside them.
Bill Edler's opponent checked, Edler bet 7,500, and his opponent called. Edler's foe showed 
for the flopped set, and Edler mucked.
Edler is down to 15,000 as we near the end of Level 1.
We recently saw Ben Fineman check to Amanda Musumeci on a flop reading . Musumeci bet 1,075 into the flop and Fineman came along for the ride.
The turn was the and Fineman check-called again, this time for 2,250.
When the came on the river Fineman checked to Musumeci who bet 7,000. Fineman tanked before deciding to make the call.
Musumeci showed 
and Fimeman mucked. The win put Musumeci up to 47,000.
We found PokerStars Team Pro Vanessa Rousso betting out 7,000 from the small blind position on the turn of an 
board. Her opponent in the cutoff thought about it for some time before eventually making the call.
They saw a river and Rousso tanked up for some minutes as the rest of the room headed out on break around her. Eventually she checked and once her opponent had checked behind she tabled 
for ace-high. Her opponent turned over a humble 
for a pair of eights, and it was good enough to win the hefty pot.
Rousso dropped back to 33,000 after that.
Six players committed 300 preflop - including Phil Ivey from the cutoff - to see a flop fall.
The preflop raiser fired out 700 and was called in one spot before Ivey made it 2,800 to go. The button and blinds passed, as did the original raiser, before the player caught in the middle made the call for the additional 2,100.
The turn of the was checked through to see the 
land on the river and Ivey faced with a bet of 3,600 in which he quickly called.
Shown his opponent's , Ivey tabled his 
to collect the pot and move to 45,700 in chips.
"Nice hand Phil!" stated Mel Humphries from the rail before his wife - and fellow avid Ivey supporter - Pat began her famous, "Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!" chant.
